E. Wedel's chocolate cafe on Szpitalna in Warsaw opened in 1894 in Emil Wedel's tenement, descended from the 1851 chocolate house. Crystal mirrors, mahogany furniture, and the original drinking-chocolate menu.
Address: ul. Szpitalna 8, 00-031 Warszawa, Warsaw
MiTo in Warsaw's MDM district is a cafe, art gallery and bookshop in one room. Colourful modernist interior, breakfast sets, and a stage that hosts launches and slow Sunday brunches.
Signature drink: Cappuccino, breakfast plates
Etno Cafe on Marszalkowska in Warsaw is the largest Polish specialty chain, with beans roasted at the Wroclaw plant. Single-origin filter, espresso, cold brew and packets of green-beans for retail.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Charlotte on Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw is the French-style bakery-cafe that anchors the city's trendiest square. Croissants from 07:30, glass-roof terrace, French wines by the glass after dark.
Signature drink: French croissant and espresso
STOR on Tamka in Warsaw is the original location of one of the city's first third-wave coffee shops. Pour-over, espresso, plant milk by default, mismatched mid-century furniture, regulars at the laptop tables.
Signature drink: Pour-over filter coffee
Relaks on Pulawska in Warsaw is the bike-shop-turned-specialty-coffee room staffed by former Polish barista champions. Beans from The Barn Berlin and a rotating cast of European roasters.
Signature drink: Specialty filter coffee
Coffeedesk on Wilcza in Warsaw is the cafe outpost of Poland's biggest specialty-coffee e-commerce brand. Rotating beans from Five Elephant, Gardelli, Johan & Nystrom, La Cabra and Kofi Brand.
Signature drink: Espresso flight, four-roaster pour-over
