Coffee Shops in Madrid
Madrid came to specialty coffee a few years after Barcelona and caught up fast: roasters who opened cafés, cafés that became bakeries, and small neighbourhood counters across Malasaña, Lavapiés, Chamberí and Las Letras.
Coffee roasters in Madrid
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Coffee areas in Madrid
Malasaña
Toma Café opened on Calle de la Palma in 2011, run by two people who had spent years flying to other European cities for decent coffee before making the thing they kept looking for.
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Lavapiés
Hola Coffee runs a café here, and ACID Bakehouse has sent sourdough, croissants and Scandinavian-style pastries across the city daily since 2021.
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Chamberí
Naji Specialty Coffee is a tiny Chamberí shop with pistachio, passion fruit, coconut and date lattes; Cafés Guayacán runs tastings and a barista-for-a-day session.
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Las Letras
ACID Café, the first store of the bakery and coffee company founded in 2017, set out to serve bright coffees in this old neighbourhood.
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Near Plaza de España
Misión Café, founded in 2017, is as much a bakehouse as a café, with sourdough and pastries baked in the adjacent workshop.
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Salamanca & Carabanchel
Hola has roasted in Madrid since 2017; its roastery, academy and headquarters are in Carabanchel, with a second café in Salamanca.
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Coffee drinks in Madrid
Cortado
Ordering coffee in Spain is a fast transaction — a café con leche or a cortado at the bar, drunk in three minutes; specialty shops keep the ritual and upgrade what’s in the cup.
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Kalita filter at Misión
Misión Café pairs a Kalita filter and espresso tonic with eggs Benedict from its Malasaña bakehouse.
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Single origin at Pan y Pepinillos
Pan y Pepinillos on Calle el Escorial serves single-origin coffee only — no laptops, no reservations.
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Cardamom bun at ACID
ACID is Madrid’s clearest multi-roaster, working each month with favourite roasters from around the world rather than roasting itself — and the cardamom buns are a highlight.