Leipzig Cafe Overview
The definitive single-shot espresso list
Some rules:
* No Coffee-Chains/franchises
* No "Kneipencafe" or "Bar & Cafe"
* No "Bäcker"
* No Eiscafe (except where also normal "Cafebetrieb")
* No "Kaffeevollautomaten"
* No Stores (glasses, second hand, ) with coffee serving
* special mentions for cafes serving "real" chai (not from powder or syrup)
* special mentions for pink latte and matcha latte (not complete yet)
5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- 7shots (⛽La Marzocco; 🫘various sources — often coffee collective) (10–18) — real Chai
- Dankbar (⛽ Kees von der Westen Mirage) (Epitome, Hoppenworth & Ploch)
- Kalas (roastery) (⛽ Kees von der Westen Slim Jim)
4,5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐+
- Oben auf (roastery) (⛽La Marzocco) nml
- Fix (⛽La Marzocco)
- Hackel — try the scones!; real Chai
4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Franz Morish (roastery) (⛽La Marzocco)
- Bohemian Kids (pink latte) (⛽Dalla Corte Icon)
- Röskant (roastery)
- Uptown
- Monoloco; matcha latte
- grato (8–18; So 9–18; Sa. closed)
3,5 stars ⭐⭐⭐+
- Jeepneys (9–17; Tue. closed) — real Chai (⛽Rocket)
- Pfusch — great French inspired pastry () nrc (sirup); nml
- Espresso Zackzack (8–18; Sa+So 9–18) (⛽La Marzocco; ⚙️Simonelli; 🫘Omkafe) nrc; Matcha Latte
- Elstermühle (roastery)
- INO
- Analog (12-18; Mo-Mi closed) real chai latte
- Ocka (⛽L’Anna Iberital;🫘Aroma Zapatista) real chai latte
3 stars⭐⭐⭐
- Vary
- Ubuntu
- Stay
- Trago (⛽Iberital IB7;🫘Cafe Libertad)
- Erikas (⛽ Nuova Simonelli Appia II)
- Tunichtgut
- Carls Laden
- Toninni (7:30–17; Sa+So closed)
- Cafe Luise
- Pilot
- Mein liebes Fräulein (🫘purple bike) — the homemade “Brotaufstriche” are gorgeous
- Deli
- Liese
- WB
- Jimmy Orpheus
- Brühbar (roastery)
- Kater (9–19; Wed. closed; Sa-So 10–19)
- Albert
- Doki
- Hem
- ganos (roastery)
- And Seoul²
- Emi
- S1 (Mo, Wed-Fr 11-18; Sa-So 10-18; Tue. closed)
- cinnamoon (⛽Iberital; Tue-Fr: 10–20; Sa-So 9–20, Mo closed)
- roots (⛽L’Anna Iberital; Tue, Wed closed); matcha latte, pink latte
- Bämme (⛽Sanremo Zoe; Mo, Tue closed); nrl
- Moh (⛽Faema E61); matcha latte, nrl
2,5 Sterne ⭐⭐+
- Xoxo
- Soul Cafe
- Maitre (9–23; So 9–18)
- Bacco 36³
- Das Kapital
- Forest Park
- Hotel Seeblick
- Soul Kitchen
- Rusty Espressobar
- Rosa
- Mule
- Komiro²
- Pascal (🫘green temper coffee; 13-18; Mo-Tue closed; nrc)
2 stars⭐⭐
- Fräulein Miramunkel
- Grundmann
1 stars ⭐
- Volkshaus (normally I would not include any Cafes with “Kaffeevollautomaten” — it is here for nostalic reasons)
Notes
² Konditorei / Pastry
³ ital./frz. specialty shop
nrc — no real chai
nml — no matcha latta
ToDo
Zentrum
- Bigoti
Zentrum West
- Glücksbringer
Zentrum Ost
- Feinschmaus
Zentrum Nord
- La Vie du Sud³
Zentrum
- Mintastique²
Osten
- Bubu
- NICE
- Lux (⛽Arimani)
Nordosten
Süden
- NiMo
Südwesten
- ella
- Elysee
West
- Cophin
- Hbb funk west
- Tiny marocco
- zwischenfisch
- Süs + salzig
Nordwesten
- Baba
- Rosa
early start? go for: Toninni, Nico (7:30) or Fix, zackzack, WB, grato (8:00)
graveyard (rest in peace): Oink
Not relevant (main stream cafe with “Vollautomat” or “Massenabfertigung” or “Touristenschleuder”): coffee fellows, starbucks, Riquet, central, Pascucci, Spizz (sorry it ain’t 92 anymore), Schiller, Brot&Kees, Gloria, Kandler, Huwa, Stein, Alex, Treff, Corso, Katzentempel, Puschkin, tbc)