14 cafés in 7 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
Georg Reichard opened his café on 9 November 1855 and moved it beside the cathedral in 1905. The neo-Gothic rooms and a 1986 glass pavilion look straight at the Dom.
Order: Coffee and cake · Breakfast
💡 The terrace has around 400 seats facing the cathedral.
Coffee has been served here since 1711, making it one of Europe's oldest coffee houses; Robert Schumann's circle met at its regulars' table from 1833. It reopened in April 2025 after six years of renovation, with its coffee museum back from July 2025.
Order: Coffee · Saxon dishes in the restaurant
💡 The museum upstairs covers Saxon coffee history across 16 rooms.
Opened in 1888 as a grand Gründerzeit coffeehouse; after wartime destruction it came back in simpler form, with a palm garden at its centre. Pralines and cakes come from its own confectionery.
Order: Coffee and a slice of torte · Pralines
💡 Breakfast runs until 3 pm.
Gustav Buchwald founded the business in Cottbus in 1852 and became royal Prussian supplier of Baumkuchen in 1883. It is one of Berlin's oldest surviving Konditoreien, still run by the family.
Order: Baumkuchen · Filter coffee
💡 Close to the Tiergarten and Bellevue S-Bahn; good after a walk in the park.
Luise Wacker opened a delicatessen in 1914 and the family has roasted coffee ever since. The Kornmarkt shop is the original house and still the place locals queue for a cup.
Order: Espresso · Filter coffee · Beans to take home
Johann Georg Niederegger founded his marzipan house in 1806. The always-busy café and shop sit opposite the Town Hall, with a marzipan museum on the upper floors.
Order: Marzipan torte · Coffee
💡 The marzipan museum is on the upper floors.
Dallmayr has traded in Munich since 1700 and is one of Germany's best-known coffee brands. Its flagship delicatessen near Marienplatz draws millions of visitors a year and has its own café-bistro.
Order: Prodomo coffee · Cake
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
One of the roasters that started Berlin's specialty scene. At the Kreuzberg roastery you drink filter coffee with the roasting floor behind a glass wall.
Order: Filter coffee · Espresso
💡 Buy beans here; staff will match them to your brewer.
A Berlin roaster that is just as known for its cheesecake. The Mitte café has a beige terrazzo counter and a handful of seats.
Order: Flat white · Cheesecake
The original room of one of Europe's best-known light-roast roasters, in the gallery district, with a Hario brew bar for single-origin lots.
Order: V60 filter · Espresso
💡 Tiny inside; there are pavement tables.
Café Kranzler's Kurfürstendamm branch was a symbol of post-war West Berlin; THE BARN has run coffee at the site since 2016. After a 2024 rebuild it moved down to street level, into a glass-fronted, double-height room.
Order: Hand-brewed filter · Espresso
Hamburg's busiest roastery café, in the Schanzenhöfe courtyard near Sternschanze, with house roasts and pastries baked on site.
Order: Filter coffee · Franzbrötchen
💡 Expect a queue at weekend peaks.
A small St. Pauli roaster that began roasting in 2014 and ranks in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026. Its espresso blends are called Moonwalker and Nightwalker.
Order: Moonwalker espresso · Filter
A Glockenbach roaster with a busy counter, several roast profiles on the bar and a strong filter list.
Order: Pour-over · Espresso