Which roasters run specialty coffee cafés in Prague?

Doubleshot has roasted in Prague since 2010 and runs Můj šálek kávy on Křižíkova, two LOKA cafés and Místo in Bubeneč. Coffee Source, which has roasted výběrová káva for more than 20 years, has a café on Francouzská in Vršovice. EMA espresso bars belong to Alf & Bet, which bakes near Palmovka and roasts in the former Holešovice brewery, and also serve other microroasters.

What does výběrová káva mean in Prague cafés?

Výběrová káva, literally “selected coffee”, is the Czech term for specialty coffee, and Prague roasters such as Doubleshot use it for their own beans. The traditional alternative is turek: ground coffee scalded with boiling water in the cup, left until the grounds settle. It shares only the name with coffee from Turkey and is still served in most Czech cafés and restaurants.

Specialty Coffee in Prague: Výběrová Káva and Roasters

Výběrová káva, literally “selected coffee”, is the Czech term for specialty coffee, and the city’s roasters put it on their own pages: Doubleshot has roasted výběrová káva in Prague since 2010.¹ The older default is turek, ground coffee scalded with boiling water in the cup and left until the grounds settle.² It shares only its name with coffee made in Turkey, and most Czech cafés and restaurants still serve it.²

The specialty scene is young. In January 2020 the food-tour company Taste of Prague wrote that eight or nine years earlier the city had fewer than ten specialty coffee shops, and that nearly ten new ones opened in 2019 alone.³ It also noted that Prague has virtually no takeaway culture and that coffee in a to-go cup was still a fairly recent habit.³

Local tip: For a weekday start before 08:00, Borzoi on Zelená in Dejvice and LOKA Masaryčka on Na Florenci both open at 07:30.

Where these cafés are: Nové Město (4), Vinohrady (4), Vršovice (3), Holešovice & Letná (3), Libeň & Vysočany (3), Karlín (3), Dejvice & Bubeneč (2), Žižkov (1), Nusle & Vyšehrad (1).

At a glance

24Cafés listed

16With opening hours

07:30Earliest opening

22:00Latest closing

Opens earliest: Borzoi, from 07:30 (Mon–Fri 07:30–17:00 · Sat 09:00–15:00).

Closes latest: KRO Vršovice, until 22:00 (Mon–Fri 08:00–22:00 · Sat 09:00–22:00 · Sun 09:00–15:00).

Most common features: bakery café (21%), outdoor seating (13%), indoor seating (13%).

Roasters that run their own cafés

Doubleshot’s cafés are Můj šálek kávy at Křižíkova 105 in Karlín, LOKA Masaryčka at Na Florenci 2, LOKA Alza in Hall 8 of the Holešovice market (Holešovická tržnice) and Místo at Bubenečská 12 in Bubeneč.⁴

Coffee Source, a Czech roaster of výběrová káva that says it has been roasting for more than 20 years, runs a café at Francouzská 106 in Vršovice.⁵

EMA is the espresso bar of Alf & Bet, which bakes near Palmovka and roasts in the former municipal brewery in Holešovice, beside its newest EMA bar.⁹ The bars pour Alf & Bet roasts next to coffee from other microroasters.⁶ Its four bars are at Na Florenci 3, Světova 2, Palác Karlín on Thámova and Komunardů 42 in the Holešovice brewery complex.⁶

Where the espresso bars are

Nové Město and Vinohrady have the most specialty bars, just ahead of Holešovice & Letná, Karlín, Libeň and Vršovice. In Nové Město, Fresh roasted coffee on Truhlářská serves 09:00–19:00 on weekdays, and EMA on Na Florenci stays open until 18:00 on weekdays. In Holešovice, EMA at Komunardů 42 opens at 08:00 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends, and Dos Mundos on Milady Horákové in Letná stays open until 20:00 on weekdays.

In Vinohrady, Espressocono on náměstí Jiřího z Poděbrad opens daily 10:00–18:00, and Kofio is on Blanická. In Karlín, Typika Roastery and Rusty Nails share the address Šaldova 16. Further out, Light roast on Smrčkova in Libeň opens on weekdays only, 08:00–18:00, and Borzoi on Zelená in Dejvice adds Saturday mornings, 09:00–15:00.

What a cup costs in 2026

In October 2026 a regular cappuccino in Prague averaged about 79 Kč, with reported prices ranging from 50 to 90 Kč.⁷ In 2020 Taste of Prague put specialty espresso and batch filter at about €2, and cappuccinos, flat whites and hand brews at about €3.³ The same guide called Doubleshot reliable as one of the oldest specialty roasters, with beans that are fairly inexpensive and sold in larger bags.³

Hours and cups

Specialty bars keep daytime hours. Most close by 18:00, and weekends are shorter still: LINK Espresso Bar on Bořivojova in Žižkov closes at 12:00 on Saturdays and Sundays, and LOKA Masaryčka on Na Florenci opens only at 10:00.

Bring a cup if you want coffee to go at EMA. Its bars stopped using paper cups on 1 April 2024 and, two years on, say they don’t expect to return to disposables.⁸

Specialty coffee in Prague

At a glance

Borzoi

Coffee source

Dos Mundos

EMA espresso bar

EMA espresso bar

EMA espresso bar

Espressocono

Fresh roasted coffee

KRO Vršovice

Light roast

LINK Espresso BAR

LOKA Masarycka by doubleshot

Místo

Můj šálek kávy

Typika