Pożegnanie z Afryką at Stary Browar in Poznań is a Polish coffee-shop chain founded 1992, with both a retail counter for beans and a small cafe pouring single-origin coffees and teas.
Tip: The shop sells beans by 100g; ask for whatever was roasted in the last week, not whatever is on the shelf longest.
Address: ul. Półwiejska 42, 61-888 Poznań
Stragan Kawiarnia in Poznań is the city's foundational speciality-coffee room, on Ratajczaka 31 since the early 2010s, roasting under the Craft Coffee Roasters label and brewing on Chemex, V60 and Aeropress.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
Tip: Order whatever is on the single-origin board and a house-baked bagel; the kitchen makes its own.
Piece of Cake in Poznań is a small cafe-gallery on Święty Wojciech, run by Ania and Kuba pouring single-origin coffees from Five Elephant, Audun, Koppi and Nomad.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: The cake counter changes daily; ask the barista which slice was baked that morning.
Pączuś i Kawusia on Rynek Łazarski in Poznań, open since November 2016, pairs warm fresh pączki with speciality coffee in a Łazarz market-square room founded by Natalia, Magda and Olek.
Signature drink: Filter coffee and doughnut pairing
Tip: The seasonal pączki flavours rotate; pistachio and rose are the year-round constants worth the visit.
Minister CAFE on Ratajczaka 34 in Poznań is a speciality coffee room with house beers from Ministerstwo Browaru on the same site, a long-stay back room and a vegan-friendly menu.
Signature drink: Aeropress speciality coffee
Tip: Order an Aeropress in the afternoon and switch to a Ministerstwo Browaru pour after 18:00; same room, different pace.
Weranda Caffe on Świętosławska 10 in Poznań is a courtyard cafe steps off Stary Rynek, with a leafy back garden, an all-day brunch and a vegetarian-friendly menu under the Weranda Family group.
Signature drink: Brunch espresso
Tip: Skip the front room; the back courtyard garden is the entire reason the room is on lists like this.
PLAN Cafe on Za Groblą 2/1 in Poznań is a small modern cafe in the Old Town with speciality coffees, homemade cakes and tortes, and a pavement-bench summer setup outside.
Signature drink: Pour-over speciality coffee
Tip: Order a cake of the day with the filter; the bakery is in-house and the espresso list is short by design.
