Best Specialty Coffee Shops in Buenos Aires

The Best Cafés and Coffee Shops for Specialty Coffee in Buenos Aires. For years Porteños had to endure horrible coffee from cheap beans imported from Brazil. The coffee was so bitter they roasted it with sugar to make it more palatable. But today you can find plenty of specialty coffee shops. We've scoured the streets of Argentina's capital city, Buenos Aires, a city with arguably the most robust café culture in the world, to find café and coffee shops serving high-quality specialty coffee. Many of the cafés actually roast their own beans in small batches. These are our picks for the best coffee shops serving speciality coffee in Buenos Aires.

Import Coffee Company has a trendy, loft-like décor. Exposed brick walls. Nicely decorated. They only sell Italian Illy espresso. Limited food options but pleas …