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Coffee and pastry in Copenhagen
Copenhagen bakes as well as it brews, and these coffee shops take the pastry seriously. La Cabra bakes naturally leavened bread and pastries, Darcy's bakes in house, Democratic Coffee is known for its almond croissant and Andersen & Maillard is as famous for croissants as for its roastery.
The shops
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No. 1
La Cabra
Indre By+1 locationMust-try
La Cabra started out in Aarhus and now roasts in Copenhagen, at a roastery in Nordhavn. In the centre, the Møntergade café sits inside the Another Aspect clothing store in the fashion district: a calm, clean Nordic room. The roasting is light and keeps sweetness and clarity in front, with single-origin lots from places such as Sidama in Ethiopia and Huila in Colombia. The team bakes its own naturally leavened bread and pastries. Out in Nordhavn, the roastery café has a brick bar that looks through the quality-control room toward production.
Møntergade 3A, 1116 København, Denmark
No. 2
Darcy’s Kaffe
Nørrebro+1 locationMust-try
Darcy's began as a specialty coffee cart in 2018 and opened this sunny corner café on Rantzausgade in 2020. It is a multi-roaster, pouring coffees from roasters such as April, Koppi, La Cabra, Sey and DAK, and Copenhagen baristas treat it as their local. When Sprudge visited there were two espressos, one brewed manually and one programmed, plus rotating batch brew and pour-over. Pastries are baked in house and beans are for sale. A second bar, Darcy's & CC, is out on Refshalevej and opens Wednesday to Sunday.
Rantzausgade 2, 2200 København, Denmark
No. 3
Democratic Coffee
Indre ByMust-try
Democratic Coffee has run its bar inside Copenhagen's Main Library on Krystalgade since 2011. It roasts its own coffee, and Sprudge called it one of the city's best cups; its almond croissant has a following of its own. Seats at the bar are few, but the library around it has more than twenty, and it is a calm place to sit with a cup and a book in the middle of the old town.
Krystalgade 15, 1172 København, Denmark
No. 4
Andersen & Maillard
Nørrebro+1 locationGood
Andersen & Maillard opened on Nørrebrogade in 2018 as a coffee shop and roastery, and it roasts in house. Its coffees name the producer and the process, such as a washed Pacamara from Sigfredo Corado's Los Angeles farm. When the Anders Husa guide visited, the bar poured a natural and a washed Ethiopian from the same farm side by side as pour-overs. It is just as known for its pastries, so expect a queue for croissants. A second coffee shop with its own bakery is on Ny Østergade in the centre.
Nørrebrogade 62, 2200 København, Denmark
No. 5
20 Grams
Indre By+1 locationGood
20 Grams opened in 2018 on Rosengården, a quiet street near Nørreport, and is named after the dose in its double shot. Daniel and Claudia Bokor pull it on a restored La Marzocco FB70, usually with single-origin Ethiopian coffee from Impact Roasters. The room is retro and bright, with vintage decor, and the menu leans into brunch, sourdough sandwiches and cakes such as a San Sebastian cheesecake. A second café is on Kampmannsgade near Vesterport.
Rosengården 13, 1174 København, Denmark
No. 6
Bookmark Coffee
Indre ByGood
Bookmark Coffee is a coffee bar inside Politikens Boghal, the bookshop on the City Hall square, opened in 2024 by chef Lasse Askov, a partner in Prolog. The coffee is Prolog's, served as filter or espresso drinks, and the bread, cakes and sandwiches are made in house from organic ingredients. Furniture from +Halle makes it a calm corner on a busy square.
Rådhuspladsen 37, 1785 København, Denmark
No. 7
Cabin
Indre ByGood
Cabin is a café on Store Kongensgade, just off Kongens Nytorv, from the team behind Bar Vitrine. The room is calm and lined in pine, designed with the studio FRAMA, and the coffee comes from Tim Wendelboe. The menu covers breakfast, lunch and pastries, and it opens every day from 8 to 16:30.
Store Kongensgade 32, 1264 København, Denmark
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