Find the best coffee in Utrecht – Part 1

May 22, 2025

Find the best coffee in Utrecht – Part 1

May 22, 2025

Discover some of the best specialty coffee in Utrecht including the city's OG coffee shops as well as a few exciting new ones.

Utrecht is a very pretty city with a very long history, a big student population and a vibrant specialty coffee scene. As someone who finds and recommends the best specialty coffee bars, I was curious to check out the local coffee scene and prepare a short guide for you out there to help you find the best specialty coffee in Utrecht.

What I didn’t expect was how this video that I posted on Instagram would blow up. So to everyone who has interacted with this video, commented, saved and shared it, THANK YOU!

I said that if the video reached 100k views, I would go make a part two to include some of the places I didn’t have time to visit in part one. Currently at 133k views (May 22nd, 2025), this guide is by far my best performing video to date and it confirmed that creating these sorts of guides is a great way to continue building my community and connect with the wonderful baristas, roasters and café owners that I love to support and work with.

If you haven’t watched the video yet, give it a whirl and be sure to follow The Coffeevine for more content like this.

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List of cafés covered in this video

Ohøj Coffee Roasters

A small coffee shop south of the center. Run by Kevin Ayers who previously lived and worked in Paris, Ohøj is the ultimate neighbourhood coffee shop. Go there to grab an expertly prepared coffee from Kevin’s own range of in-house roasted lots or to buy some beans to take home.

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Dagger Coffee

This cute coffee shop in a standalone building north of the center is run by Dagmar Geerlings who I worked with at Lot61 many moons ago. She and her charming all-female team bake, cook and brew everything in house. This is a great place to enjoy exquisite coffee prepared by talented individuals.

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The Village Coffee & Music

This is the OG of specialty coffee in town and still a super vibrant place to visit for great coffee, eclectic sounds and cool merch. Founders Angelo van de Weerd and Lennaert Meijboom have greatly shaped the local coffee culture in Utrecht and continue to offer a welcoming home for coffee and tattoo lovers alike.

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Ukiyo Coffee

This friendly coffee cart is usually parked on the pretty Jankerkshof in the weekends. There is also another location inside the Rietveld Huis but this one is only open during the week. Ukiyo serves primarly freshly brewed filter coffee and teas, sometimes also espresso based drinks.

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Fufu Coffee Studio

A pretty recent arrival on the local coffee scene, Fufu is run by a wonderful team that focuses on excellent coffees and teas, homemade pastries and great music. It’s located on a green square surrounded by water. They also have some Asian-inspired signature drinks.

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Keen Coffee

One of the city’s most ambitious specialty coffee roasters recently opened its own showroom, which takes the coffee experience to another level. Equipped with all the latest gadgets, this coffee shop inside a pretty Dutch building is a great place where you can expand your palate.

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Cupp Utrecht

This is another great coffee place where you can try a regularly changing selection of both Dutch and international roasters. There are two locations in town but I only got to visit the one closest to the center. They also serve good food and other non-coffee drinks.

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Find the best coffee in Utrecht – Part 1