# Roasters in Buenos Aires These cafés roast the coffee they serve, in house or at their own roastery. Tres and Cuervo let you see the roaster from the bar, Negro roasts at Fuego Tostadores, and flat&white, Manifiesto, Full City and The Shelter Coffee sell their current lots to take home. ## The shops 1. [NEGRO Cueva de café](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/negro-cueva-de-cafe.md) (San Nicolás · Must-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. 2. [Tres](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/tres.md) (Colegiales · Must-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. 3. [BLANCA Studio](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/blanca-studio.md) (Chacarita · Must-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. 4. [Cuervo Café](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/cuervo-cafe.md) (Chacarita · Must-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. 5. [LAB. Training Center & Coffee Shop](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/lab-training-center-and-coffee-shop.md) (Palermo Hollywood · Must-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. 6. [The Shelter Coffee](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/the-shelter-coffee.md) (Balvanera · Good). 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. 7. [flat&white (sucursal cerrito)](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/flat-and-white-sucursal-cerrito.md) (Recoleta · Good). flat&white was founded in 2016 by Martina Vigo and Gabriel Gazdik, and it roasts its coffee on its own Diedrich, with Vigo at the roaster. The range leans light and lists single origins from Colombia, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Panama and Peru, some with the producer named. This café is on Cerrito, in Recoleta. The group also runs a coffee school with barista courses and tastings, and a bakery that supplies its cafés. It placed 20th in The Best Coffee Shops Argentina 2026. Have an espresso or a flat white, then take a bag of the current single origin home. 8. [Traje Café](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/traje-cafe.md) (Caballito · Must-try). Traje Café presents itself as a group of Buenos Aires micro-roasters, so the coffee in your cup is roasted by the people who run the bar. This shop is on Avenida Díaz Vélez in Caballito, a residential stretch near Parque Centenario, and there is a second one on Avenida Boedo. The Best Coffee Shops Argentina 2026 placed Traje 49th in the country. Ask which coffee they are roasting now and order it the way the barista suggests. 9. [MANIFIESTO (Nuñez)](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/manifiesto-nunez.md) (Núñez · Must-try). Manifiesto sums itself up as "we roast, we serve and we bring coffee to your home". It roasts its own beans, sold by lot: Chambaku from Colombia, Sertao from Brazil, Rivasplata and Caracolillo from Peru, plus coffees from Honduras and Rwanda, and it supplies more than a hundred cafés and businesses. This café is on Arribeños, in Núñez, and stays open into the evening from Wednesday to Sunday. Its academy runs espresso and filter workshops for beginners and a full barista course. It placed 39th in The Best Coffee Shops Argentina 2026. Ask which lot is on the grinder. 10. [CAFECITO](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/cafecito-tiny-coffee-shop-cafe-de-especialidad-palermo.md) (Palermo Hollywood · Must-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. 11. [Van Atleet Club](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/van-atleet-club.md) (Núñez · Good). Van Atleet is a coffee house and clothing brand for people who love sport, opened in 2026 on Arribeños in Núñez. It serves its own coffee, roasted in La Cumbre, and sells the same single origin, Café Amelia, in 250 g bags to take home. The club house has a European-inspired design, with space to meet friends, work or stay all day, and the shelves carry the club's own T-shirts and hoodies. The team calls it a club, and its newsletter announces events. 12. [Porta negra cafe de especialidad](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/porta-negra-cafe-de-especialidad.md) (Villa Urquiza · Good). Porta Negra is a small specialty café on Avenida Mendoza in Villa Urquiza, and it roasts the coffee it serves, which it also sells by the quarter kilo. The counter keeps to simple things that go with a cup: chipá, cookies, alfajores and cinnamon rolls. It is a neighbourhood place, and it welcomes dogs. A second Porta Negra, with the same coffee, is in Saavedra on Crisólogo Larralde. 13. [Black Mug Specialty Coffee](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/black-mug-specialty-coffee.md) (Recoleta · Good). Black Mug calls itself a specialty coffee roaster, and this café on Paraguay Street, in the Barrio Norte part of Recoleta, is one of its two shops. It is a short, simple stop: an espresso or a milk drink with a croissant before work, close to Avenida Pueyrredón and Plaza Houssay. The other Black Mug is on Thames Street in Palermo Soho. 14. [Las Heliconias coffee roasters](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/las-heliconias-coffee-roasters.md) (Almagro · Good). Las Heliconias is a Colombian family business that grows, processes and imports coffee from its own farm, then roasts it in Buenos Aires in small batches. It says each lot comes with its story: who grew it, how it was processed and when it was roasted. Its tasting room at Avenida Belgrano and Yapeyú, in Almagro, opens on weekdays during office hours. Come here to taste a Colombian coffee with a direct line to the farm, and ask about the lot in the cup. 15. [TRIBU Coffee & Roasters](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/tribu-coffee-and-roasters.md) (Belgrano · Good). TRIBU Coffee & Roasters sells its own coffees, which it lists on its Instagram under "our coffees" and takes orders for by WhatsApp. It has two cafés in Buenos Aires, one in Belgrano and one in Palermo. This one is on Montañeses, in Belgrano. Little of its menu is published online, so ask at the counter which of the house coffees is on espresso and take a bag home if you like it. ## Sources - - - [All coffee shops in Buenos Aires](https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires.md) --- [Good Coffee In](https://goodcoffeein.com/) · https://goodcoffeein.com/buenos-aires/best/roasters