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)

4,5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐+

• Oben auf (roastery) (⛽La Marzocco) nml
• Fix (⛽La Marzocco) (Mo closed)
• Kalas (roastery) (⛽ Kees von der Westen Slim Jim)
• Hackel — try the scones!; real Chai

4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐

• Franz Morish (roastery) (⛽La Marzocco)
• Bohemian Kids (pink latte) (⛽Dalla Corte Icon)
• Röskant (roastery)
• Pfusch — great French inspired pastry () nrc (sirup); nml
• Monoloco; matcha latte
• grato (8–18; So 9–18; Sa. closed)

3,5 stars ⭐⭐⭐+

• Jeepneys (9–17; Tue. closed) — real Chai (⛽Rocket)
• Espresso Zackzack (8–18; Sa+So 9–18) (⛽La Marzocco; ⚙️Simonelli; 🫘Omkafe) nrc; Matcha Latte
• Elstermühle (roastery)
• SiMMiNi (⛽La Marzocco)
• INO
• Schwung & Schwebe
• Analog (12-18; Mo-Mi closed) real chai latte
• Ocka (⛽L’Anna Iberital;🫘Aroma Zapatista) real chai latte
• Uptown

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)
• 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
• Ruji (Japanese specialties)
• ganos (roastery)
• And Seoul²
• Emi
• Jeepneys Mitte
• 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
• Tiny marocco
• kibinas
• La Vie du Sud³
• La Strada; matcha latte (lots of great cakes)

2,5 Sterne ⭐⭐+

• Xoxo
• Soul Cafe
• Maitre (9–23; So 9–18)
• Bacco 36³
• Das Kapital
• Forest Park
• Hotel Seeblick
• Ananum
• Soul Kitchen
• Rusty Espressobar
• Rosa
• KOHI
• 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
• Backmeise

Zentrum Ost

Zentrum Nord

• Yellow Brasil

Zentrum

• Mintastique²

Osten

• Bubu
• NICE
• Lux (⛽Arimani)

Nord

• Hourflower

Süden

• NiMo

Südwesten

• ella
• Elysee

West

• Cophin
• Hbb funk west
• zwischenfisch
• Süß + salzig

Nordwesten

• Baba
• Rosa

early start? go for

• 7:30: Toninni, Nico
• 8:00: Fix, zackzack, WB, grato
• 9:00: Dankbar, Tunichtgut, franz morish, Maitre, Kater, INO, monoloco, Soul Kitchen, Cophin, Jimmy Orpheus, Jeepneys Mitte

graveyard (rest in peace): Oink, Kowalski

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)