Specialty cafés in Chennai

Coffee bar in the Savera Hotel gardens that bills itself as Chennai's first coffee microbrewery, with eight brewing methods.

Order: Siphon coffee · Cafe latte

💻 Listed as laptop-friendly

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Opened in 2020 as one of Chennai's first specialty roastery cafes, with a Slayer espresso machine.

Order: Pour-over coffee · Cold shaken filter coffee · Salted caramel affogato

💻 Listed as laptop-friendly; go in the morning for coffee

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Small specialty coffee house with a rotating single-origin menu, pour-over and batch brew, using Chikmagalur Arabica.

Order: Clever dripper black coffee · Pour-over of the day

💻 Cosy seating and good desks for working

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Neighbourhood cafe run by a Specialty Coffee Academy of India trained owner, with private work pods.

Order: Marocchino · Tiramisu iced latte · Affogato

💻 Private study and work pods

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Old-house style cafe with wooden swings and a full espresso and pour-over menu, now with several outlets.

Order: Spanish latte · Pour-over coffee · Cortado

Fewer sources for this one: check details before you go.

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Relaunched coffee bar running Sanremo machines, with live music nights.

Order: Turkish latte · Mocha

Fewer sources for this one: check details before you go.

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Tiny Arundale Street mess running since the 1940s, known for strong filter coffee with tiffin.

Order: Filter coffee · Idli · Vada

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Mess near Kapaleeswarar Temple, founded in 1955, serving strong decoction kaapi.

Order: Filter coffee

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Old Triplicane institution known for thick, aromatic kaapi alongside its sambar-soaked idlis.

Order: Filter coffee · Sambar idli

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Vegetarian hotel operating since 1938, a traditional stop for hot, strong filter coffee.

Order: Filter coffee

Fewer sources for this one: check details before you go.

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