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Coffee in Asa Norte
The Asa Norte, the north wing of the Plano Piloto, has the city's densest run of specialty cafés. Start at Quanto Café on 103, walk the 108 to 112 strips for Ernesto, AHA! Cafés and Concreto, then cross to Los Baristas on 404 and Pató on 407. Civitá Café and Marilda Café are by the W3 at 709 and 716, and Acervo, Pilotis and Studio Grão sit further north, from 116 to 413.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Studio Grão Coffee Roasters
Sudoeste+2 locationsMust-try
Studio Grão is a roastery first: it supplies cafés around Brazil and, from this shop on 301 Sudoeste, runs a coffee school whose modules go from the basics to extraction methods, water and sensory analysis. The coffees come from different regions, varieties and post-harvest processes, and the shelf names its lots, a Geisha and a Catucaí among them. Ask the bar to brew two lots side by side to compare them, and take a bag of the one you prefer.
St. Sudoeste SQSW 301 subsolo - Sudoeste, Brasília - DF, 70673-602, Brazil
No. 7
Marilda Café
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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. 8
Pató Cafeteria
Asa NorteMust-try
Pató is a small café and patisserie on the corner of the CLN 407 Norte commercial block. Coplanar Arquitetura designed it in 2021: the canopy is the main seating area and looks over the superquadra's green, and the black-and-white tiles honour Athos Bulcão, who designed the façade of the school next door. The bar serves espresso, a house filter coffee and cold brew drinks such as the Gengibrew, with ginger and lemon. Pair your cup with a pastel de nata made from Vó Therezinha's recipe. The chocolate in the mocha is made in house.
Asa Norte CLN 407 BLOCO B LOJA 17 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70855-520, Brazil
No. 9
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. 10
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. 11
Pilotis
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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. 12
Paradeiro
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Paradeiro is a street bookshop on CLN 309 Norte with a café and a small kitchen, and it reads as a meeting place more than a coffee bar. The coffee is specialty coffee from Mokado Lab de Cafés, a Brasília roaster, and the room fills up for book launches, talks with authors, writing meetups and workshops. Come in the afternoon, take a coffee to a table between the shelves, and check the agenda on its Instagram before you go, because the evenings are often booked with events.
Asa Norte CLN 309 Lj 60 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70755-540, Brazil
No. 13
Betina Cat Café
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Betina opened in 2022 as Brasília's first cat café, on CLN 409 Norte, and runs alongside a rescue and adoption project: the cats in the room are looking for homes, and you pay for a short session with them. The coffee is specialty coffee from Mokado, the Brasília roastery whose head roaster won the Brazilian roasting championship, and the drinks menu plays with the theme, from the Catpuccino to cold brews. It opens in the afternoon, Tuesday to Sunday.
Asa Norte CLN 409 BL C - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 71857-530, Brazil
No. 14
Nitrogenio Café
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Nitrogênio calls itself Brazil's first café that specialises in cold brew. The cold brew steeps for 22 to 24 hours and is filtered twice, and the nitro coffee is that cold brew infused with nitrogen, which makes it creamy and smooth. Since August 2026 it runs as a snack bar inside the Escola Meiaseteoito at 704/705 Norte, on the side that faces the 704. It is still open to the public, with tables outside, while the school uses the main room. Order a nitro on its own or mixed with orange juice or coconut water.
St. de Habitações Coletivas e Geminadas Norte SCRN 704/705 LOJA 06 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70730-620, Brazil
No. 15
The Coffee Hut
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The Coffee Hut is an all-day café on the commercial block of 213 Norte, open every day. The espresso comes from Mokado, a Brasília roastery whose master roaster won the national roasting championship in 2024, and the cappuccino is made the Italian way, with only espresso and steamed milk. Brunch combos, lunch and cakes fill much of the menu, and the house keeps room for people who come to work, so it suits a long morning with a laptop more than a quick tasting.
Asa Norte CLN 213 BL B Lj 20 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70872-520, Brazil
No. 16
Di Prosa em Prosa
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Di Prosa em Prosa is a Minas Gerais-style café on CLN 112 Norte, opened in 2025 by Mariana and her husband, who moved to Brasília to start it. The shop sits in the commercial block but faces the residential side. The menu is built on Minas quitandas: the pão de queijo and the pastel de fubá come straight from Minas, and the coffee is passado na hora, brewed to order, good with a piece of rapadura. The owners open the room to the neighbourhood too, with watercolour and glass-painting workshops, crochet meet-ups and book launches.
Asa Norte CLN 112 BL A térreo, loja 46 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70762-510, Brazil
No. 17
Castanho Café
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Castanho sits one level down from the CLN 108 Norte commercial block, facing the residential buildings instead of the street. Its motto is "made to share", and the weekend brunch boards are built for groups of two to five. The coffee menu covers espresso, a 200 ml filter and a larger filter to share, and a cold brew steeped for about 12 hours. Try the caffeinated lemonade, made with cold brew, Sicilian lemon, rosemary syrup and sparkling water, or the cuscuz with pot roast and plantain. Lunch runs Tuesday to Friday.
Asa Norte QD 108 BLOCO, Bloco D Loja 58 e 66 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70744-540, Brazil
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