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A creative Japanese-inspired café blending coffee, design and food in Poblenou.
Coffee shops and cafes in Barcelona – specialty coffee, local roasters and third-wave spots for a proper cup.

A creative Japanese-inspired café blending coffee, design and food in Poblenou.

A matcha-obsessed Eixample café sourcing first-harvest ceremonial powder from Japan, stone-ground to order – with proper coffee alongside.

A specialty bar built on tasting one coffee across different extraction methods – Jaleo beans, guest roasters and a warm, unsnobby welcome.

Barcelona’s first completely egg-based brunch spot – inventive eggs from benedicts to scrambles to bowls, with serious specialty coffee to match.

A pared-back coffee bar and art gallery down a tiny Raval street, pouring SlowMov beans across V60, pour-over and cold brew.

Marco, Marco and Marc are dedicated to brewing up excellent coffee for a new audience in the barrio of Fort Pienc, well insulated from hipsterdom.

A homegrown roaster’s most central outpost, tucked near Santa Maria del Mar – own-roasted espresso, filter and a 91-point Salvadoran single origin.

Expect to find a steady stream of students flowing in and out of the shop throughout the day, leaving an animated buzz after a welcome hit of caffeine.

Spanish Barista Champion Jordi Mestre’s roastery-café near Santa Caterina – one of the names that put Barcelona on the specialty coffee map.

Italian barista Iker pours every cup with obsessive care at this snug café – single-origin espresso and filter for those who taste the difference.

The newest and most beautiful café-cum-brunch place to hit the Eixample.

A brunch café behind the Rambla del Raval – ecological food, craft coffee, pastries.

El Magnífico’s new Eixample bar, home to Barcelona’s first La Marzocco Modbar pour-over – sit and watch a filter dialed in front of you.

A Sant Antoni stopping point doing two things well – La Marzocco specialty coffee and a made-to-order brunch worth the weekend line.

Pair one of their house brews with tacos, fried chicken or a cheeseburger.

Sink into one of the red velvet chairs to start your day with specialty coffee, croissants, avo toast and scrambled eggs.

A slice of New Zealand brunch culture in Poblenou – flat whites, the charred-corn fritter stack and those kimchi pancakes, all done with real care.

A Greek-rooted coffee house from the island of Salamina, by way of Amsterdam – specialty coffee and proper hospitality on a busy Eixample corner.

A hugely popular Eixample microroastery – it roasts what it pours, from rotating single origins to flat whites and cult cinnamon rolls.

Noor serves specialty coffee, matcha and pastries in a small Sant Pere café.

The Sans family’s Born roastery, roasting since 1962 – loose-weight single origins and a takeaway espresso loyalists rank among the city’s best.

Single-source beans are freshly roasted on-site and expertly ground to craft espresso, Aeropress, V60 and Chemex-based beauties.