5 cafés in 4 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
Below Mount Elgon, the three Sipi waterfalls are surrounded by smallholder coffee farms, and local guides offer coffee tours that run from cherry to cup. Tours usually end with a chance to buy roasted Mount Elgon arabica.
Order: Freshly roasted Mount Elgon arabica
💡 You will be offered tours many times as you walk around; prices are very negotiable.
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A café on Main Street in Jinja, the town at the source of the Nile, known for great coffee and simple food. It is a good place to start a day of browsing the town's craft shops.
Order: Espresso drinks · Burger or sandwich
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A Ugandan café chain that locals and expats alike use as a meeting place, known for big breakfasts and rich coffee. The Oasis Mall branch is next to Garden City.
Order: Cappuccino · Breakfast
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
Endiro is a Ugandan coffee company founded in 2011 that sets out to fight child vulnerability through coffee, under the motto 'brew all the good you can'. Kisimenti is one of several Endiro cafés around Kampala.
Order: Ugandan arabica espresso · Cappuccino
💡 Endiro also runs a café at Lacam Lodge in Sipi, handy after a coffee tour.
A café, restaurant and craft shop that has served gorilla trekkers and locals in Kisoro for over a decade. Expect Arabic coffee and German cakes alongside pizza and burgers.
Order: Coffee with a slice of German cake
💡 The craft shop next door sells patchwork made locally from African fabrics.