Our city guides to specialty coffee, from Barcelona to Sydney.
Antwerp coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Caffenation, Cuperus, Normo, Kolonel, Tartoer, Andy Roasters and Rush Rush roast their own, while Kasette Koffie, Nordica 31 and MONO pour Kolonel, UNCOMMON and Assembly.
Read the guideAthens coffee shops and the roasters behind them: The Underdog, Taf, KUDU, Samba, MOKKA, Coffee Dive and Cafeistas roast their own, and Foyer Espresso Bar pours guest roasters from Europe and New York.
Read the guideBrighton and Hove coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Redroaster, Small Batch, Pelicano, Trading Post and 17 Grams roast their own, Bond Street Coffee pours its founder's Freda, and 44 Poets, Komodo and LOAM bring in guest roasters.
Read the guideBristol coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Wogan, Full Court Press, Greytone, Sweven and OddKin roast their own, with Small Street Espresso, New Cut Coffee and Coffee + Beer pouring Clifton Coffee, Colonna and weekly guests.
Read the guideBudapest coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Madal, Goosebumps, Vivina's and Mantra roast their own, fekete, espresso embassy and Budapest Baristas pour Casino Mocca, and 4minutes in the Castle District serves La Cabra.
Read the guideCopenhagen coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Coffee Collective, La Cabra, April and Prolog, Andersen & Maillard, Norange, Saftig, Pontes, Impact Roasters and Riccos, Original Coffee and Copenhagen Coffee Lab, and the cafés Kaf and Darcy's.
Read the guideDublin coffee shops and the roasters behind them: 3fe, Bear Market, Cloud Picker, Shoe Lane and Sumo roast their own, while Coffeeangel, Copper + Straw, Proper Order, Two Pups and Vice pour Bailies, Square Mile, DAK, Farmhand and a rotation of guest roasters.
Read the guideGhent coffee shops and the roasters behind them: WAY, Full Circle and Vandekerckhove roast in the city, OR pours its own at its Coffee Lab, and tds., Café Labath, Peaberry, Take Five, SMØRBRØD, Goya and Catberry serve coffee from roasters across Belgium and beyond.
Read the guideKraków coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Karma, Pale, Coffee Rain, String Taste and Kelleran roast their own, and the plant-based cafés Szklarnia and Zgoda Café pour Pale and guest roasters.
Read the guideMunich coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Man Versus Machine, Vits, Suuapinga, Stray, Pacandé and Café Blá roast their own, sweet spot kaffee pours more than 30 roasters, and Standl 20, Coffee Twins and Humpback Whale serve coffee roasted for them.
Read the guideOslo coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Tim Wendelboe, Fuglen, Solberg & Hansen, Supreme Roastworks, Talormade, Lille Oslo Kaffebrenneri, Kaffebrenneriet and Hibi Kaffe roast in the city, Java and Mocca pour KAFFA, and Papegøye serves plant-based food and natural wine in Grønland.
Read the guidePrague coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Doubleshot, The Miners, mamacoffee, Dos Mundos, Alf & Bet's EMA bars, Coffee Source, Kavárna Pražírna and Mazelab roast their own, and Café Jen in Vršovice pours Father's and a guest roaster every month.
Read the guideRiga coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Rocket Bean, KALVE, Tiny Giant, STRADA and MiiT roast their own, and the gluten-free bakery Better Bread pours da Matteo from Gothenburg.
Read the guideRotterdam coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Man Met Bril Koffie, Schot, Giraffe, Ripsnorter, Hopper, Heilige Boontjes, Evermore and Spicekix roast their own, and New Jozi and Kopi Soesoe pour Manhattan, Schot, Mellow and more.
Read the guideStockholm coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Drop, Standout, Café Pascal, Johan & Nyström, Lykke, Muttley & Jack's, Volca and Solkant roast their own, Nordic Brew Lab pours guest roasters in Vasastan and À la Lo serves Belleville Brûlerie.
Read the guideTallinn coffee shops and the roasters behind them: The Brick, KOKOMO, Paper Mill and KODÛ roast their own, Kiosk pours Lykke in four cafés, and RØST bakes sourdough in the Rotermann Quarter.
Read the guideVienna coffee shops and the roasters behind them: GOTA, Jonas Reindl, Coffee Pirates, kaffeefabrik, Süssmund, Kaffeemodul, Vogel, Koun, OAKBREW and BEANDEPENDENT roast their own, with The Good Coffee Society and BALTHASAR, which pours Wildkaffee.
Read the guideWarsaw coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Ministerstwo Kawy, JAVA, ROST, Cafelito, Klaro, Story and El Cafetero roast their own, STOR pours ROST, Forum's subscription picks European roasters and Błysk's Michał Ciupiński is the Polish Barista Champion.
Read the guideZurich coffee shops and the roasters behind them: MAME, miró, ViCAFE, Rent a Barista and Bean Bank roast their own, 169 West pours Vertical and Coffee Architects in Wiedikon, and DOGUE brews Panama geishas in Altstetten.
Read the guideTen Austin coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Cuvée, Medici, Texas Coffee Traders, Flat Track, Fleet, Figure 8, Civil Goat and Sightseer roast their own, Dear Diary pours Sightseer in East Austin, and Houndstooth's partner roaster is Tweed in Dallas.
Read the guideNine Brooklyn coffee shops and roasters: SEY, Devoción, Partners, Variety, Driftaway, Brooklyn Roasting Company, Café Grumpy and Oslo roast in the borough, and Hungry Ghost pours Stumptown from Red Hook.
Read the guideEight Cape Town coffee shops and roasters: Truth, Origin, Rosetta, Deluxe Coffeeworks, Espresso Lab and Cedar roast in the city, Quaffee roasts on a wine farm in Constantia, and Pauline's pours in Sea Point, Green Point and Gardens.
Read the guideChicago coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Intelligentsia, Metropolis, Dark Matter, Metric, Big Shoulders, Passion House, Ipsento, Gaslight, Four Letter Word and Pedestrian all roast their own coffee and pour it in their own cafés, and The Wormhole pours Halfwit in Wicker Park.
Read the guideCoffee shops in Dubai and the roasters behind them: Nightjar, RAW and Cypher in Al Quoz, The Espresso Lab in Dubai Design District, Boon on the Palm and in JLT, Encounter and Black Coffee on Sheikh Zayed Road, Mokha 1450's five venues and Drop in Al Khawaneej.
Read the guideLos Angeles coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Go Get Em Tiger, Maru, Be Bright, Cognoscenti, Canyon, Civil, Alana's, Groundwork and Loquat roast their own coffee, Dayglow, Kumquat and Endorffeine pour roasters from around the world, and Menotti's holds the Venice boardwalk.
Read the guideNine coffee shops in New York and the roasters behind them: Joe, Birch, Ninth Street, Coffee Project and Irving Farm roast for Manhattan, Think and Café Integral roast in Brooklyn, Black Fox mixes guest roasters with its own, and Little Collins pours Counter Culture and Onyx.
Read the guidePhiladelphia coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Elixr, ReAnimator, Rival Bros, Ultimo, Vibrant, Càphê, Ox and Persimmon roast their own, La Colombe has roasted in the city since 1994, Function Coffee Labs pours Vibrant's coffee in Bella Vista, and Thank You Thank You brews SEY, Poem, Little Wolf, Dak and September near Washington Square.
Read the guideSan Francisco coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Ritual, Sightglass, Four Barrel, Linea, Andytown, Saint Frank, Wrecking Ball, Réveille and Grand Coffee all roast in or around the city.
Read the guideSeven coffee shops in Hackney, from Climpson & Sons on Broadway Market and the Dark Arts roastery in Homerton to e5 Bakehouse, Pophams, Lodestar, Esters and Origin in Shoreditch.
Read the guideLisbon coffee shops and the roasters behind them: Fábrica, The Folks, Hello Kristof and Baobá roast their own, with Comobå in Cais do Sodré and SO Coffee Roasters' bar in Chiado.
Read the guideCoffee shops in Valencia that roast their own, Bluebell in Russafa, BOSCON in Mestalla, TALLAT in El Cabanyal and Café Colomer, with Retrogusto in the Mercado Central, Blackbird, Los Picos and Let It Bloom.
Read the guideTwo coffee shops that roast in Birmingham, Java Roastery and Under Pressure Espresso, and five more: 200 Degrees, Faculty, Wayland's Yard, The Early Bird Bakery and The Steam Room.
Read the guideA jazz-playing roaster, two brothers by the Round Church and a room among the colleges: coffee shops in Cambridge from Hot Numbers, Bould Brothers, Pages, The Locker and Stir.
Read the guideRitual roasts in Cheltenham; The Scandinavian Coffee Pod, Society Café, Suffolk Coffee and For The Saints pour Assembly, Origin, Triple Co Roast and Quarter Horse.
Read the guideSpecialty coffee in Derry (Londonderry), inside the city walls and along the River Foyle: Opal's Rosta Coffee Bar, Gráft, Nine Hostages, Offing, hang ten. and The Coffee Tree.
Read the guideLeeds coffee shops and the two roasters among them, North Star and Maude, with Laynes by the station, Kapow, Stage, Coffee On The Crescent, Fika North and Rabbit Hole.
Read the guideMalta's traditional coffee is brewed with chicory and clove. Today LOT61, Coffee Circus and Vicky Coffee roast on the islands, and COFFEE & strangers, Monolith and Loaf pour beans from abroad.
Read the guideThree Nottingham roasters, 200 Degrees, Cartwheel and Stewarts, and the coffee shops around them: Blend in Sneinton Market, Greenhood in Beeston, and BEAR and Effy in Hockley.
Read the guideSeveral Sheffield coffee shops sit in old cutlery buildings: Foundry roasts in Cutlery Works and Tamper serves in Sellers Wheel, alongside Smith Street, 2323, Marmadukes, Steam Yard and Bragazzi's.
Read the guideSouthampton coffee shops in a former bank, a mill, a church and a record shop: Mettricks and its Ascapart roastery, SOroast, OSOTO, Happy Bean, Make & Brew and Deveroast.
Read the guideCoffee shops in Belfast and the roasters behind them, from Drop Hopper's market cart to Established, Neighbourhood Café, Kaffe O, Root & Branch, Trait and Bailies.
Read the guideOxford coffee shops from four local roasters, Missing Bean, Jericho Coffee Traders, Colombia Coffee Roasters and NewGround, plus Tree Artisan Cafe and Society Café.
Read the guideBarcelona still drinks its cortado at the bar. The best coffee shops in Barcelona for specialty coffee, and the roasters behind them, from NOMAD and Three Marks to Hidden, Right Side, D·Origen and Otsu.
Read the guideSydney coffee from Surry Hills, home of Single O, Reuben Hills and Sample, to the Marrickville roasteries, with Mecca, Skittle Lane, Gumption and Campos.
Read the guideIn Amsterdam a coffeeshop sells cannabis and a coffee bar sells coffee. The specialty coffee shops in Amsterdam, from LOT61 and Back to Black to Friedhats FUKU, Bocca and Rum Baba.
Read the guideBerlin's specialty coffee roasters, from Flying Roasters and Bonanza to Five Elephant, THE BARN and 19grams, and the neighbourhoods to walk.
Read the guideEdinburgh's roasters run many of its coffee shops: Cairngorm, Artisan Roast, Fortitude, Cult, Machina and Williams & Johnson, with Obadiah in Abbeyhill and The Milkman in the Old Town.
Read the guideThomson's has roasted in Glasgow since 1841. Papercup, Dear Green, Spitfire and Black Pine are the newer roasters, between the East End and the West End.
Read the guideSince Bold Street Coffee opened in 2010, Liverpool coffee shops and roasters have multiplied: Crosby Coffee, 92 Degrees, Two Words, Press Bros, Bean There and Mother Espresso.
Read the guideThirteen coffee shops in London for specialty coffee, by neighbourhood: Monmouth, roasting in Covent Garden since 1978, Prufrock, Workshop, Climpson & Sons, WatchHouse and Origin among them.
Read the guideMadrid's specialty coffee by neighbourhood: Hola and ACID in Lavapiés, Toma in Malasaña, Dosis in Chamberí, Misión near Plaza de España, HanSo in Malasaña and Pum Pum in Lavapiés.
Read the guideWhere to find the best coffee in Manchester: specialty coffee shops and roasters from Pot Kettle Black and Idle Hands to ManCoCo, Federal, Ezra & Gil and Ancoats Coffee Co.
Read the guideWhere Melbourne drinks its flat whites: Market Lane at Prahran Market, Seven Seeds in Carlton, Patricia in the CBD, Proud Mary in Collingwood, Industry Beans, Axil and Code Black.
Read the guideOrsonero opened as Milan's first specialty coffee shop in 2016. Today it shares the city with Cafezal, Loste, Lot Zero, Il Cafetero and the classic pastry counters.
Read the guideParis has the café on the corner and the coffee shop. The second kind, arrondissement by arrondissement: Klover, Substance, Tiba, Ten Belles, Tanat and more.
Read the guideSpecialty coffee in Rome: Faro, Luna, Sensorio, Barnum and Tram Depot, with the historic roasters by the Pantheon and what to order at the bar.
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