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Departure Coffee Co.
A pared-back coffee bar and art gallery down a tiny Raval street, pouring SlowMov beans across V60, pour-over and cold brew.
Specialty Coffee in Barcelona
The best cafes in Barcelona – specialty coffee, local roasters and third-wave spots for a proper cup.
Barcelona
Specialty Coffee in Barcelona
The best cafes in Barcelona – specialty coffee, local roasters and third-wave spots for a proper cup.
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Kafenion
A Greek-rooted coffee house from the island of Salamina, by way of Amsterdam – specialty coffee and proper hospitality on a busy Eixample corner.
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Hidden Coffee Roasters
A homegrown roaster’s most central outpost, tucked near Santa Maria del Mar – own-roasted espresso, filter and a 91-point Salvadoran single origin.
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The Egg Lab
Barcelona’s first completely egg-based brunch spot – inventive eggs from benedicts to scrambles to bowls, with serious specialty coffee to match.
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Ripa Coffee
A hugely popular Eixample microroastery – it roasts what it pours, from rotating single origins to flat whites and cult cinnamon rolls.
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Àmbar
A specialty bar built on tasting one coffee across different extraction methods – Jaleo beans, guest roasters and a warm, unsnobby welcome.
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Noor
A plant-filled specialty café on a pretty old-town street – flat whites, a cult blueberry matcha and handmade pastries, built to slow you down.
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Paradero
A Sant Antoni stopping point doing two things well – La Marzocco specialty coffee and a made-to-order brunch worth the weekend line.
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Cafés El Magnífico
The Sans family’s Born roastery, roasting since 1962 – loose-weight single origins and a takeaway espresso loyalists rank among the city’s best.
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Bonsai
A matcha-obsessed Eixample café sourcing first-harvest ceremonial powder from Japan, stone-ground to order – with proper coffee alongside.
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Cafés El Magnífico
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.
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Three Marks Coffee
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.
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Rex Café
Sink into one of the plush, red velvet chairs to start your day with specialty coffee, ham-and-cheese-stuffed croissants and tostados adorned with avocado and scrambled eggs.
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Roast Club Cafe
Italian barista Iker pours every cup with obsessive care at this snug café – single-origin espresso and filter for those who taste the difference.
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La Marzocco
You can book a visit to sip a cuppa and get an eyeful of all that sparkling Italian hardware without leaving town at their showroom in Gràcia.
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Caravelle
A creative Raval café-restaurant – specialty coffee, craft beer and comfort food, from fried chicken to a proper cheeseburger.
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Nømad Coffee
Spanish Barista Champion Jordi Mestre’s roastery-café near Santa Caterina – one of the names that put Barcelona on the specialty coffee map.
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Morning Glory
Behind the Rambla del Raval, an eco-minded brunch café serving ecological food, craft coffee, homemade quiches and pastries.
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Little Fern
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.
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Morrow Coffee
Single-source beans are freshly roasted on-site and expertly ground to craft espresso, Aeropress, V60 and Chemex-based beauties.
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Syra Coffee
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.