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Pour-over in Brasília
Hand-brewed filter is the order in Brasília. Quanto pours its own lots in a V60 or an AeroPress, Los Baristas and Pilotis offer several methods side by side, Marilda brews a microlot in a V60, an AeroPress or a Clever, Concreto brews by method, and Saboretto uses an Orea V4 with a card for every cup.
The shops
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No. 1
Quanto Café
Asa NorteMust-try
Quanto opened in 2018 on CLN 103 Norte and has roasted its own coffee there since 2021. The house rule is that no beans are served more than 40 days after roasting. Filter coffee is brewed in a Hario V60 or an AeroPress, with lots from regions such as Caparaó and the Cerrado Mineiro, and the espresso is a 40 ml double. The tables sit on a wooden deck under the trees, the kitchen makes its own food, and you can buy the house coffee by weight.
Asa Norte Comércio Local Norte 103 BL A Loja 52 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70732-510, Brazil
No. 2
Los Baristas. Coffee House
Asa NorteMust-try
Los Baristas has been on the commercial block of CLN 404 Norte for more than a decade and now roasts the coffee it serves and sells. It buys from producers it knows and tells the story of each farm, and recent posts feature a lot from Piatã, in the Chapada Diamantina. The filter menu has long been the draw, with several hand-brew methods, and the baristas like to explain them from behind the counter. Sit at the bar, ask for the lot of the day and take a bag home.
Asa Norte CLN 404 Loja 38/34 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70845-530, Brazil
No. 3
Civitá Café
Asa NorteMust-try
Civitá began in 2014 and, since 2021, its café on the 709 Norte strip has also been its roastery and its coffee school. Co-owner Fernando Bakker roasts the coffee and teaches, and the lots on the menu carry the producer's name, with many from Bahia this harvest. The Escola de Cafés runs courses from the basics to home brewing and sensory evaluation. The room is small, with about forty seats. Ask what came out of the roaster this week and try it as a filter.
SCLRN 709 Bloco F - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70750-516, Brazil
No. 4
AHA! Cafés
Asa NorteMust-try
AHA started in 2016 as a micro-roastery and later opened a café, which shares a space with the roastery and the coffee shop on CLN 111 Norte. The owners buy hand-picked lots from small farms in Caparaó, Bahia and the Mogiana and work with growers near Brasília. The coffee list changes with the harvest and names the producing family. Try a filter on the Gabi dripper or the batch brew, with a slice of the house broa, and take a 250 g bag home.
Asa Norte QUADRA 111 BL A - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70754-510, Brazil
No. 5
ACERVO CAFÉ
Asa Norte+1 locationMust-try
Acervo began in 2017 as a tiny café in Guará and grew into a roastery that buys its lots from farms and producer associations, from a Gesha grown in Carmo de Minas to catuaí from the Caparaó. Its recent coffees include a lot from producer Rodrigo Mazzoco made with the Danish roaster La Cabra. This café on CLN 116 is its newest room, designed by founder Paulo Lins, with large windows, plants and music chosen with care. Order a filter of the current lot and stay a while. Its second café, on the mezzanine of the Livraria da Travessa bookshop at CasaPark in Guará, seats about a hundred among the shelves.
Asa Norte Superquadra Norte 116 CLN 116 Edifício Castanheira, Bloco F Loja 47 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70773-560, Brazil
No. 6
Marilda Café
Asa NorteMust-try
Marilda is a neighbourhood café on 716 Norte, on the W3 side, open every day from nine in the morning to eight at night. The coffee list goes further than most all-day cafés: espresso drinks, a house filter, and a microlot brewed to order in a V60, an AeroPress or a Clever. The kitchen covers toasts, sandwiches, a short lunch menu and homemade cakes, and there is a quieter room downstairs. Order the microlot by the method you prefer and stay for a slice of apple crumble.
SCLRN 716 BL C Rua paralela a w3 Loja 57 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70770-533, Brazil
No. 7
Concreto Café
Asa NorteMust-try
Concreto is a small specialty café on the commercial block of 111 Norte. Next to the espresso bar it brews filter coffee by method, and since it opened in 2024 the baristas have walked customers through the coffees, which have included natural and fermented lots. Ask what is on for filter that week. Cold brew and iced lattes cover the hot afternoons, and the short food menu makes it an easy stop for a coffee and a light bite between the other cafés on the 111 strip.
Asa Norte CLN 111 Lj 43 - Plano Piloto, Brasília - DF, 70754-530, Brazil
No. 8
Brasilia Coffee's Market
Asa SulGood
Mercado do Café, on the W3 Sul at CRS 509, is a café, a coffee shop and a training room in one place. Founder Tete Moulaz, whose family grows coffee, opened it in 2018 and still works the bar. The menu runs from espresso to filter, French press and AeroPress, and the house coffee, Moulaz, is chocolatey and full-bodied. The space runs courses on brewing and roasting, and in 2024 it was the venue for a stage of the Brazilian Latte Art Championship. Buy a bag or join the coffee club before you leave.
Asa Sul Comércio Residencial Sul 509 Bl C - Asa Sul, Brasília - DF, 70360-530, Brazil
No. 9
Ernesto Specialty Coffees
Asa Sul+1 locationGood
Ernesto opened on 115 Sul in 2011 and is one of the cafés that started Brasília's specialty scene. Since 2021 it has roasted its own coffee, with master roaster Marcelo Ribeiro checking the beans, the storage and the roast, and in 2024 its coffee was used in the Brazilian Latte Art Championship stage held in the city. Filter comes by V60 or French press, with origins that change with the harvest. The bread comes from its own bakery, and the house is big and busy from early morning to late evening.
Asa Sul CLS 115 BL C - Asa Sul, Brasília - DF, 70385-530, Brazil
No. 10
Pilotis
Asa NorteGood
Pilotis has roasted coffee in Brasília since 2018, and in 2025 it opened a shop and lab on CLN 315 Norte. The name comes from the columns that lift the city's buildings, and many of its coffees are numbered after the superquadras. It is a roaster's counter more than a café: you walk in, taste coffees brewed in a V60, a French press, an AeroPress or as cold brew, and buy the bag you like. It also runs courses and workshops. Check the afternoon hours before you go.
Asa Norte CLN 315 BL D Lj 56 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70774-540, Brazil
No. 11
Saboretto Cafés Especiais
SudoesteGood
Saboretto is a small café on a commercial block in Sudoeste that treats each cup as a lot with a story. Every coffee arrives with a card that names the origin, the producer, the variety, the post-harvest process, the altitude and the tasting notes. For filter the bar uses an Orea V4, a flat-bottom brewer that gives a quick, even extraction. The house bakes its own bread, the caprese toast is a regular order, and on Sundays it opens in the morning for brunch.
St. Sudoeste CLSW 300 B loja 02 - Plano Piloto, Brasília - DF, 70673-083, Brazil
No. 12
Calmaria café
SudoesteGood
Calmaria, on Quadra 3 of the Sudoeste, is a café and brunch spot that serves both all day. Filter coffee is brewed to order in a V60 or a French press, in two sizes, next to espresso, macchiato, cappuccinos and an espresso tonic with lemon. The shop also sells its own specialty coffee in 250 g bags, with V60 kits, drippers and French presses, so you can brew the same coffee at home. Order a V60 at the table and take a bag with you when you leave.
St. Sudoeste Q. Res. Sudoeste 3 lote 01 - Sudoeste/Octogonal, Brasília - DF, 70675-300, Brazil
No. 13
Café Angelita
Asa SulGood
Café Angelita on CLS 409 Sul is a café and bistro with European décor and four rooms to choose from. The ground floor feels like a French café, the mezzanine is quieter, the side veranda suits a slow dinner, and the courtyard has a long family table, a fountain and a playground. Filter coffee comes as a coado or brewed in a V60 or a French press, with three coffees to choose from, next to espresso and cappuccinos. It serves from breakfast to dinner, and the breakfast sets come with sourdough bread baked in house.
Asa Sul CLS 409 bloco D Lj 06 - Asa Sul, Brasília - DF, 70258-540, Brazil
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