You don’t get much excited about the coffee culture in Moscow. Even not everybody is going to ask you ” Where you had the great cup of coffee in Moscow?”. Or you know, maybe not the ideal place to buy specialty coffee. Well, not exactly! Moscow is growing on at their coffee culture adapting fantastic baristas with their various coffee initiatives. Like, you must know that black coffee is gradually gaining popularity in this cosmopolitan city. It’s time to give a chance to this emerging coffee-loving community towards the coffee industry. Here are some hidden gems of Moscow you should try.
Double B
Founded by Olga Melik Karakozova and Anna Tsfasman in 2012, Double B is a standard bar for the third wave of modern coffee in Moscow. Double B expended its brand within three years to more than 20 outlets in Nizhniy Novgorod, St Petersburg. Also, they have their franchises in Prague and Kazakhstan. Double N has single-origin coffee that comes with diversity. Also, the coffee beans are sourced by the Nordic approach. The roasting is done in a light Scandinavian style to make the coffee much better and good in taste. They have the balance flavors, and different range, as well as own signatures, drinks too.
West 4
West 4 somewhat tries to evoke the old-time New York but in romanticized form. Also, the original West 4 café, which is located in Ostozhenka has the collections of coffee roasted and blends. The coffee is roasted by them, and it includes different single origins including espresso coffee or pours over.
Coffee mania
Coffee Mania was introduced in 2001, and till now, it has grown into 20 outlets. Here you get the roasted coffee by them, and it will be served in espresso or pour-over. Also, the company delivers the best made as well as coffee that you can find in Moscow.
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura is originated to be the seller of roasted coffee, but they now turn into wholesale clients and offer subscription-like services. Apart from that, they expand the café services and have two different locations where they serve the coffee. Also, they choose a Nordic approach to source the coffee, and the roasted is done in the Scandinavian profile but is the lightest way. It includes the single-origin, pours overs as well as espresso.
LES
In Russian, the meaning of the world is a forest, whereas it’s an acronym used for the lower east side of the Manhattan LES offers the single-origin, brewed and espresso, etc. Also, the coffee they roast is on their own. They offered cakes and sweets too, along with other accessories, to make the exercise fun. Also, they have rarely seen items like keep cups that can be hard to find in Moscow retail.
Nook coffee
Nook source the coffee through Johan & Nystrom, also they roast the coffee and serve as best espresso or pour-overs. They have coffee ranges and a whole range of smoothies, another item. Nook coffee is inspired by the metropolitan coffee shop. Also, they deliver the perfect cup of coffee with new ideas and crafts.