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.

Copenhagen Coffee Lab's Santos outpost pours single-estate coffee roasted at the brand's own Copenhagen roastery, with a V60 one well-travelled visitor called the best coffee of their entire Lisbon trip.

Buraca Roasters supplies the espresso and batch brew here, with cold brew running through the same Santos & Estrela counter.

A specialty coffee veteran with nine years in the industry stopped mid-order to photograph the latte art on her cappuccino, calling this a paradise for coffee lovers set apart from Lisbon's more traditional cafes.

A residential Santos & Estrela café that rotates named European specialty roasters like Bonanza, Man vs. Machine, and Dak, pouring cold brew alongside its bakery-led brunch menu.

Backed by Copenhagen Coffee Lab's own roastery, this Santos & Estrela outpost pours a dependable neighbourhood cup, with the named single origins reserved for the retail shelf rather than the menu.

Shakshuka, tagine and halloumi anchor the brunch menu here, with single-origin beans from Brazil, Peru and Colombia to take home.

Dede's is a brunch spot in Santos & Estrela, but at least one coffee-focused visitor called the coffee "some of the best I had in all of Lisbon," worth ordering on its own merits.

Order the flat white and hope Vitali's behind the machine; it's the one thing here that gets talked about on its own, in a room that's just as easy to work from as to brunch in.