Filter coffee bars in Lyon
Where Lyon takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
7 cafés · France
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Cafe Mokxa Croix-Rousse
The Croix-Rousse flagship of Lyon's founding specialty roaster sits on Rue Victor Fort in the heart of the plateau…
La Boite a Cafe by Mokxa
Opened in 2011 at Place du Forez, this was one of the first specialty coffee bars in all of France. Mokxa, the…
MAGMA Coffee Shop
Opened in June 2023 by Andrea Rossignol and Berenice Talarmin, MAGMA takes its name from the molten energy that…
Puzzle Cafe
Operating as a specialty coffee bar since 2015, Puzzle has built a reputation on sourcing from elite European…
Slake Coffee House Jacobins
Founded in 2015 with a New Zealand sensibility, Slake brought a flat-white culture to the Presqu'ile before most of…
Slake Coffee Terreaux
The second Slake location sits on Rue de la Platiere a short walk from Place des Terreaux and the Hotel de Ville,…
Zeitgeist Cafe
A 100 percent plant-based specialty coffee bar on Rue des Augustins, Zeitgeist pairs serious European-sourced coffee…
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These are the Lyon 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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