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Café con leche at Café El Popular, espresso bars on Calle Dinamarca, Roma bakeries and El Jarocho in Coyoacán.

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Mexico City sits at 2,240 meters, and its 16 alcaldías (boroughs) are the core of a metropolitan area of about 21.8 million people.1 Its first café, the Café de Manrique, opened in 1798 at the corner of Tacuba and Empedradillo, by today’s Monte de Piedad. It served coffee in the French manner, sweet and with milk, because the plain drink was thought too strong; the writer Salvador Novo credited it with starting the challenge to chocolate. It lasted into the early 20th century, and nothing of it remains.2

The sweet, milky cup outlived it. The cafés de chinos, opened by Chinese immigrants in the first half of the 20th century, drew customers with glass cases of bread and cheap café con leche.3 In Coyoacán, a couple who sold Veracruz coffee from a grocery opened El Jarocho in 1953, and its original counter still has no seats.4

Del Valle and Narvarte have the most cafés, ahead of Roma, Coyoacán and Juárez; the Centro has fewer and older ones, among them Café de Tacuba and the 24-hour Café El Popular on 5 de Mayo.

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Mexico City is divided into 16 alcaldías (boroughs).1 Much of the city's café life is in Cuauhtémoc, a borough of 32 km² that holds the Centro, Juárez, the Zona Rosa, Roma, Condesa, San Rafael and Santa María la Ribera.12 Narvarte, next to Del Valle, lies south of it in Benito Juárez, and Coyoacán is a borough of its own.1314

Centro Histórico

Madero, 5 de Mayo and the Alameda: cafés de chinos, a coffee merchant from 1930, a café that never closes and a terrace facing Bellas Artes.

97 cafés

Roma Norte & Roma Sur

Porfirian mansions, Plaza Río de Janeiro and the bakery cafés of Colima and Orizaba, south to the Mercado de Medellín.

156 cafés

San Rafael & Santa María la Ribera

Two 19th-century colonias north of the Monumento a la Revolución: the Kiosco Morisco, the Chopo’s iron hall and a café open since 1930.

74 cafés

Juárez & Cuauhtémoc

Bucareli, the Zona Rosa and the Plaza Washington blocks of Dinamarca and Londres, with Cuauhtémoc’s river-named streets across Reforma.

103 cafés

Condesa

Parque México, Parque España and the old racetrack oval of Avenida Ámsterdam, with espresso bars along Calle Campeche.

91 cafés

Polanco

Parque Lincoln’s clock tower, Avenida Masaryk and the cafés of Isaac Newton and Campos Elíseos, in a colonia of 1940s California-style houses.

78 cafés

Del Valle, Narvarte & Portales

Residential colonias south of the Viaducto: Almanegra’s bar on Avenida Universidad, cafés on Calle Petén and La Morena, and Vértiz by Parque de los Venados.

299 cafés

Coyoacán

The Jardín Centenario, Francisco Sosa and El Jarocho’s counters, south to the bookshop cafés of Miguel Ángel de Quevedo and Copilco by the UNAM.

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Cafés open until 22:00 or later, and a few that never close.

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Cafetería el Embarcadero

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Jardín Balbuena & the east 28 cafés

Lindavista & La Villa 60 cafés

Cafeteria el Parque

  • Avenida Rómulo Escobar Zerman 197
  • Mon–Tue 14:00–22:00 · Thu–Fri 14:00–22:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–22:00
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Azcapotzalco 33 cafés

Ciudad Universitaria & Pedregal 12 cafés

Santo Domingo & Santa Úrsula 25 cafés

Tlalpan 30 cafés

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Coapa & Culhuacán 53 cafés

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Café de olla is ground coffee simmered with piloncillo (unrefined cane sugar) and cinnamon, and some regions add clove, anise or orange peel. It is named after the olla de barro, the clay pot it is brewed in, which keeps it hot for longer, and it spread during the Revolution as a cheap, energizing drink for soldiers and farmhands.5

A cup can be very cheap. In May 2024 PickUp Coffee, a takeaway chain then with branches in Roma and Del Valle, charged MX$13–20 for its coffee of the day, MX$21 for an americano and about MX$40 for a latte.6 Specialty bars price higher: in Chilango’s January 2024 guide to Narvarte, drinks started at MX$40–65.10

Tipping in a café is voluntary. Profeco, the federal consumer agency, says a tip may not be added to the bill without the customer’s explicit consent, and treats a forced one as a coercive practice under article 10 of the consumer protection law. It advises checking the bill before paying and asking for any charge to be corrected.7

The wet season runs from May to October, when most of the city’s roughly 820 mm of annual rain falls, with July the wettest month; November to April is dry and sunny.1 In August 2026 Meteored described moist air from the east and local circulations as the usual summer pattern behind afternoon and evening storms, with the worst expected between 16:00 and 21:00.8 In those months, take terrace coffee in the morning.

What coffee costs in Mexico City

DrinkTypical price
Capuchino
Cappuccino, regular size		MX$45–85
Mexico City cafés, October 2026
Americano
Black coffee at a takeaway chain		MX$21
PickUp Coffee, Roma and Del Valle, May 2024
Bebida de especialidad
Specialty-bar drinks, starting price		from MX$40–65
Narvarte specialty bars, January 2024
Café molido, 1 kg
House blend by the kilo		MX$250–260
El Jarocho, Coyoacán, 2026

Prices as of the dates shown. The cappuccino range is Numbeo’s crowd-sourced figure for Mexico City, updated in October 2026.9 The americano is PickUp Coffee’s May 2024 price.6 The specialty range is the starting price of seven Narvarte cafés in Chilango’s January 2024 guide.10 The kilo is El Jarocho’s house blend as given in Sopitas’s history of the café, last updated in February 2026.11

Sources

  1. Mexico City, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Café Manrique, la primera cafetería de la Ciudad de México, ADN40 (January 31, 2022, updated June 25, 2026), accessed October 2026
  3. Los cafés de chinos de la CDMX, Sopitas (November 17, 2024), accessed October 2026
  4. Café El Jarocho, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  5. ¿Cuál es el origen del café de olla?, Excélsior (January 12, 2026), accessed October 2026
  6. ¿Café bueno y barato en CDMX? En Pickup Coffee hay café desde 10 pesos, Chilango (May 14, 2024), accessed October 2026
  7. Profeco recuerda que la propina en restaurantes, bares y cafés es voluntaria y no puede cobrarse sin consentimiento del cliente, El Imparcial (December 26, 2025), accessed October 2026
  8. Pronóstico en CDMX para este miércoles: lluvias aisladas por la tarde y posibles tormentas eléctricas, Meteored (August 5, 2026), accessed October 2026
  9. Cost of Living in Mexico City, Numbeo (updated October 23, 2026), accessed October 2026
  10. ¡Atención, coffee lovers! 7 cafeterías en la Narvarte que deben conocer, Chilango (January 2, 2024), accessed October 2026
  11. La historia del café Jarocho, Sopitas (June 18, 2023, updated February 25, 2026), accessed October 2026
  12. Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  13. Narvarte, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  14. Coyoacán, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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Cafés in Mexico City: common questions

How much does a coffee cost in Mexico City?

In October 2026 a regular cappuccino in Mexico City typically cost MX$45–85. Takeaway coffee can be much cheaper: in May 2024 the PickUp Coffee chain charged MX$21 for an americano, while specialty bars in Narvarte started their drinks at MX$40–65 in January 2024. El Jarocho in Coyoacán sells its house blend at about MX$250–260 a kilo.

Which neighborhood of Mexico City has the most cafés?

Del Valle, Narvarte & Portales and Roma Norte & Roma Sur have the most cafés, followed by Coyoacán. Del Valle and Narvarte’s cafés are spread along side streets such as Calle Petén and La Morena; Roma’s run along Calle Colima and Calle Orizaba.

What is café de olla, the spiced coffee served in Mexico City?

Café de olla is ground coffee simmered with piloncillo, an unrefined cane sugar, and cinnamon, sometimes with clove, anise or orange peel. It takes its name from the olla de barro, the clay pot it is brewed in, which keeps the drink hot for longer. Its spread is usually dated to the Mexican Revolution, when it was made for soldiers and farmhands.

Is a tip required in a Mexico City café?

No. Tipping in Mexico City cafés is voluntary. Profeco, the federal consumer agency, says a tip may not be added to the bill without the customer’s explicit consent and treats a forced tip as a coercive practice under the consumer protection law. Check the bill before paying, ask for any added tip to be removed, and file a complaint with Profeco if it isn’t.

When is the rainy season in Mexico City?

Mexico City’s rainy season runs from May to October, when most of its roughly 820 mm of annual rain falls, and July is the wettest month. Storms usually build in the afternoon and evening, and in August 2026 forecasters expected the worst between 16:00 and 21:00. November to April is dry and sunny, the easier season for terrace tables.

What was the first café in Mexico City?

The Café de Manrique, which opened in 1798 at the corner of Tacuba and Empedradillo, near today’s Monte de Piedad, is described as Mexico City’s first café. It served coffee sweet and with milk, in the French style, because the plain drink was thought too strong. It lasted into the early 20th century, and nothing of the building remains.

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