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Copenhagen roasters with their own bars
These shops roast their own coffee, so the bar is the best place to taste what the roaster is aiming for. Coffee Collective, April, La Cabra and Prolog are the established names, ROAST and Kaffedepartementet roast on site, and The Artisan works only with Peruvian micro-lots. Most sell their beans at the counter.
The shops
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No. 1
Coffee Collective Jægersborggade
Nørrebro+6 locationsMust-try
Coffee Collective opened its first shop on Jægersborggade in 2008, and this small Nørrebro room is still the place to start. It roasts everything itself, buys directly from farmers and publishes what it paid for each coffee. Expect light, clean roasts with fruit and floral notes, and ask what is on filter today. The roastery runs coffee and roasting courses, and during World of Coffee 2024 it held meet-the-producer cuppings. Six more bars are spread across the city, including one in the Torvehallerne market and one in a former bodega on Kristen Bernikows Gade.
Jægersborggade 57, 2200 København, Denmark
No. 2
April Coffee Store & Showroom
Indre By+1 locationMust-try
April was founded in Copenhagen in 2016 by Swedish roaster Patrik Rolf, a 2022 World Barista Championship finalist, and the Pilestræde store is its home in the city centre. It buys from partner farmers, one farm per coffee, and roasts in a clean Nordic style. The menu follows the harvests, with rare and limited lots next to the daily selection, and there is a tasting menu if you want to compare. The bright, quiet room with Finn Juhl furniture feels closer to a showroom than a café. Next door at number 37, its SP Coffee Shop serves sweeter, more developed roasts from the same farmers.
Pilestræde 39, 1112 København, Denmark
No. 3
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. 4
Prolog Coffee Bar Meatpacking District
Vesterbro+3 locationsMust-try
Sebastian Quistorff and Jonas Gehl opened Prolog in 2016 as a narrow bar in Kødbyen, the old meatpacking district, and it has grown into a roastery with four bars. The original keeps a few seats inside and a couple of tables outside, and on sunny days people sit on the pavement. The menu is mostly light-roasted single origins, served as espresso, filter or V60 pour-over. For a different room, the Papirøen bar sits in a glass building on the harbour, with high ceilings, wood and views toward Nyhavn. The other two bars are on Randersgade in Østerbro and on Marguerite Vibys Plads in Frederiksberg.
Høkerboderne 16, 1712 København, Denmark
No. 5
ROAST Coffee
Islands Brygge+2 locationsMust-try
ROAST opened in 2015 near Islands Brygge, just across the Langebro bridge from the centre, and roasts on site at Vestmannagade. The menu runs to more than eight coffees, from light to dark, and any of them can be brewed as a pour-over. Many lots are bought through the Cup of Excellence programme and carry a 50-50 label, which guarantees the farmers half of the retail price after tax. The roastery also runs public coffee courses. Its other bars are on Studiestræde in the centre, at Vesterport Station and at a second roastery in Sydhavn.
Vestmannagade 4, 2300 København, Denmark
No. 6
Kaffedepartementet
NordvestMust-try
Kaffedepartementet is a micro-roastery café on Rentemestervej in Nordvest, across the street from Flere Fugle. Its rule is one farm only: each bag is a single farm and a single crop, bought in small lots from the newest harvest, and every coffee is roasted and cupped here. A typical lot is the washed Kamuyu from Nyeri in Kenya, roasted light for filter but bright enough for espresso. Barista Magazine singles out the espresso. Say hello at the bar and ask what came in last.
Rentemestervej 64, 2400 København, Denmark
No. 7
The Artisan Copenhagen
NørrebroMust-try
The Artisan sits at the corner of the lake by Fredens Park, on the walk around the city's lakes, with a large front deck. It is run by a Peruvian and a Danish owner, and founder Jose Antonio travels to Peru regularly to buy micro-lots from small farms. Everything is roasted in house on a one-kilo roaster built in Copenhagen, and the menu is Peruvian coffee only, including anaerobic and natural lots. Regulars come for the pour-overs, and the beans are for sale.
Sortedam Dossering 45A, 2200 København, Denmark
No. 8
Hip Hop
NørrebroMust-try
HipHop is a small café opened by a former Prolog employee who also roasts, and the same team is behind the Sensei coffee roastery. Klaus Thomsen of Coffee Collective put it in his Copenhagen picks for Sprudge in 2024, back when it was an espresso machine and two chairs in Frederiksberg. It has since moved to Mjølnerparken in Nørrebro and opens every day from 8 to 17. Come for the espresso drinks made with the team's own coffee.
Mjølnerparken 6A, 2200 København, Denmark
No. 9
norange coffee roasters
NørrebroMust-try
Norange is a light-roast roastery café on Blegdamsvej, with window stools looking out over Sankt Hans Torv. It was founded by Alex Nerantzis, the 2022 Greek Roasting Champion, and the coffees are bright and complex. Barista Magazine recommends a floral Ethiopian as a pour-over. The room is new, clean and minimal in a Scandinavian way, and the roastery's beans are sold to take home.
Blegdamsvej 4D, 2200 København, Denmark
No. 10
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. 11
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. 12
Kontra Coffee
ØsterbroGood
Kontra is a Copenhagen roaster with its coffee house on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in Østerbro, at the end of the lakes. It roasts its own coffees, including light roasts such as a natural Guji Daanisa and a washed Shakiso from Ethiopia, and it runs coffee courses. It also sells espresso machines and grinders with its own service technicians. Barista Magazine rates the beans as good quality at fair prices.
Dag Hammarskjölds Allé 36, 2100 København, Denmark
No. 13
Holy Bean Coffee & Cocktails
NørrebroGood
Holy Bean Coffee & Cocktails is the Nørrebro bar of Holy Bean, a micro-roastery based in Aarup on Funen. Coffee and cocktails share the menu in what the team calls a playful, local and nerdy room on Ravnsborggade. The roastery behind it runs courses in hand brewing, latte art and roasting. Holy Bean says the Falstaff Coffee Guide named the bar Denmark's best café in early 2026.
Ravnsborggade 14A, 2200 København, Denmark
No. 14
Impact Roasters
Amagerbro+4 locationsGood
Impact Roasters is a cooperative roaster that buys Ethiopian coffee from small farms in the south of the country and roasts it in Copenhagen. Its café on Holmbladsgade in Amager is a neighbourhood spot where you can take your coffee to go or stay, try different brewing styles and buy beans for home. Barista Magazine calls it a safe bet for Ethiopian coffee. The other cafés are on Valby Langgade, at Valby and Flintholm stations, in Carlsberg Byen and inside Café Buenavista in Nørrebro.
Holmbladsgade 14, 2300 København, Denmark
No. 15
Nordic Roasting Co
AmagerbroGood
Nordic Roasting Co. is a roastery and café in one on Uplandsgade in Amager, in a part of the city few visitors reach. Barista Magazine describes its coffees as clean and complex. The single origins name the producer, such as Wilton Benitez's Pink Bourbon, and the roastery also runs barista classes and coffee workshops. Beans, brewing gear and coffee machines are for sale.
Uplandsgade 70a, 2300 København, Denmark
No. 16
Saftig Kaffe
NørrebroGood
Saftig is a Copenhagen roaster built around expressive, light-roasted coffees and the farmers who grow them, with a taste for unusual processing, such as a sleeping-bag natural Gesha from Alex Herrera. Its brew bar on Prinsesse Charlottes Gade in Nørrebro is the place to try them, and the team invites you to message ahead if you want to talk coffee. The site lists no opening hours, so check Instagram before you go.
Prinsesse Charlottes Gade 41, 2200 København, Denmark
No. 17
GITZ Coffee
ØsterbroGood
GITZ Coffee is a café and roastery in the middle of Østerbro, on Landskronagade. It roasts small batches in light, medium and dark profiles, from origins such as Brazil, Kenya, Colombia and Tanzania, and brews them as espresso, filter or pour-over. The baristas will advise on equipment and methods for brewing at home, and the beans are sold in the café and online.
Landskronagade 27A, 2100 København, Denmark
No. 18
Pontes Roastery & Coffee Bar
ValbyGood
Pontes is a micro-roastery and coffee bar on Toftegårds Plads in Valby. It roasts in small batches and sells its coffees under names such as Cosmic Canopy and Little Gemstone, with an emphasis on ethical sourcing and transparency. The shop says Falstaff named it the best new specialty coffee opening in Denmark. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and opens from Wednesday to Sunday.
Toftegårds Pl. 2, 2500 København, Denmark
No. 19
Komuna Coffee SILENT CLUB
Indre ByGood
Komuna is a Mexican specialty coffee company that buys green coffee in Mexico and roasts it in Copenhagen, with each coffee linked to its producer: lots such as a washed Bellavista or a natural Pocitos fermented for 72 hours. Silent Club, its café on Bredgade, is where to drink them, and Komuna has started running pour-over workshops. It opens Wednesday to Sunday, from 9 to 17.
Bredgade 73, 1260 København, Denmark
No. 20
Kaffevaerk
FrederiksbergGood
Kaffevaerk is a roastery with a focus on organic and sustainable coffee, and its local coffee bar and shop is on Smallegade in Frederiksberg. It roasts in Farum and covers everything from light to dark roasts and from single origins to blends, so it is a good place to taste before you buy a bag. The shop also stocks brewing gear and barista tools.
Smallegade 22, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
No. 21
Risteriet Coffee Halmtorvet
VesterbroGood
Risteriet runs a coffee cellar on Helgolandsgade, by Halmtorvet in Vesterbro, serving coffee from its own roastery. It has about 25 seats, free wifi and plenty of power outlets, so it suits a working session, and the shelves hold a large range of fresh beans, from espresso blends to single origins, plus brewing equipment. The food is simple: breakfast, something sweet and lunch.
Helgolandsgade 21, 1653 København, Denmark
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