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21. Aboudi Coffee Break
An inexpensive café opposite Luxor Temple, serving coffee, sandwiches, kofta, falafel and Egyptian desserts with views over the temple.
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22. Bacha Coffee
An opulent coffee salon inside the Dar El Bacha palace museum, serving a long list of 100 per cent Arabica coffees with pastries and light meals.
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23. El Ali
A cultural café and restaurant near the Zitouna Mosque with a covered courtyard, a reading room and a roof terrace looking over the medina.
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24. Endiro Coffee Kisementi
Kisementi branch of Endiro, the Ugandan coffee company founded in 2011, serving specialty Ugandan coffee and food from 07:00 to 22:00 every day.
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25. Épi d’Or
A Lebanese-style café and bakery on Samora Avenue in the city centre, serving breads, pastries and cakes alongside breakfasts, salads, houmous and baba ghanoush.
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26. Galani Coffee
Spacious speciality coffee house in Jackross with an upstairs art gallery and craft shop, all-day breakfast and cascara tea, plus four other branches.
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27. Groppi
A celebrated Swiss-founded tearoom on Talaat Harb Square, open since 1924, where generations of Cairenes have come for éclairs, chocolates and ice cream.
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28. Hans & René
Hans & René is a Lagos gelateria, bakery and cafe known for local-flavoured sorbets such as zobo and agbalumo, with branches including the Radisson Blu and Lennox Mall.
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29. Humble Coffee
Humble is a Durban specialty coffee roastery, cafe and bakery founded by former barista Amy Gardiner, roasting beans on site and serving vegetarian brunch and lunch.
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30. Java House
The Kenyan coffee house chain that began at Adams Arcade in 1999, serving Kenyan coffee and diner-style meals across Nairobi and East Africa.
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31. Kivu Noir Kimihurura
The Kimihurura café of Kivu Noir, a premium single-estate Rwandan coffee grown on the shores of Lake Kivu, with a second café at Norrsken.
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32. Kukun
An Osu café and co-working hub with a garden and terrace, serving coffee, smoothies and fresh salads daily from early morning to late evening.
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33. Le Bideew
Garden café-restaurant under a large kapok tree at the Institut Français in the Plateau, popular for set lunches, juices and evenings around concerts.
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34. Mambaah Cafe
A garden cafe in the Creative Hub at Maitama Amusement Park, with a red courtyard, a Northern Nigerian-style tea room and a programme of creative events.
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35. Nagham Cafe
A café-restaurant beside Bab Bou Jeloud with a rooftop overlooking the medina entrance, serving coffee, fresh fruit smoothies, burgers and Moroccan dishes.
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36. Origin Coffee Roasting
Long-established speciality roaster Origin Coffee Roasting runs a café and brew bar on Hudson Street in De Waterkant.
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37. Pâtisserie Bennis Habous
A family-run pastry shop in the Habous quarter, dating from the 1930s, known for trays of handmade gazelle horns, chebakia and almond briouates.
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38. Puzzle Coffee Shop
Shangani coffee shop run by a Brazilian couple, serving specialty coffee, homemade pastries and Brazilian cheese bread, with occasional coffee workshops.
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39. Salvation Café
Salvation Café is a popular outdoor breakfast and lunch spot in the 44 Stanley precinct, known for its cheesecake and fresh, free-range ingredients.
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40. Slowtown Coffee Roasters
Namibia's best-known specialty coffee brand, roasting in Swakopmund since 2011, with shops in central Windhoek and the Maerua and Grove malls.
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