Top 10 Best Coffee Shops in The World

2 December 2020

Are you someone who loves travelling around while being on the lookout for the greatest cup of joe in the world? If you’re a traveler, you’ll have noticed by now that a new wave of coffee has slowly been taking over the globe in the last decade or so.

Great coffee is finally getting normalized so why not search for the greatest places to try out? As adherents of the culture, it’s necessary to educate everyone about great coffee and celebrate the shops that stand out as exceptional. We’ll try to list the 10 best coffee shops in the world for you. It may be a small, specialty shop or a big coffee house.

Coutume - Paris, France

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Coutume is one of the pioneers of the Parisian coffee scene as it was one of the earliest shops to open its doors and offer specialty coffees in the olden days of Paris. They roast fresh beans and approach the art of brewing in some of the most complex, sophisticated manners known to coffee makers, resulting in the perfect cup every single time. Their menu is laced with a delicious assortment of options along with a great lunch menu as well.

Sightglass - San Francisco, California

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From regular brewing classes to in-the-round open coffee bar, Sightglass is the go to place to drink coffee. The high ceilings and the sophisticated but ambient aesthetics of the space make it an ideal place for joe-enthusiasts from around the world. The best thing about them is that you can take a look at their entire operation and participate in it too using their customizable Affogato Bar options upstairs on the mezzanine level.

The sight of baristas pouring espresso drinks and the sacks of beans waiting to be put inside coffee roasters make for a fulfilling experience.

Bob Coffee Lab - Bucharest, Romania

This is an ingenious place in Bucharest, Romania, serving coffee specialties and other experiments with dark chocolate, iced coffee and espresso bars. Their tasty Kurkuma Latte can be a lifesaver on a cold winter day while freshly baked almond cookies form a delicious duo. Their award-winning roasters and baristas work hard to produce coffee roasted with new ideas and techniques, continuously experimenting and testing them.

Cafe Central - Vienna, Austria

Café Central has been an Austrian institution in the art of coffee making since the year 1876. It has been the hotspot for some of Europe’s brightest minds and intellectuals like Sigmund Freud and Leon Trotsky. Their products are exceptional, and their guest list is a testament to that! Nothing should keep you from going there and linger around for hours at this historical landmark.

Helsingin Kahvipaahtimo - Helsinki, Finland

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Helsingin Kahvipaahtimo is a Finnish word for Coffee Roastery. Benjamin Andberg founded this shop and roastery back in 2011. It’s second-hand furniture in a compact, well-decorated space creates an extremely good vibe for coffee-lovers.

They offer a wide selection for enthusiasts looking for an unforgettable experience especially with their light roast Ota/Jätä option. It’s one of their famous single origins that varies seasonally and is available only in limited batches.

For the traditionalists, Helsingin Kahvipaahtimo offers the medium roasted No. 3, a filtered blend with Ethiopian and Brazilian beans.

Giyanti Coffee Roastery - Jakarta, Indonesia

Starting off as a small place behind a Clinic in 2012, Giyanti Coffee Roastery has been growing into one of the best coffee shops not only for Indonesians but also for the myriads of foreign tourists visiting the beautiful Southeast Asian country every year. Its domestic roast masters are passionate about brewing the best coffee and using only the best-sourced beans from the country’s own diverse and indigenous bean plantations.

Toma Café - Madrid, Spain

The Toma Café is one of the pioneers of Madrid’s coffee scene. Established by two Argentines from Latin America, Santi Rigoni and Patricia Alda in 2011. They’ve been the first café to introduce brewing and roasting specialty coffee in the Spanish capital. They offer an exquisite assortment of options including toasted sourdough bread, piccolo, cold brew, pour-over coffee and many other single origin selections.

It’s also a great place to try out a few seasonal toasts like ricotta and apricot or their neat brunch menu, natural wine selection or snacking options. Apart from this, they can offer you classes too. You can recognize the scale they’re working at from the fact that they have their own organic, Madrid-based distribution system and a proper radio studio as well.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters - New York, New York

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Sourcing the best coffee from every region of the world, Stumptown Coffee Roasters truly are one of the most iconic New York City cafés that focus on doing things differently with quality and style. Their sourcing helps them maintain mutually beneficial, farmer-friendly relationships along the whole process.

Quality control and transparency are the driving forces of Stumptown that help them give attention to every step and every detail, paying their tribute to all the people involved in making the perfect cup of coffee from plant to portafilter. Comprehensive barista education, high-end cupping labs and meticulous roasting profiles form the core of Stumptown experience and it’s as much a treat watching this whole heartwarming apparatus go about work as it is to enjoy a cup of coffee with them.

Bonanza Coffee Roasters - Berlin, Germany

It’s true that you can’t complete the German capital’s coffee scene without mentioning Bonanza but it’s more than that. The hipster Bonanza Coffee Roasters has been successful in garnering a name for themselves on the global scale as well, pioneering the third-wave coffee movement in the historic city.

The center of attention and probably the most unusual thing at the same time is the iconic Synesso Cyncra espresso machine lying in the middle of the shop, and the stacks of finest beans, waiting to be roasted and brewed.

Cafe Tortoni - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tortoni is probably the oldest café in all of Argentina, drawing tourists and coffee enthusiasts with its unique atmosphere from all over the region. As a regular hotspot for musicians, artists, celebrities and politicians since the late 1800s, Café Tortoni holds a great deal of importance for the South American nation’s cultural and political history. Their specialty is something to revere for a lifetime along with the local treats like chocolate churros, a special crunchy dough dipped in hot chocolate.