Specialty coffee in Lombardy: best coffee, cafes and roasters

Discover the best specialty coffee cafes and roasters in the region of Lombardy below or explore the cities of Milan, Bergamo, Brescia and Monza and Brianza.

Updated 21 January, 2023

Orsonero Coffee

Cafe in Milan

Orsonero Coffee is a specialty coffee cafe in Milan opened by Brent Jopson, a Vancouver import to the fashionable city. With a balance of modern and traditional, Orsonero Coffee has a minimalist, light, wooden interior design which Brent took inspiration from during his time abroad. It respects the…

Lot Zero

Roaster in Milan

Lot Zero is a specialty coffee micro roastery located in Milan, founded by Chiara Bergonzi in conjunction with the entrepreneurial all-female team from Sevengrams. Chiara Bergonzi is the three-time Italian Latte Art Champion and runner-up in the 2014 World Latte Art Championships. After years of…

Bugan Coffee Lab

Roaster in Bergamo

Bugan Coffee Lab is a specialty coffee micro roastery located in Bergamo, in the north of Italy. It is known in the Italian coffee scene as roasting some of the lightest specialty coffees in the country. Owner Maurizio Valli was always intrigued by the aroma of coffee as a young child. He began…

His Majesty the Coffee

Roaster in Monza and Brianza

His Majesty the Coffee is a specialty coffee roastery in Villasanta just north of Monza. Landing himself twice on the podium of the Italian Coffee Roasting Championship, Paolo Scimone is a veteran of the Italian specialty coffee scene. Having spent several years in London, his affinity for England…

Bugan Coffee Lab (Città Alta)

Cafe in Bergamo

Bugan Coffee Lab (Città Alta) is a specialty coffee cafe located in the heart of the Medieval, Venetian walled upper city of Bergamo, the "città alta". With black walls and wood-finished interior, this atmospheric specialty coffee cafe offers a wide selection of their own Bugan Coffee Lab roastery…

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Bugan Coffee Lab (Città Bassa)

Cafe in Bergamo

Bugan Coffee Lab (Città Bassa) is a specialty coffee cafe located in the lively modern, financial and administrative lower city of Bergamo, the "città bassa". It is a spacious specialty coffee laboratory divided into four spaces: a coffee shop, a tasting area, a roasting room and a training space.…

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Cafezal Coffee Hub

Cafe in Milan

Cafezal Coffee Hub is a specialty coffee cafe and roastery located just to the east of the city center. Opening in the middle of 2022, it is the second cafe-roastery from Carlos Bitencourt, the other being Cafezal located north of center, nearer the main train station. With large, open spaces and…

Café Gramsci

Cafe in Brescia

Café Gramsci is a specialty coffee cafe situated in the heart of Brescia that also specialises in gourmet Italian panini. This bright, modern and intimite location offers their own branded specialty coffee beans as well as working closely with two high quality Italian roasters to provide a rotating…

Loste Café

Cafe in Milan

Loste Café is a specialty coffee cafe in Milan. Born in Italy, and with over a decade of experience aboard in highly acclaimed restaurants, Lorenzo Cioli and Stefano Ferraro met while working at Noma in Sydney before opening Loste Café in 2021. They see their new project as the modern evolution of…

Nowhere Coffee & Community

Cafe in Milan

Nowhere Coffee & Community is a specialty coffee cafe just a few minutes walk from the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio near the centre of Milan. This self-styled "Future coffee shop" is a unique alternative cafe which not only sells specialty coffee but also vinyl, books, magazines and a selection of…

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Spirit of Coffee

Roaster & Cafe in Bergamo

Spirit of Coffee is a specialty coffee roastery and cafe founded by Gian Andrea in the town of Urgnano. He spent several years cutting his teeth at the Bugan Coffee Lab in Bergamo and attending specialty coffee courses before opening his own locale in 2019. Gian roasts in a northern European-style…

Il Cafetero

Cafe in Milan

Il Cafetero is a specialty coffee cafe located outside the hustle of central Milan in a lively residential area to the west. You'll meet mostly locals at Il Cafetero, where owner Federico Maggiulli has successfully convince the traditional Italian robusta drinkers to switch to specialty coffee.…

Checchi Cafè & Bakery

Cafe in Brescia

Checchi Cafè & Bakery is a specialty coffee cafe and gourmet bakery in the newer southern business area of Brescia known as Bresciadue, or "Brescia Two", south of the main train station. Checchi Cafè & Bakery stock a selection of Italian and international specialty coffee beans which owner…

Bar Nicol

Cafe in Milan

Bar Nicol is a specialty coffee cafe which also has a selective list of wines and food. Drink your coffee outside on the streets of Milan and watch the trams passing by.

Urban Cafe

Cafe in Bergamo

Urban Cafe is a specialty coffee cafe in the fortified, medieval town of Treviglio which is situated between Bergamo and Milan. They offer a wide selection of high quality Italian specialty coffee as well as catering for non-specialty drinkers as well. The owner, Federico Pinna, is a competitive…

Cafezal

Roaster & Cafe in Milan

Cafezal is a specialty coffee micro roastery and cafe in the center of Milan. Meaning coffee plantation in Portuguese, it is "a roastery that also has a cafe", is the way the Italian-Brazilian founder Carlos Bitencourt describes it. This was his first cafe-roastery, the newer location being…

Coffee Studio 7Gr.

Cafe in Milan

Coffee Studio 7Gr. in Milan is a specialty coffee cafe and creative, social space dedicated to transforming the perception of Italian espresso to make it a memorable, sensorial experience. Within this locale you'll find a shops, a tasting area, a roastery and a specialty cafe "for espresso lovers…

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