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Best Cafés in Medellín (2026)

Colombia grows some of the world's best-known coffee, and Medellín's cafés make the most of it. Three Medellín cafés made the South America's 100 Best Coffee Shops list in 2026, and two of them are in Laureles: Pergamino's café in a traditional house, which works with more than 1,500 partner growers, and Rituales, a woman-led roastery that buys from growers in the La Sierra neighbourhood. They are close enough to visit on the same morning.

In El Poblado, Vía Primavera has Pergamino's original branch and Café Velvet, a Belgian-Colombian roaster, facing each other. Hija Mía Coffee Roasters in Manila brought a New Zealand-style flat white to the city and opens every day from 7:00 to 21:00, and Urbania on Calle 8 buys coffee from conflict-affected communities at above-market prices. For something sweeter, Repostería Astor on the Junín passage has been making its frog-shaped sapitos and almond alfajores since 1930. Many cafés sell beans and run workshops, so they are a good source of coffee to take home, and Pergamino has two stores at the airport for last-minute purchases.

6 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Medellín

  1. Pergamino Café Laureles Specialty coffee shop and roaster, LaurelesPergamino's Laureles café, set in a traditional house and ranked 38th in South America's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026, serving traceable coffee from 1,500 partner growers.
  2. Repostería Astor Junín Historic Swiss-style pastry shop and tea room, La Candelaria (Centro)Medellín's historic Swiss pastry house, opened as a tea room on Junín in 1930, famous for its frog-shaped chocolate sapitos, moritos and almond alfajores.
  3. Rituales Compañía de Café Specialty coffee roastery and café, LaurelesA two-floor Laureles roastery and café that buys its coffee from growers in Medellín's La Sierra neighbourhood, ranked among South America's 100 best coffee shops in 2026.

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6. Café Velvet

Specialty coffee shop and roaster$$El Poblado

A Belgian-Colombian specialty coffee house on Vía Primavera that buys at origin, roasts in Itagüí and Belgium, and serves its coffees through a range of brew methods.

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