Best Coffee Shops in Amsterdam

Amsterdam’s specialty scene grew from a Jordaan garage in 2001 into fully vertically integrated Dutch roasters that also import their own beans.

Jordaan

Menno Simons began roasting as Bocca in a Jordaan garage in 2001, later the Netherlands’ first fully vertically integrated specialty roaster.

Kerkstraat (city centre)

Bocca’s flagship espresso bar and roastery sits on Kerkstraat, a kilometre from the original garage.

Westerpark (Westergasfabriek)

Espressofabriek, founded by Rick Woertman in 2005, opened its original café at the Westergasfabriek.

IJburg

Espressofabriek opened a second, neighbourhood-style site in IJburg, completed in 2009.

Zeeburgereiland

Espressofabriek opened a third café here in June 2020, inside a former sludge pumping station.