A filter menu that names its single-origin lots and runs several hand-brew methods, with staff willing to dial in acidity to how you actually like it.

Simpli Coffee roasts its own beans under its Hand Craft Roasters label, giving Avenida da Liberdade's brunch crowd a traceable, single-origin cup instead of the usual house blend.

A pour-over one reviewer called some of the best they've ever had, poured from beans this Avenida da Liberdade shop roasts itself.

Fábrica Coffee Roasters' Avenida da Liberdade counter pulls a light roast with real tasting notes, lime and caramel among them. The baristas talk flavour instead of platitudes.

The Lisbon outpost of Copenhagen Coffee Lab, the Danish own-roastery chain. The V60 pour-over here gets singled out for praise, and a no-laptops policy keeps the room for drinking, not working.

A rare non-Delta specialty counter off Avenida da Liberdade, pouring single origins across espresso, V60 and flat white, with an owner who'll walk you through the differences.

Order the V60 with a chosen bean rather than the standard espresso, this roastery's real strength lives in the pour-over.

The Coffee roasts its own beans through the Brazilian chain's dedicated in-house roastery, making this Avenida da Liberdade branch a dependable stop for a well-made espresso rather than a specialty deep-dive.

Order the AeroPress, poured from a small selection of single-origin beans the staff will talk you through by flavour. Ask for it well extracted, reports on execution are mixed.