The city took ten years to get good at this and then got very good. Filter, not cortado, at all of these.
6 places
The passage-way bar that started the whole thing in this city. Standing room, four seats outside, filter done properly. If you order one coffee in Barcelona, order it here.
Passatge Sert 12
A courtyard hidden in the Gothic quarter serving very good coffee and a Japanese-leaning breakfast. Been quietly ahead of everyone since 2012.
Carrer de l'Arc de Sant Ramon del Call 11
A roastery in Gràcia that is serious about traceability and calm about everything else. Far enough from the tourist lines to stay a neighbourhood room. Buy beans.
Carrer de Neptú 36, Gràcia
Half plant shop, half café, concrete and ferns, in the middle of Poblenou. Take a book, take the corner, take your time.
Carrer de Badajoz 95
A hatch rather than a café, and there is one of them in every neighbourhood now. The reliable good cup when you are walking somewhere else.
Carrer de Margarit 17
Small roaster, single origins, staff who will tell you exactly which farm it came from if you ask and nothing at all if you do not.
Carrer del Consolat de Mar 47
The city took ten years to get good at this and then got very good. Filter, not cortado, at all of these.
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