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The Folks

★★ Specialty

Lisbon · 6 locations

The Folks roasts its own beans across Lisbon, naming single origins from Colombia, Ethiopia, Costa Rica and Brazil on the menu and pairing the coffee programme with brunch. That programme has landed the brand on the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list two years running.

Locations

Belém & Ajuda

★★ Specialty

The Folks · R. Vieira Portuense 18

Part of The Folks, Lisbon's self-roasting specialty coffee and brunch group, with named single origins and tasting notes printed alongside the food menu. Order the filter drip on the sun-drenched Belém terrace, the detail regulars single out beyond the brunch queue.

Alfama, Graça & Mouraria

★★ Specialty

The Folks · R. dos Bacalhoeiros 113

A brunch terrace on Blue Street from The Folks, the Lisbon brand whose coffee program has landed it on the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list two years running.

Alfama, Graça & Mouraria

★★ Specialty

The Folks · R. das Pedras Negras 7

The hand-brew filter here gets singled out as beautifully balanced, and the espresso runs on flavour-forward single origins, a coffee programme with more craft behind it than the brunch queue outside would suggest.

Baixa & Chiado

★★ Specialty

The Folks · R. dos Sapateiros 111

Part of The Folks, Lisbon's own-roasting specialty brand ranked two years running in the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops, with single origins named by country and tasting notes on the menu.

Santos & Estrela

★★ Specialty

The Folks · R de S. Bento 51

The Folks' Santos counter, from the Lisbon group named twice among the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops, pours the house roast alongside its brunch menu.

Alfama, Graça & Mouraria

★★ Specialty

The Folks · R. São Tomé 27

One of six Lisbon outposts of The Folks, ranked among the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops for a second year running, pouring single origins from Colombia, Ethiopia, Costa Rica and Brazil with tasting notes on every cup.