Coffee Shops in Milan
Milan is the capital of the Italian espresso bar — which is exactly why specialty coffee took so long to arrive. Orsonero opened in 2016 as the city’s first specialty shop, and Cafezal began roasting the following year.
Coffee roasters in Milan
Cafezal Specialty Coffee Roasters · Official roaster website
Coffee areas in Milan
Porta Venezia
Orsonero, Milan’s original specialty coffee shop since 2016, runs its espresso and brew bar here; Coffee Studio 7Gr on Corso di Porta Venezia serves espresso from Modbar taps.
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Brera
Carlos Bitencourt opened the first Cafezal in Brera in 2018 — Milan’s first specialty coffee roastery; the name means coffee plantation in Portuguese.
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Paolo Sarpi
Orsonero’s newer shop brings its multi-roaster program to the Paolo Sarpi neighbourhood.
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Affori
Bar Affori is a classic neighbourhood bar pouring top-level espresso and filter from rotating roasters including La Sosta and Le Piantagioni del Caffè.
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Sant’Ambrogio & beyond
Le Polveri pairs stone-ground organic sourdough baking with specialty coffee selected by co-owner Gianni Tratzi, across two locations.
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The Coffee Hub
Cafezal’s 500-square-metre Coffee Hub east of the centre combines roastery, coffee bar, pastry, brunch, coworking and the Milano Coffee Academy.
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Coffee drinks in Milan
Espresso al banco
Coffee in Milan remains a ritual of precision and brevity: you drink it standing at the counter, in minutes — a quick shot on the way to the office, another after lunch.
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V60 at Orsonero
Orsonero is a zero-compromise multi-roaster café pulling shots and V60 pour-overs from rotating Nordic-style roasters including April, Koppi and Tim Wendelboe.
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Filter at Coffee Studio 7Gr
Sevengrams, founded in 2009 by four sisters, is one of Italy’s most respected specialty roasteries; its 22-square-metre Coffee Studio is devoted entirely to coffee — espresso, filter, pour-over and cold brew.
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Weekend colazione
On weekends the pace softens: andare fuori a fare colazione means ordering a coffee with your brioche, then another once the pastry is gone.