I’ve chosen four of these great cafes-and one roaster-to profile in this first look at Barcelona’s emerging coffee scene. It’s as though the local coffee professionals cultivate a certain pleasure in making the getting-there a journey, as a way to highlight how much effort goes into a cup of coffee–attention to detail, high quality standards, careful control over all the variables, and a great deal of dedication. Nømad Coffee Productions and Skye Coffee opened-unknowingly on the same day- Onna followed very closely, and Satan’s Coffee moved from its original small cornershop to a new location a few months later.īarcelona’s best cafe offerings are not immediately visible: they are tucked away in quiet plazas, passageways, and off-the-beaten-track neighbourhoods. But this spring, the pace of coffee in Barcelona accelerated quickly. Up until last February, one of the only places for good coffee was Satan’s Coffee Corner, nestled at the time in a bike shop in the Raval area. Nevertheless, there is a palpable excitement that a coffee scene is taking shape in Barcelona, and it’s happening at a blistering pace. Though coffee has long been ubiquitous in the city, it’s consistently been of poor quality–over-roasted and drenched in milk. Like many traditional European coffee markets, the idea of “third wave” is new to most locals, and they are still learning not to frown at the idea of filter coffee. Finding good coffee in Barcelona requires an investigative spirit.
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