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These bars brew filter coffee by hand, usually on V60, Chemex, AeroPress or Origami, often with a choice of origins. Blanca Studio is built around manual brewing; Negro, Tres, Fruto and Cafecito rotate several lots, and Raíz is known for its filter.

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NEGRO Cueva de café, Buenos Aires
NEGRO Cueva de café.Photo: Google Maps

  1. No. 1

    NEGRO Cueva de café

    San Nicolás+4 locationsMust-try

    Negro opened on Suipacha Street in 2015 as one of the first specialty coffee bars in the city centre, and this small room is still the flagship. Its coffee comes from its own roastery, Fuego Tostadores, which buys fresh-crop lots after visiting farms in Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. The menu has a filter section: ask the barista which coffees and methods are on today. The team also runs Negro Escuela, a barista school founded in 2016. It opens on weekdays only, from 8 to 16. Negro Hollywood, opened in 2026, adds shelves of books and records for sale and a hand-brew menu for one or two.

    Suipacha 637, C1006 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  2. No. 2

    Tres

    ColegialesMust-try

    Tres roasts its coffee a few steps from the bar, behind a glass panel, so you can watch the roaster while you order. It is run by Agustina Román, the 2013 Argentine barista champion, and in 2026 the first edition of The Best Coffee Shops Argentina put it at number one. The room is small and minimalist, a short walk from the Colegiales train station. Espresso and filter both come from the house roasts; recent coverage describes a Colombian coffee with bright citrus notes. Try the espresso tiramisu, and take beans home.

    Teodoro García 2806, C1426DNB Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  3. No. 3

    BLANCA Studio

    Chacarita+3 locationsMust-try

    Blanca Studio is the small coffee room of the Blanca group, built around manual brewing on a Modbar undercounter system. It roasts its own coffee, and the baristas walk you through each one; Sprudge tasted a Pink Bourbon from Pitalito, Colombia, with notes of dark chocolate, papaya and pineapple. It ranked second in The Best Coffee Shops Argentina 2026. There is room for about eight people and records play. Pair a filter with the cardamom roll. Open on weekdays, 9 to 19:30. The group's other cafés, in Palermo, Las Cañitas and Recoleta, are design shops with a coffee bar, better for browsing than for the cup.

    Av. Álvarez Thomas 764, C1427CCU Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  4. No. 4

    Cuervo Café

    Chacarita+5 locationsMust-try

    Cuervo began as a café run by two musicians and grew into one of the city's roasters, supplying other cafés too. It has roasted its own coffee since 2021, and this Chacarita branch, on the corner of Jorge Newbery and Guevara, is where the roaster sits in view. Besides the house blends, its shop sells small lots such as a Bourbon Sidra and a Wush Wush from the Patio Bonito farm, and the bar brews filter as well as espresso. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 8 to 20. The Belgrano café, in an old house on Juramento, also makes its own ice cream, so order the affogato there.

    Guevara 393, C1427 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  5. No. 5

    LAB. Training Center & Coffee Shop

    Palermo HollywoodMust-try

    LAB is one of the roasters that started specialty coffee in Buenos Aires, and in 2025 it made The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops. Everyone sits at one long bar facing the baristas, so it is easy to ask about the coffees, which LAB roasts itself; its shop names farm lots such as La Marianela and La Catalina from Colombia. The team also makes bean-to-bar chocolate and runs courses for home brewers and professionals. Order a filter, or the coffee kombucha if you want something different.

    C1414CTN, Humboldt 1542, C1414CTN Buenos Aires, Argentina

  6. No. 6

    The Shelter Coffee

    Balvanera+3 locationsGood

    The Shelter roasts its own coffee at its Uriburu Street café and lists each bean with its origin, variety and process: a natural Bourbon Amarillo from Minas Gerais, a washed coffee from Huila, a Nicaraguan Dipilto. Filters are brewed to order in V60, Chemex, AeroPress or French press. This Balvanera branch is the roastery, the one Sprudge picked out, and you can buy 250 g or 1 kg bags of the same coffees to take home. In summer there are iced drinks and an orange cold brew. It works on a weekday schedule, so plan a morning visit. Time Out calls the Belgrano café, on Virrey Loreto, the crown jewel of the group.

    C. Pres. Jose E. Uriburu 353, C1027 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  7. No. 7

    FRUTO CAFÉ

    Palermo Soho+1 locationMust-try

    Fruto grew out of a trip to London, where the cofounders saved on supermarket food so they could visit the city's specialty coffee shops. Back in Buenos Aires they built the menu around the coffee: a wide choice of origins, made as espresso or by hand on V60, AeroPress, Chemex or French press. When La Nación visited this shop on Jorge Luis Borges, the V60 was the customers' favourite. The Best Coffee Shops Argentina 2026 placed Fruto 11th in the country. Order a filter and ask which origins are on that day.

    Jorge Luis Borges 2021, C1414 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  8. No. 8

    Hobby

    Palermo Soho+1 locationGood

    Hobby serves beans from Puerto Blest, one of Argentina's leading roasters, on a bar split into an espresso station and a manual brew station, with a Modbar system and Mahlkönig grinders. This branch sits on the ground floor of a boutique hotel on Malabia Street, with good light and an inner patio; a second Hobby is in Chacarita. Time Out recommends it for any time of day, from a chat to an hour of work. Order a pour-over, or a flat white.

    Malabia 1343, C1425 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  9. No. 9

    CAFECITO

    Palermo Hollywood+1 locationMust-try

    Cafecito began in 2019 as a conversation between friends and now selects and roasts its own beans, sold with the farm, producer and process on each bag. At this corner of Palermo, a block from Pacífico, the bar pulls espresso and brews V60, Origami and Moccamaster with rotating lots. Among its current coffees is La Celeste, a honey-processed Castillo from Finca Más in Quindío, Colombia. The room has eight tables, a communal table for six, a small patio and two sidewalk tables, with wifi and plugs. Music is part of the place, so it can get loud. Breakfast, brunch and lunch plates sit next to the coffee.

    Charcas 4997, C1425 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  10. No. 10

    Raíz

    Villa CrespoGood

    Raíz is a neighbourhood specialty café on Aguirre Street in Villa Crespo, and its filter coffee is the reason to go: Time Out called its filters exceptional, made with care. Upstairs there is a quieter floor that Time Out recommends for studying or working without hurry. In 2026 it ranked tenth in The Best Coffee Shops Argentina, the national list judged by a jury and a public vote. Order a filter and ask the barista what is brewing that day.

    Aguirre 1015, C1414 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  11. No. 11

    Cobre Café

    Villa Crespo+1 locationGood

    Cobre is a specialty café in Villa Crespo whose website says its baristas hold SCA certification. Filter coffee has its own section on the menu, brewed by V60, Chemex or AeroPress, and the site's "now brewing" board names the coffees in rotation, such as a Bourbon Rosado from Colombia, a Wush Wush from Ethiopia and a Geisha from Peru. The kitchen does viennoiserie, chipa sandwiches and a brunch menu, so it works for a slow breakfast as well as a quick flat white. Bags of specialty coffee are sold at the counter.

    Acevedo 727, C1414 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  12. No. 12

    Clorindo Café/Brunch

    RecoletaGood

    Clorindo fills the inner patio of the Ricardo Güiraldes public library, a Tudor-style building from 1921, and its design is a tribute to the architect Clorindo Testa: concrete, wood and iron, curved furniture, blue, cream and orange tones, and tiered seats at the back. Time Out Buenos Aires names the coffee as the highlight, with espresso drinks and filter coffee on the menu. The other half of the menu is brunch, and the counter has raspberry pepas and a carrot cake cookie. It is a quiet place to sit, with outlets on the patio wall if you need to work.

    Talcahuano 1261, C1061 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  13. No. 13

    Kajue Café

    Palermo SohoGood

    Kajue opened in Palermo Soho in 2019, started by Nathaly and Eduardo, who met at a café in Caracas. It is a coffee house and bistro: the long menu runs from brunch and Venezuelan breakfasts to cakes, but the coffee list is real. Single origins from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Colombia go into espresso or a special lot brewed by hand in V60, Chemex, AeroPress or French press. South America's 100 Best Coffee Shops listed it in 2026. From Wednesday to Saturday it stays open until 21.

    Guatemala 4663, C1425BUK Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  14. No. 14

    Café Razo

    Núñez+1 locationGood

    Café Razo calls itself a bakery, deli and coffee bar, and the coffee holds its own. In 2026 Time Out put this Besares shop on its list of new specialty cafés, noting that the cups are consistent whether you order a filter or an espresso drink. The menu offers V60 and AeroPress filters, a daily batch brew, flat whites and cold brew, and bags of Puerto Blest coffee are for sale. Ask for the pistachio cookie Time Out singled out. The breads are slow-fermented sourdough, and there is a second Razo on Quesada.

    Besares 2299, C1429DII C1429DII, Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  15. No. 15

    DOC Café

    Villa CrespoGood

    DOC is a neighbourhood specialty café on Aráoz in Villa Crespo that set out to be a meeting point built around good coffee. The current menu lists filtered coffee for one person by Origami, V60 or AeroPress, and for two by Chemex or V60, next to the usual espresso drinks, served at 65 °C unless you ask for it hotter. Its website explains how it picks coffees for their origin and process. The kitchen runs brunch, lunches and pastries, and beans and brewing gear are sold through its online shop.

    Aráoz 645, C1414 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  16. No. 16

    Cobin Specialty Coffee

    AlmagroGood

    Cobin is a small specialty coffee bar on the corner of Jerónimo Salguero and Plaza Almagro, a few steps from the Medrano subway station. Besides espresso drinks it brews filter coffee by hand, including Chemex, and it sells the beans it uses, ground to the size you need for your brewer at home. Seating is a few tables and bar stools, and dogs are welcome. Order a filter and ask which beans they are brewing.

    C. Jeronimo Salguero 399, 1177 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  17. No. 17

    Jaramillo Cafe

    Núñez+1 locationGood

    Jaramillo is a sunny corner café on 11 de Septiembre in Núñez, and Time Out picked it for doing the classics well: espresso, iced latte and iced americano, plus an espresso with hibiscus in summer. Its own menu also offers V60 filter, which its posts suggest as the first coffee of the day. The kitchen is busy too, with bagels, granola bowls, cinnamon rolls and lunch, so it suits a long morning. There is a second Jaramillo in Belgrano, on Manuel Ugarte.

    11 de Septiembre de 1888 3700, C1429 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  18. No. 18

    Nordic Coffee

    Villa UrquizaGood

    Nordic is a Villa Urquiza café with a Scandinavian theme: every handmade cup and takeaway cup carries a rune, and the website explains what yours means. The coffee side is more concrete than the theme. The menu has a V60 for one or two cups, with a choice of Brazil or Colombia, and a cold brew steeped for 20 hours. The beans for sale are Colombian and labelled in detail, among them a washed Castillo from southwest Antioquia grown at 1,900 metres, a Geisha and a rum-infused lot from Chinchiná, Caldas. Carrot cake is the house's most ordered sweet.

    Av. Juramento 4979, C1431BTE Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  19. No. 19

    Sélica

    BelgranoGood

    Sélica, on Ciudad de la Paz in Belgrano, calls itself a specialty coffee house with handmade pastry. The menu lists a V60 filter, for one person or for two, next to the espresso drinks, from a double espresso to a flat white and a mocha latte, plus iced versions. The pastry is the other half of the counter: lemon and banana loaf cakes, cinnamon rolls, croissants and an alfajor with a coffee ganache centre. Toasts and a few sandwiches cover lunch. If you come with a friend, order the V60 for two.

    Cdad. de la Paz 2119, C1428CQG Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  20. No. 20

    Bari Coffee & Drinks

    San NicolásGood

    Bari Coffee & Drinks on Avenida Corrientes keeps a longer coffee shelf than most bars this size. The menu sells 250 g bags with the origin on the label: Castillo from Fincas de Guadalupe in natural and washed versions, Nueva Segovia and Altiplano from Nicaragua, Atitlán, Quiché and a Geisha from Guatemala, and Nyeri and Machakos from Kenya. You can order V60 for one or two cups, or stay with espresso, flat white or an espresso tonic. Pastries, bagels and wraps cover the food, and later in the day the list adds beer, gin and tonic and vermouth.

    Av. Corrientes 1513 C1042AAB, C1042 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  21. No. 21

    Good Joe

    BelgranoGood

    Good Joe calls itself a specialty café, and the name says how it works: coffee to go, with a short menu and no long wait. Beyond espresso, ristretto, flat white and lattes, it brews filter by hand, an AeroPress for one person or a Chemex for two, and a cold brew that is steeped and then filtered. The menu is short by design, with its own pastries and simple food. The brand has a second shop in Acassuso, outside the city.

    Av. Crámer 2482, C1428 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  22. No. 22

    Birdy Birds Specialty Coffee Shop

    Villa CrespoGood

    Birdy Birds is a Villa Crespo café with a Russian streak. The counter carries medovik honey cake, syrniki made with ricotta, pepa rusa and cinnamon rolls, and the drinks list adds RAF coffee and sbiten, a spiced coffee with orange juice and honey. For a plain cup there is espresso, flat white and a V60 by the cup, with almond and lactose-free milk on request. A gluten-free section covers keto empanadas and cakes without sugar. It opens at 7:30 and closes at 20:00.

    Lavalleja 613, C1414 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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