Atlanta coffee scene

Filter coffee bars in Atlanta

Where Atlanta takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.

15 cafés · United States

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Decatur

Bellwood Coffee - Decatur

Bellwood Coffee's Decatur location occupies the ground floor of the beloved Little Shop of Stories bookstore on the…

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East Atlanta Village

Bellwood Coffee - East Atlanta Village

Bellwood Coffee's East Atlanta Village outpost occupies a corner of The Victorian Atlanta, a creative plant shop on…

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Open late
Riverside

Bellwood Coffee - Riverside

The Riverside location is Bellwood Coffee's reopened flagship roastery-cafe, where beans are roasted on-site and the…

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Outdoor seats
Old Fourth Ward

BRASH Coffee - The Beltline

BRASH Coffee's Beltline location is a shipping container bar on the border of Old Fourth Ward and Inman Park,…

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Laptop-friendly
Upper Westside

BRASH Coffee - The Works

The Works flagship is BRASH's primary roastery-cafe, a clean and focused single-origin bar in the Upper Westside…

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Dog-friendly
West Midtown

Chattahoochee Coffee Company - Westside

Chattahoochee Coffee Company's Westside location has operated on Huff Road in the Westside Provisions District since…

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Outdoor seats
Old Fourth Ward

Chrome Yellow Trading Co.

Chrome Yellow opened in 2015 in a renovated 1950s garage steps from the Atlanta Beltline trail, roasting small…

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Laptop-friendly
Old Fourth Ward

Condesa Coffee

Condesa Coffee has been operating in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward since 2010, building a loyal following around…

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Dog-friendly
Decatur

Dancing Goats Coffee - Decatur

The Decatur flagship of Dancing Goats sits on West Ponce de Leon Avenue at the edge of the Decatur square, with a…

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Old Fourth Ward

Dancing Goats Coffee - Ponce City Market

Dancing Goats has been roasting specialty coffee in Atlanta since 1994 - one of the longest continuously operating…

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Laptop-friendly
Armour Yards

East Pole Coffee Co.

East Pole is an award-winning Atlanta specialty roaster founded in 2015, operating from a bright industrial roastery…

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Laptop-friendly
Grant Park

PERC Coffee - Grant Park

PERC Coffee is a Savannah-based specialty roaster that has built a meaningful Atlanta presence, and the Grant Park…

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Edgewood

PERC Coffee - Hosea Williams

PERC's Hosea Williams Drive location serves the Edgewood corridor with the same Savannah-roasted specialty program…

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Single origin
Decatur

Radio Roasters Coffee

Radio Roasters has been roasting specialty coffee in Decatur since 2014, operating a roastery, tasting bar, and…

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Outdoor seats
Kirkwood

Taproom Coffee

Taproom Coffee has anchored the Kirkwood neighborhood since 2014, built around a rotating guest-roaster program that…

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These are the Atlanta cafés that put filter coffee front and centre, with pour-over or batch brew on rotating single origins rather than espresso alone.

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