Filter coffee bars in Zurich
Where Zurich takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
12 cafés · Switzerland
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MAME Josefstrasse
Founded in 2016 by world barista champions Emi Fukahori and Mathieu Theis, MAME on Josefstrasse is the undisputed…
miró manufactura de café
Brothers David and Daniel Sanchez built miró into Zurich's most decorated roastery, earning the Roaster of the Year…
Stoll Kaffee Roastery Cafe
Stoll was founded in Zurich in 1936 and moved its roastery to Austrasse 38 in Wiedikon in 2019 across two floors,…
Ombak Coffee
Formerly Omnia Coffee and now trading as Ombak, this family-run specialty shop at Stauffacherstrasse 105 in…
slurp. coffee
Hidden inside a quiet Kreis 4 courtyard at Kanzleistrasse 129, slurp. inherited the Echo Park space and transformed…
SPORT Specialty Coffee and Bar
At Kanzleistrasse 76 in Langstrasse, SPORT spans specialty coffee by day and natural wine and cocktails by evening in…
Auer and Co
One of the earliest multi-roaster adopters in Zurich, Auer and Co occupies the ground floor of a former factory at…
Bros Beans and Beats
Bros on Gartenhofstrasse in Wiedikon has become one of the most reliably busy specialty stops in the Stauffacher…
Kafi Dihei
On Zurlindenstrasse 231 between Idaplatz and Fritschiwiese, Kafi Dihei is one of the most warmly regarded…
Commercial The Project
Opened in 2024 beside Zurich's beloved Bäckeranlage park in Kreis 4, Commercial carries a rotating roster of local…
DRAFT. Coffee
Draft opened in August 2024 at Wildbachstrasse in Seefeld, bringing a Scandinavian-minimalist aesthetic and a menu…
MAME Seefeld
MAME's lakeside outpost on Seefeldstrasse sits steps from Lake Zurich, bringing the same championship-calibre…
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These are the Zurich 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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