Filter coffee bars in Houston
Where Houston takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
7 cafés · United States
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BlendIn Coffee Club
BlendIn was founded by Weizhong Zhang, a biochemist-turned-coffee-roaster who won the 2024 US Brewers Cup…
Boomtown Coffee - Heights
Boomtown has been the Heights neighborhood's anchor specialty roaster since 2012, roasting small-batch beans in-house…
Catalina Coffee
Open since 2007, Catalina Coffee is Houston's original third-wave benchmark - an intentionally no-frills space on…
Fifth Vessel Coffee Co.
Fifth Vessel roasts and serves its own coffee from a design-forward space at 104 Main Street, sourcing globally and…
Simply Coffie
Simply Coffie is a single-origin-focused specialty cafe in the Heights that prioritizes terroir and climate…
Siphon Coffee
Siphon is a full-service Montrose cafe that takes its name from the vacuum-siphon brewing technique it spotlights…
Tenfold Coffee - Heights Roastery
Tenfold's flagship is a converted warehouse in the Heights that houses the company's Garrow roastery, a…
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These are the Houston 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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