Filter coffee bars in Sydney
Where Sydney takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
11 cafés · Australia
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Artificer Specialty Coffee Bar & Roastery
Founded by Shoji Sasa and Dan Yee, Artificer at 547 Bourke Street is a purist's temple where beans are roasted…
ONA Coffee Sydney
ONA's Sydney flagship at 58-60 Smith Street was voted NSW and ACT's Cafe of the Year 2025, and the menu reads like a…
Rising Sun Workshop
Rising Sun at 1c Whateley Street is a communal motorcycle workshop and award-winning restaurant in a Newtown back…
Coffee Alchemy
Coffee Alchemy at 2-87 Sydenham Road is one of Sydney's most enduring specialty institutions, roasting single-origin,…
Edition Coffee Roasters
Edition at 118 Devonshire Street fuses Scandinavian minimalism with Japanese precision in both its design and its…
Edition Coffee Roasters Haymarket
Edition's second Sydney location at 60 Darling Drive brings the same Scandinavian-Japanese design and omni-roast…
Flux Coffee
Flux in Darlinghurst serves rotating single-origin filter coffee alongside espresso drinks in a relaxed, inclusive…
Padre Coffee Paddington
Melbourne's Padre opened its first Sydney store at Paddington's Five Ways at 241A Glenmore Road, bringing a…
Reformatory Caffeine Lab
The Reformatory Caffeine Lab in Redfern runs a focused specialty coffee bar built around rotating single-origin…
Sample Coffee
Sample's founding espresso bar at 118 Devonshire Street has been running since 2014, serving single origins…
Sample Coffee St Peters
The Sample Pro Shop at 75 Mary Street in St Peters is both roastery and retail cafe, where beans are roasted in view…
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