The large marquee COFFEE sign with lit bulbs above the entrance of 787 Coffee on Fairview Street

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Houston spreads its coffee across the Heights, Montrose and downtown, where serious roasters pour in rooms as big and unhurried as the city itself.

The large marquee COFFEE sign with lit bulbs above the entrance of 787 Coffee on Fairview Street

787 Coffee Fairview

Montrose · Houston

Puerto Rican farm coffeeBeans to go

The white brick wall of 787 Coffee on Washington Avenue with the name painted in black letters between two palm trees

787 Coffee Washington Ave

Washington Avenue · Houston

Puerto Rican farm coffeeBeans to go

The glass door of Blacksmith with its pink neon script name, trees and parked cars reflected in the glass, cafe chairs and a table behind, and pots of plants on the sill

Blacksmith

Montrose · Houston

industrial Montrose cornerDog friendly

The brick building in EaDo with a walk up window, wooden deck and bistro tables out front and the EaDough Pastries and Provisions sign on the wall

Blackwater Coffee Roasters EaDo

EaDo · Houston

roastery HQ walk up windowBeans to go

The Blackwater cafe interior with a long pale wood counter, espresso machine, plants and a tiled menu wall, with rattan chairs and marble tables in the foreground

Blackwater Coffee Roasters River Oaks

River Oaks · Houston

street side roaster cafeBeans to go

BlendIn Coffee Club Allen Parkway

Montrose · Houston

champion roasterBeans to go

A bright BlendIn cafe interior with a long white coffee bar, wooden banquettes along tall windows and white round tables on a stone floor

BlendIn Coffee Club Sugar Land

Sugar Land · Houston

long bright white barBeans to go

The Boomtown Coffee storefront in the Heights with a round sunburst sign, an oil derrick motif and patio tables and chairs under the awning

Boomtown Coffee Heights

The Heights · Houston

sunburst sign storefrontBeans to go

The Boomtown Coffee counter in the Understory atrium with a white bar, pale wood stools, a copper column and baristas at work

Boomtown Coffee Understory

Downtown · Houston

downtown food hall counterBeans to go

The corner storefront of Cambrian Coffee with a stone and wood facade, glass doors and a dinosaur skeleton mural on the side wall

Cambrian Coffee

Spring Branch · Houston

dinosaur themed corner cafeguest roaster single origins

The white brick corner storefront of Catalina Coffee at 2201 with its red lettering, three copper lamps over the sign, white framed windows and a door, and two guests at blue metal tables on the pavement

Catalina Coffee

Washington Avenue · Houston

exposed brick wallsBeans to go

The airy interior of Cavo Coffee with a marble bar, high communal table and a long copper light running across the ceiling

Cavo Coffee

West University · Houston

next door to the roasteryBeans to go

The illuminated white della coffee letters on the yellow brick facade of Della Coffee

Della Coffee

Montrose · Houston

in house roasted single originsDog friendly

The hanging Fifth Vessel Coffee Co. sign with its paper boat mark beside a corner building covered in a colorful food mural, with black framed windows, a metal bistro table on the brick pavement and glass office towers across the street

Fifth Vessel Coffee Co.

Downtown · Houston

curated rotating coffeesBeans to go

The storefront of FIX Coffeebar with its tall black sign above the entrance and outdoor chairs along the front

FIX Coffeebar

Montrose · Houston

easygoing Montrose coffeebarDog friendly

The white Giant Leap Coffee building at Uptown Park with black framed windows, pink bistro tables along the wall and a yellow patio umbrella

Giant Leap Coffee

Uptown Park · Houston

space themed Uptown Park cafeBeans to go

The white two storey house that holds Kefita Coffee, with a balcony above the entrance, a yellow patio umbrella and an iron gate

Kefita Coffee

Midtown · Houston

art minded Midtown cafeDog friendly

The glass door of Kohiko Coffee House in Sugar Land with white lettering, an open daily hours decal, shelves of coffee bags and a wooden table outside

Kohiko Coffee House

Sugar Land · Houston

Japanese hospitalityBeans to go

The La Tazza cafe interior with patterned wall panels, wooden tables, round tables under scalloped pendant lamps and a long cushioned bench along the wall

La Tazza Specialty Coffee

Braeswood Place · Houston

Q Grader led roastingBeans to go

The corner storefront of Little Dreamer Coffee with a pink and yellow hanging sign, Coffee Pies Eats lettering on the windows and a ramp with railings to the door

Little Dreamer Coffee

Montrose · Houston

coffee pies and eatsBeans to go

The white brick Asch Building cafe on Studewood Street with a bike rack, planters and customers at outdoor tables under a blue sky

New Heights Coffee Roasters

The Heights · Houston

green painted interiorBeans to go

The wooden coffee bar at Pearland Coffee Roasters Friendswood with an espresso machine, grinders and baristas serving customers

Pearland Coffee Roasters Friendswood

Friendswood · Houston

covered patio gathering areasBeans to go

The pale blue brick Old Townsite building of Pearland Coffee Roasters with its scrolled shop sign under a partly cloudy sky

Pearland Coffee Roasters Old Townsite

Old Townsite, Pearland · Houston

little blue railroad cafeBeans to go

Pearland Coffee Roasters Pearwood

Pearwood, Pearland · Houston

modern sunlit drive thru cafeBeans to go

The Prelude Coffee and Tea counter in a tower lobby with a sculpted marble bar, leather stools, a lit sign and baristas at the espresso machine

Prelude Coffee

Downtown · Houston

office lobby coffee barmarble counter

The bright interior of Simply Coffie with soaring windows, a pitched wood ceiling, round tables with orange chairs and a bar faced in wooden blocks

Simply Coffie

The Heights · Houston

genuine specialty roasteryBeans to go

Slow Drip TX

Downtown · Houston

nine hour iced slow dripDog friendly

The Tenfold downtown cafe with a pale curved coffee bar, espresso machines, grinders and black stools under warm lighting

Tenfold Coffee Downtown

Downtown · Houston

beside Discovery GreenBeans to go

The open plan Tenfold cafe in the Heights with a long coffee bar, concrete floors, a fiddle leaf fig tree and customers seated at shared tables

Tenfold Coffee Heights

The Heights · Houston

airy plant filled roomBeans to go

The counter at Third Gen Coffee with menu boards, shelves of Third Gen coffee bags, a pastry case and a customer ordering

Third Gen Coffee

The Woodlands · Houston

Honduran family farm coffeeBeans to go

Two customers at the counter of Three Keys Coffee Bar looking up at the dark menu board with the Three Keys Coffee lettering and the A Side coffee list, a barista in a cap behind them and a jazz and coffee notes wheel poster on the wall

Three Keys Coffee Bar Finn Hall

Downtown · Houston

coffee meets musicBeans to go

A long cream counter with pour over stations, glass jars of beans and a black brewer at Un Caffe, white cone pendant lamps and a skylight above, staff working at the espresso machines and a roaster at the back

Un Caffè

Midtown · Houston

Midtown roastery cafeBeans to go

Inside Verbena Coffee with a glass walled roasting cage clad in pine, geometric wooden pendant lamps, the coffee counter and a tan leather sofa

Verbena Coffee

Memorial · Houston

craft coffee for MemorialBeans to go

The black curved roof walk up kiosk of Xela with its white XELA letters, a service window covered in stickers and a hand painted mural of coffee cherry branches in teal, pink and yellow, on a wooden deck

XELA Coffee Roasters

Montrose · Houston

walk up window roasteryBeans to go

The curved plaster counter at Yemex with a white orchid, a pastry case, bagged coffee and lit alcoves holding an oud and ceramics

Yemex Bakehouse & Specialty Coffee

Energy Corridor · Houston

Yemeni Mexican bakehouseBeans to go