Filter coffee bars in Cape Town
Where Cape Town takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
12 cafés · South Africa
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Espresso Lab Microroasters
Located in the Old Biscuit Mill at 375 Albert Road, Espresso Lab was ranked 11th best coffee shop in the world and…
Origin Coffee Roasting
Founded in 2006 by Joel Singer, Origin is widely credited with igniting Cape Town's third-wave coffee scene, training…
Pauline's
South Africa's first stand-up coffee bar at 277 Main Road, Sea Point, is a homage to founder Jon-Paul Bolus's…
Rosetta Roastery (Bree Street)
Rosetta's corner presence at 97 Bree Street is a benchmark for single-origin clarity in Cape Town, featuring a…
Ground Art Caffe
At 160 Strand Street on the edge of De Waterkant, Ground Art Caffe combines artisan micro-roasted coffee with a…
Haas Coffee Collective
Founded in 2010, Haas at 19 Buitenkant Street merges specialty coffee with a rotating micro-gallery of local artist…
Bean There Coffee Roastery
South Africa's first certified Fairtrade coffee roaster operates its roastery-cafe at 58 Wale Street, sourcing…
Tribe Coffee Roasting
Tribe occupies a generous roastery-cafe at The Woodstock Foundry on Albert Road, where the full roasting operation is…
Origin Coffee Roasting (Gardens)
Origin's Gardens location at Longkloof Studios on Park Road extends the roastery's signature approach to…
Origin Coffee Roasting (Green Point)
Housed within the Goodman Gallery at 37A Somerset Road, this Origin location offers a sophisticated gallery-cafe…
Rosetta Roastery (Claremont)
Rosetta's southern suburbs presence in Claremont brings the roastery's award-winning single-origin precision to the…
Rosetta Roastery (Silo District)
Rosetta's Silo District espresso bar in the V&A Waterfront brings single-origin filter and espresso precision to one…
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These are the Cape Town 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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