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Café de especialidad · Madrid

Specialty Coffee in Madrid

Roasters and espresso bars from Calle de Lagasca to San Bernardo and Santa Isabel.

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Café de especialidad, specialty coffee, is a recent arrival in Madrid. For decades a coffee here meant a café con leche with churros or a carajillo, coffee with brandy, and much of it was brewed from torrefacto, beans roasted with sugar.1 Toma Café, which Santi Rigoni and Patricia Alda opened in Malasaña in 2011, is usually named as the first of the new bars, and it later added a second branch in Chamberí.1 The Malasaña café is at Calle de la Palma 49.

Hola Coffee, founded in 2016 by Pablo Caballero and Nolo Botana, is now a reference point for the city’s specialty coffee.2 Its café at Calle de Lagasca 42, in Salamanca, ranked 19th in The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026, after 12th the year before.2 In December 2025 the company opened a third site in Carabanchel, at Avenida de Pedro Díez 21, with a roastery and a training academy.3

Local tip: For a specialty coffee after work, go to Cero Coffee Roasters at Calle de Alcántara 16 in Salamanca, which serves until 21:00 from Tuesday to Friday.

Where these cafés are: Salamanca (7), Chamberí (7), Malasaña & Conde Duque (6), Sol & Ópera (3), Lavapiés (2), Tetuán (2), Barrio de las Letras (2), Retiro (1), Argüelles & Moncloa (1), Arganzuela (1), Usera (1), Ciudad Lineal (1), Chamartín (1), La Latina (1).

At a glance

36Cafés listed
11With opening hours
08:00Earliest opening
21:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Amae café (café de especialidad y matcha), from 08:00 (Mon–Tue 08:00–14:00 · Wed–Thu 08:00–19:00 · Fri–Sun 10:00–19:00).
  • Closes latest: Cero Coffee Roasters, until 21:00 (Tue–Fri 08:00–21:00 · Sat 10:00–20:00 · Sun 10:00–15:00).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (14%), brunch (8%), card payment (8%).
Malasaña & Conde Duque

Amae café (café de especialidad y matcha)

  • Calle del Conde Duque, 42
  • Mon–Tue 08:00–14:00 · Wed–Thu 08:00–19:00 · Fri–Sun 10:00–19:00
  • +34 622502092
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What a flat white costs in Madrid

IFEMA’s guide to the city’s specialty bars, published in November 2025, put an espresso at about €2.50–3.50, a cappuccino, flat white or latte at €3–4, and a filter brewed in a V60, Aeropress or Chemex at €3–5. At Toma Café most drinks came to about €3.4

The low end of the range comes from a chain. As of June 2026, Syra Coffee, which roasts its own coffee in Barcelona and opened its first Madrid shop in 2022, charged from €2.20 for an espresso and under €4 for filter, against about €5 for an average coffee at Starbucks in the city.5

Where Madrid’s specialty bars cluster

Salamanca and Chamberí have the most, ahead of Malasaña & Conde Duque. In Salamanca they are spread across the grid: Religion at Calle de María de Molina 24, Waycup at Calle de Juan Bravo 25, Feca at Calle de Ferrer del Río 23 and [B]-bar at Calle Fuente del Berro 15, open daily 10:00–20:00. Le Praliné, on Calle de José Ortega y Gasset, pairs specialty coffee with brunch.

Chamberí has Randall Coffee Roasters at Calle de Vallehermoso 36, Wilko Speciality Coffee at Calle de Fernández de los Ríos 40, COFI. at Calle de Rodríguez San Pedro 2 and La Deseada at Calle de José Abascal 53. In Malasaña & Conde Duque, Roses Roast at Calle de San Bernardo 76 serves until 21:00 on Saturday, and Amae, at Calle del Conde Duque 42, adds matcha to the menu.

South of the center, DABOV at Calle de Santa Isabel 42 in Lavapiés placed 68th in the first Europe’s 100 Best Coffee Shops list in June 2026, a ranking that put Hola Coffee eighth.6 Tetuán has a small group of its own, among them 1000 Cups Roastery on Calle del Capitán Blanco Argibay and Little Society on Calle de la Infanta Mercedes, which adds a baby lounge and play area.

Opening hours and Coffee Fest

Specialty bars keep daytime hours. DABOV, Roses Roast and Despacito on Calle de Jacometrezo open at 08:00 on weekdays, as does The Fix on Calle Luisa Fernanda, which starts at 09:00 at weekends. Most close by 19:00 or 20:00, and Amae shuts at 14:00 on Monday and Tuesday. Religion opens at 08:30 on weekdays and closes at 18:00 on Saturday and Sunday.

The trade meets at Coffee Fest, which IFEMA calls the largest event for coffee professionals and enthusiasts; its next edition is listed for 6–8 March 2027.4 Syra Coffee was among the exhibitors at the February 2025 edition.5

Sources

  1. The Coffee Drinker’s Guide To Madrid, Sprudge (Ana Rubio, January 21, 2020), accessed October 2026
  2. Esta cafetería de especialidad del barrio de Salamanca, entre las 20 mejores del mundo, Time Out Madrid (Llorenç Julià Ruiz, February 18, 2026), accessed October 2026
  3. Esta cafetería de especialidad reconocida entre las 20 mejores del mundo abre en Carabanchel con academia incluida, Time Out Madrid (María Toro, December 19, 2025), accessed October 2026
  4. Ruta de cafés de especialidad en Madrid, IFEMA Madrid (November 12, 2025), accessed October 2026
  5. La cadena de cafeterías de especialidad que planta cara a Starbucks en el centro de Madrid con sus precios, Vida.es (Diego Servente, June 11, 2026), accessed October 2026
  6. Las seis mejores cafeterías de España en 2026, según el ranking europeo, Qué! (June 27, 2026), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Specialty coffee in Madrid: questions

How much does a flat white cost at a specialty café in Madrid?

As of November 2025, IFEMA put a cappuccino, flat white or latte at Madrid specialty bars at about €3–4, an espresso at €2.50–3.50 and a V60 or Chemex filter at €3–5. In June 2026 the chain Syra Coffee charged from €2.20 for an espresso and under €4 for filter, against about €5 for an average Starbucks coffee.

Which Madrid neighborhoods have the most specialty coffee shops?

Salamanca and Chamberí have the most. Salamanca has Religion on Calle de María de Molina, Waycup on Juan Bravo and Feca on Ferrer del Río; Chamberí has Randall Coffee Roasters on Vallehermoso and Wilko on Fernández de los Ríos. Malasaña & Conde Duque follows, with Roses Roast on Calle de San Bernardo.

When did specialty coffee start in Madrid?

Toma Café, opened in Malasaña in 2011 by Santi Rigoni and Patricia Alda, is usually named as Madrid's first specialty bar. Hola Coffee followed; its café on Calle de Lagasca ranked 19th in The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026, and in December 2025 it opened a roastery and academy in Carabanchel.

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