Proper Coffee

Sparrow Coffee HouseRoath, Cardiff

★★SpecialtyProperly excellent

Clifton St0.7 mi from Roath centrelast reviewed April 2026

V60 on the bar, cortados that Roath's coffee crowd keeps coming back to. Specialty coffee done with purpose.

The cortado convinced a coffee nerd, and the V60 explains why.

4.8★★★★½(140)
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Pour-over

What we love

  • •V60 pour-over on the bar alongside espresso
  • •Cortados with a coffee-nerd following in Roath
  • •Matcha on the menu: deliberate non-espresso curation

Location

146 Clifton St, Cardiff CF24 1LZ, UK

0.7 mi from Roath centre

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