Coffee Shops in Athens
Athens is one of Europe’s most serious specialty coffee cities — a surprise to visitors expecting only briki-brewed Greek coffee. Since Taf opened in 2009, micro-roasteries and competition-trained baristas have spread across the city.
Coffee roasters in Athens
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Coffee areas in Athens
Exarchia
Taf Coffee on Emmanouil Benaki is the founding Athens third-wave bar from 2009, an in-house roastery where the Rosebud blend is the daily.
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Thissio
The Underdog, a third-wave bar and micro-roastery from 2011, sits in a restored neoclassical building on Iraklidon with a bright industrial courtyard.
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Koukaki
Little Tree Books and Coffee, near the Acropolis Museum, is a quiet bookshop café with filter coffee and handmade sweets.
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Pangrati
Foyer Espresso Bar combines rotating guest-roaster espresso and filter with a small in-house bakery and shelves of beans and brew gear.
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Peristeri
Mind the Cup is a specialty roastery and bar on a pedestrian street — a third-wave destination outside the centre.
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Kolonaki
Samba Coffee Roasters, founded in 1979 and among Greece’s most decorated roasters, draws a loyal crowd to its street-level shop on Solonos.
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Freddo espresso or cappuccino
Most Greeks ditched frappé — their own invention — 20 years ago and are now freddo enthusiasts: espresso and cappuccino served deliciously cold.
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Taf Competition blend
Try Taf’s no-nonsense Competition house blend with nutmeg and dried apricot undertones, or the affordable Rosebud with hints of cinnamon, dark chocolate and berries.
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Cold brew at The Underdog
The cold brew is the order at The Underdog; the weekend brunch pulls a queue from 10:30.
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Single-origin filter
Taf’s Yannis Taloumis spends half his time travelling to remote plantations in Guatemala, Ethiopia and beyond; single-estate selections change every week.