Filter coffee bars in Montreal
Where Montreal takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
10 cafés · Canada
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Café Myriade
The standard bearer of specialty coffee in Montreal with five locations across the city, Myriade rotates guest…
Café Saint-Henri Micro-Torréfacteur
Founded in 2011 as Montreal's first direct-trade specialty micro-roaster, Saint-Henri pioneered third-wave coffee in…
Cafe Eclair
Located at the corner of Maguire and Saint-Laurent, Cafe Eclair doubles as a tightly curated micro-bookshop carrying…
Cafe Kujira
Inspired by Japanese minimalism and the unpretentious neighbourhood coffee culture of Tokyo, Kujira roasts its own…
Dispatch Coffee
Operating since 2012 with multiple locations including a flagship on Saint-Laurent, Dispatch has earned its place as…
Station W
A neighbourhood institution on Wellington Street since 2013, Station W uses Kittel coffee beans from Montreal's…
Toi Moi and Cafe
A pioneer of specialty and single-origin coffee in Montreal since 1995, Toi Moi et Cafe on Laurier Ouest long…
White Heron Coffee
Founded by entrepreneur Emily Wang, White Heron in Griffintown brings an Asian-inspired sensibility to a minimalist,…
Cafe Myriade Mont-Royal
The Myriade group's Plateau location at 28 Avenue Mont-Royal Ouest brings the same rotating North American…
Cafe Saint-Henri Notre-Dame
The Saint-Henri neighbourhood cafe at 3632 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest gave the roaster its name and remains one of the…
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These are the Montreal 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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