Where baristas drink coffee in Madrid
We started from the places someone who truly cares about coffee would be sent to in Madrid. Then we checked each place against its own website and channels, wrote down only what we could verify, and published the ones we could stand behind.
The first ACID café, open since 2017 in Las Letras, built around rotating guest roasters.
Plaster walls with wooden shelves of sourdough loaves above a red banquette and small round tables.
Las Letras, Madrid
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A Madrid roaster's own bar, built around rotating single-origin espresso and filter lots.
A bar under white walls and dark beams, letter boards listing house drinks, Slayer espresso shots and special-lot filters above a shelf of brewers.
Cortes, Madrid
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A neighbourhood café in Hortaleza, built as an office away from the office.
Round wooden tables and chairs along a white bench under large ŌFI lettering: room to read, work or switch off.
Piovera, Madrid
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A roaster's own brunch café in Argüelles.
A bar with a grinder and espresso machine under black pendant lamps, the prices painted on the wall; walk-in only, no bookings.
Argüelles, Madrid
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The first café of a Madrid roaster, on Calle de la Palma.
A white-tiled bar where the barista works the espresso machine in full view.
Universidad, Madrid
Recommended by a coffee person View spot →Every spot on this page was recommended by at least one barista, roaster, or coffee professional working in or connected to the Madrid coffee scene. We check each recommendation: verifying the coffee program and confirming it meets our criteria. No café can pay to be here.