The best specialty coffee shops in Copenhagen

The best specialty coffee shops in Copenhagen are Coffee Collective, Prolog Coffee, April Coffee, La Cabra Nordhavn, Darcy’s Kaffe, Norange Coffee Roasters, Saftig, ROAST Coffee, Impact Roasters and Kaffedepartementet.

This is not a guide to Copenhagen’s most instagram-worthy cafés. There are no inclusions because the room photographs well, the pastries are famous or everybody on TikTok went last weekend. Copenhagen has plenty of places that combine good coffee with excellent design. That is not the same thing as being one of the city’s best coffee destinations.

If you’re looking for the very best Copenhagen has to offer, start here.

Coffee Collective

Jægersborggade and Godthåbsvej

Founded in 2007 by Peter Dupont, Casper Engel Rasmussen and World Barista Champion Klaus Thomsen, Coffee Collective helped define modern specialty coffee in Copenhagen. Its influence came from connecting lighter roasting and careful brewing with direct relationships and greater transparency about what coffee producers are paid.

Visit Jægersborggade, where the company opened its first coffee shop in 2008 before later moving into a larger space on the same street. Go to Godthåbsvej to see the café, roastery and training facilities brought together inside a former machine factory.

Prolog Coffee

Kødbyen, Vesterbro

Founded in 2016 by Jonas Gehl and Sebastian Quistorff, Prolog helped make Copenhagen’s next generation of specialty coffee feel less formal without taking it less seriously. Gehl won the Danish Barista Championship in 2018 and 2019. Expect precise espresso and filter coffee.

Prolog now has four Copenhagen locations, but begin at Høkerboderne 16, which you’ll find inside a former bookshop in the Meatpacking District. Visit Papirøen for the company’s most design-led café, surrounded by architecture studios and Copenhagen’s newer creative community. Go to Kødbyen to understand where Prolog began.

April Coffee

Pilestræde, Indre By

Founded in 2016 by Swedish roaster Patrik Rolf, April has become one of Copenhagen’s most exacting coffee businesses. Rolf finished second at the 2019 World Brewers Cup and reached the World Barista Championship final in 2022. But April’s influence extends way beyond competition. The company has built a complete approach to coffee around roasting, brewing, its own equipment and a relentless interest in how quality can be expressed in the cup.

Visit the April Experience at Pilestræde 39 for the full range, limited coffees and its reservation-only tasting menu. Next door, SP Coffee Shop offers a more familiar café experience.

La Cabra Nordhavn

Nordhavn

La Cabra began in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2012, but it opened a presence in Nordhavn in 2025, a roastery, coffee bar and quality-control room.

The architecture is part of the experience. Brick connects the coffee bar to Nordhavn’s industrial past, raw concrete defines the production space and warmer wood marks the room where La Cabra’s sourcing and quality teams work. The result is a café where you can clearly see the journey from green coffee to finished cup.

Darcy’s Kaffe

Rantzausgade, Nørrebro

Darcy Millar began Darcy’s Kaffe as a specialty coffee cart in 2018 before opening the Rantzausgade café in 2020. Rather than building the business around one house roaster, the London-born former barista created a rotating programme that brings coffees from respected Danish and international roasters into Copenhagen. Even the espresso menu encourages comparison, dividing its choices into a familiar “comfy” option and a more adventurous “exciting” one.

Darcy’s now also operates at Copenhagen Contemporary on Refshaleøen, but begin at Rantzausgade.

Saftig

Prinsesse Charlottes Gade, Nørrebro

Saftig began in 2024 when Copenhagen coffee enthusiasts Jonas and Magnus started a nano-roastery. The name means juicy, and the roasting follows that idea: light, expressive coffees chosen for fruit, fermentation and the individual processing methods developed by producers.

The Prinsesse Charlottes Gade 41 location feels more like a coffee-loving friend’s living room than a polished chain café, complete with vinyl and a bar that encourages interaction. Visit for filter coffee that is bright, unusual and willing to let fermentation take up space in the cup. 

ROAST Coffee

Sydhavn and Islands Brygge

Founded in 2014, ROAST Coffee is a little different from most specialty coffee shops in Copenhagen in that its coffees tend to be fuller and rounder, with more body and less pronounced acidity than the Nordic profile we know. The company around the belief that paying producers fairly and rewarding quality should strengthen one another, sourcing coffees from dedicated farmers and through Cup of Excellence auctions.

ROAST operates four Copenhagen coffee bars.. Visit Vestmannagade 4 in Islands Brygge, to get a view of the roaster inside the lower-ground café with the waterfront is nearby. Pladehals Allé 28 in Sydhavn is also both a coffee bar and roastery, while Studiestræde and Vesterport are more centrally located.

Impact Roasters

Langgade Station, Valby

Impact Roasters was founded in 2015 by Daniel Halalla and Nidzara Fazlic. Halalla grew up in Ethiopia, where roasting coffee with his mother was part of daily life. Fazlic grew up in Bosnia before living in Ethiopia and developing her own connection to its coffee culture. Together, they built a Copenhagen roastery around coffee sourced directly from small-scale Ethiopian farmers, while supporting education, employment and sustainable farming projects in producing communities.

Visit the original roastery café inside Langgade Station, which opened in 2017. The colourful, relaxed room hosts Ethiopian coffee ceremonies and cultural events alongside espresso and filter coffees from regions including Limu, Sidama and Yirgacheffe.

Kaffedepartementet

Rentemestervej, Nordvest

Kaffedepartementet takes a deliberately straightforward approach to coffee: find coffees capable of standing on their own, roast them with restraint and let each farm taste distinct. . Every bag contains coffee from one farm and one harvest, with no blending used to smooth out differences or create consistency. The team buys small, seasonal lots, then roasts each coffee light or medium according to what best suits it. Everything is roasted and cupped at the café’s Rentemestervej home.

The café sits one floor above street level inside a refurbished industrial building in Nordvest, with the roasting area visible from the spacious, quietly welcoming room. Visit for espresso, filter or batch brew.

The Copenhagen coffee crawl for purists

If you only have one day, begin at Coffee Collective on Jægersborggade. Walk to Saftig, Norange and Darcy’s through Nørrebro. Share filter coffees, ask what is new and buy beans for later.

Continue across the lakes to April. Finish with espresso at Prolog in Kødbyen.

On a second day, visit La Cabra in Nordhavn, then choose the detour that suits your interests. Go to Impact for Ethiopian coffee and origin context, ROAST to explore the local roasting programme or Kaffedepartementet for the least touristy experience on the list.

I can’t believe I need to say this, but, just in case, don’t try to visit all 10 in one weekend. That would be idiotic. Tempting, but idiotic.

FAQs

What are the best specialty coffee shops in Copenhagen?

The best Copenhagen coffee shops for specialty coffee are Coffee Collective, Prolog Coffee, April Coffee, La Cabra Nordhavn, Darcy’s Kaffe, Norange Coffee Roasters, Saftig, ROAST Coffee, Impact Roasters and Kaffedepartementet.

What is the best coffee shop in Copenhagen for serious coffee drinkers?

Coffee Collective is the essential starting point because of its quality, history and influence. April offers the city’s most controlled coffee experience, while Norange and Saftig are particularly strong choices for enthusiasts interested in Copenhagen’s newer roasting scene.

Where can I find the best pour-over coffee in Copenhagen?

April, Coffee Collective, Norange, Saftig and La Cabra Nordhavn are leading choices for light-roast pour-over. Darcy’s is the best place to compare filter coffees from several different roasters.

Where can I find the best espresso in Copenhagen?

Prolog in Kødbyen and Norange near Sankt Hans Torv are two of Copenhagen’s strongest espresso destinations. Coffee Collective and ROAST are also reliable options.

What is the best multi-roaster café in Copenhagen?

Darcy’s Kaffe on Rantzausgade is Copenhagen’s leading multi-roaster café. It serves a rotating selection of coffees from respected Danish and international roasters.

Which Copenhagen neighbourhood is best for a specialty coffee crawl?

Nørrebro is the best neighbourhood for a Copenhagen coffee crawl. Coffee Collective Jægersborggade, Saftig, Norange and Darcy’s are all within a manageable route.

Which Copenhagen coffee roasters should I buy beans from?

Coffee Collective, April, Prolog, La Cabra, Norange, Saftig, ROAST, Impact Roasters and Kaffedepartementet all sell beans. Choose Impact for Ethiopian coffees, Saftig for fruit-forward light roasts, April for an exceptionally light and precise style, or Darcy’s for beans from multiple roasters.

Is Copenhagen still one of the world’s best specialty coffee cities?

Yes. Copenhagen remains influential for Nordic light roasting, transparent sourcing and filter coffee. Its newer roasters and multi-roaster cafés also prevent the city from relying entirely on the businesses that established its reputation.