7 cafés in 3 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
A working coffee farm in Kenya's Central Highlands at about 1,750 m, with close to 100 acres under coffee watered by the Riara River. It has grown coffee since the early 1900s, and guided tours walk you from picking to roasting.
Order: Estate coffee after the tour · A bag of estate-roasted arabica
💡 Book the tour ahead; it is a short drive north of Nairobi.
A coffee house on the main lane of Mombasa's Old Town serving Arabic teas and coffees, hot or cold, with fresh fruit juices and snacks.
Order: Arabic coffee · Spiced tea
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
Karen Blixen and her husband bought this 1912 farmhouse in 1917 to run a coffee plantation, and she farmed coffee here until 1931, the years told in 'Out of Africa'. The suburb of Karen grew up on the old coffee farm after she left.
Order: A guided tour of the farmhouse
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
An Eritrean restaurant on the top floor of China Centre, praised for its food and for a proper traditional coffee ceremony, with beans roasted, ground and brewed in rounds.
Order: Coffee ceremony after an injera meal
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
Java House began with a single café at Adams Arcade on Ngong Road in 1999, when it was one of the few places in the region serving export-quality Kenyan coffee. It has since grown to dozens of branches across East Africa.
Order: Coffee · Milkshake · Full breakfast
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
One of Kenya's first coffee estates was planted in Spring Valley, on Nairobi's edge, in 1905, and since 2009 this company has been roasting in the same neighbourhood. It roasts at origin to keep more of the coffee's value in Kenya, and won gold at the 2026 Global Coffee Awards Africa.
Order: Kenyan single-origin pour-over · Flat white
💡 Book a roastery tour at The Roastery on Lower Kabete Road; there is also a branch at Wilson Airport for safari flights.
In September 2020 Addis Ababa's Tomoca opened its first coffee shop outside Ethiopia in Africa here at Two Rivers Mall. It brings the Ethiopian roaster's Italian-style macchiato to Nairobi.
Order: Macchiato
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.