Caffeine Hunter
A field guide to the coffee worth finding.
GermanyBerlinUnpolished on purpose. Berlin's third-wave scene has been roasting its own beans since before the term had a name.DenmarkCopenhagenThe roastery capital. Where Coffee Collective and La Cabra set the standard the rest of Scandinavia measures against.PortugalLisbonPortugal's specialty scene is young enough that its first roaster, from 2015, is still one of its best-known names.United KingdomLondonThe market stall that started it all, and the railway arches and roasteries that grew up around it.SpainMadridThe city that started Spain's specialty scene almost by itself, one Malasaña storefront at a time.ItalyMilanDesign capital rules apply here too — minimalist rooms and a specialty scene small enough that everyone knows each other.NorwayOsloWhere the guide started. Fjord light, brass fittings, and a specialty scene that treats filter coffee like a craft.FranceParisArrondissement by arrondissement, the city that taught the world to slow down for a cup finally slowed down for its own.ItalyRomeEspresso tradition runs deep here, which makes the newer specialty scene worth watching precisely because it's swimming upstream.SwedenStockholmRoasters here talk like merchants from another century and brew like it's the future — concept stores and archipelago roasteries included.ItalyTurinHome of a coffee roaster older than the car industry it's now known for, and a new wave betting specialty coffee catches on too.SwitzerlandZurichPrecision applied to coffee the same way it's applied to everything else here — not a wasted motion in the room.