Madrid came to specialty coffee a few years after Barcelona and caught up fast. The scene has a clear shape: a handful of roasters who opened cafés, a handful of cafés that became bakeries, and a growing group of small neighbourhood counters in Malasaña, Lavapiés, Chamberí and Las Letras that serve light roasts from Madrid or from guest roasters abroad. The list is not ranked.
Hola Coffee, Lavapiés, Salamanca and the roastery
Hola has roasted in Madrid since 2017, aiming to bring out the particular character of each farm, variety and growing method. The roastery, academy and headquarters are in Carabanchel, and there are two cafés, one in Lavapiés and one in Salamanca. The academy runs everything from a one-day latte art class to an intensive barista bootcamp, and Hola is the La Marzocco partner for Spain and Portugal.
ACID, Las Letras, Lavapiés and Chueca
ACID is a bakery and coffee company founded in Madrid in 2017, and the city’s clearest multi-roaster: each month it works with favourite roasters from around the world rather than roasting itself. ACID Café, the first store, in the old neighbourhood of Las Letras, was where it first set out to serve bright coffees. ACID Bakehouse in Lavapiés followed in 2021 and now sends sourdough, croissants and Scandinavian-style pastries to every shop daily, and ACID Shop in Chueca is a quiet café in a former gemstone store. Two Berlin shops opened in 2024 and 2025.
Misión Café, near Plaza de España
Joaquín Burkhalter Thiebaut founded Misión in 2017 near Plaza de España, and it is now as much a bakehouse as a café: sourdough breads, pastries and puff pastry baked in the adjacent workshop. The coffee list rotates through farms such as Boa Vista in Brazil and José Cuéllar’s lot in Colombia, bought by direct trade.
HanSo Café, Malasaña and Ópera
HanSo keeps it short: specialty coffeeshop, no reservations. The original is in Malasaña and HanSo Café 2 is near Ópera. The online shop sells Ethiopian and Burundian single origins and a house blend, and the menu changes with the season.
Toma Café, Malasaña and Chamberí
Toma is one of the names that come up first in any conversation about Madrid coffee. It roasts in Madrid and runs three cafés, one in Malasaña and two in Chamberí.
Pum Pum Café, Lavapiés
Pum Pum sits in Lavapiés behind a sun-faded yellow façade. The family has grown: Pum Pum Bakery, Petit Pum Pum, and a deli and a second café announced for late 2026 and early 2027.
Dosis, Chamberí
Mauricio De Luca’s café in Chamberí has run for almost four years and recently started roasting its own coffee in Madrid alongside guest roasters from across Spain and Europe, and sells the same coffee it serves. Dosis also runs a barista bootcamp and sells grinders, brewers and ceramics.
Ruda Café, La Latina
Ruda Café is a small specialty café in the middle of the Rastro, serving coffees from several origins and running home barista, latte art and fermentation workshops. Its sister venue Trava, a few streets away, does brunch, wine and tapas into the evening.
Monkee Koffee, Chamberí
Monkee Koffee serves coffee roasted by Randall Coffee Roasters, with espresso, batch brew and pour-over on the menu beside tostadas, brioche sandwiches, smoothies and, in the evenings, beer and cocktails. It hosts chess tournaments.
What you need to know about Madrid specialty coffee
What are the types of coffee in Spanish? A café solo is an espresso, a cortado is cut with a little milk, a café con leche is half milk, and a café americano is lengthened with water. Specialty cafés add flat whites, V60 and batch brew to that list.
Which cafés roast their own beans? Hola, Dosis and Toma roast in Madrid. ACID, Misión, HanSo, Ruda and Pum Pum serve other roasters, and Monkee serves Randall.
Where should a first coffee walk start? Malasaña and Chamberí pair HanSo, Toma, Dosis and Monkee. Lavapiés and Las Letras put Hola, Pum Pum, ACID Café and ACID Bakehouse within fifteen minutes of each other.
Where can you work? HanSo and Monkee are built for a longer sit; ACID Shop is quiet. Pum Pum and Ruda are small.
Photo credits
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