Serious espresso, Spanish pace
Four cafes here take espresso seriously in a city that spent decades perfectly happy with a fast café con leche at the bar. Sorted by Coffee Quality, not overall score.
4 matches.
- Misión Café Steep PickConde Duque · Madrid · Steep Index 9.0/10
A specialty café and bakehouse in Conde Duque with a direct-trade coffee programme, a cortado worth going out of your way for, and avocado toast made from bread they baked that morning.
- Ruda Café Steep PickLa Latina · Madrid · Steep Index 9.0/10
A small specialty café hidden in the narrow streets of La Latina, near the Rastro market, with rotating single-origin coffees and baristas who can actually tell you why they chose the beans on the counter.
- Toma CaféMalasaña · Madrid · Steep Index 8.5/10
One of the original specialty roasteries in Madrid, running out of a small Malasaña room since 2011. The flat white is honest, the cinnamon pastry will cost you a second coffee, and the solo experience is better than most.
- Cero Coffee RoastersGoya · Madrid · Steep Index 7.5/10
A specialty roaster and takeout counter in Salamanca with solid single-origin sourcing and an owner who knows the supply chain from seed to cup. The cup on this visit did not quite match the conversation.