Where to Get Great Coffee in Riga (24 Local Picks 2026)

Riga coffee is largely the story of Caffeine. The Lithuanian-rooted specialty chain crossed into Latvia and now runs over a hundred locations across the Baltic states, and Riga holds several of them. The Jeruzalemes shop sits in the central old town. The Ierikju location runs a residential corner farther out. The Azenes branch anchors the university campus side. Each location runs the same dialed-in espresso program and the same steady oat-milk lattes that defined Baltic specialty coffee over the last decade.

Below are three Riga Caffeine cafes drawn from the editorial coverage. The list reads like a tour of how a single specialty chain came to define a Baltic capital's coffee culture.

Riga winters are long and the Caffeine rooms are warm and well-lit. Mornings draw students from the universities, office workers from the central old town, and the steady residential crowd that built the chain into a daily habit. The bar is the bar across all three locations, which is partly the point.

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10, Jeruzalemes iela, Rīga

Caffeine on Jeruzalemes in Riga sits inside a Lithuanian-rooted specialty chain that has spread across the Baltic states since 2007 and now runs over a hundred locations across Lithuania and Latvia. Beans are roasted by Caffeine Roasters on the Vilnius program, with retail bags of single origin organic coffee available at the bar. The format reads as a daily-driver specialty room with a strong roastery hand behind the menu. Breakfast plates and snacks cover the food side. Order an oat flat white if you want what Riga regulars run on in the morning. Order a single origin filter and a retail bag if you came in for the roastery-direct side of the program.

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3, Ieriķu iela, Rīga

Caffeine on Ierikju in Riga belongs to the Lithuanian specialty chain that crossed into Latvia and now runs over a hundred locations across the Baltics. The bar pulls espresso from beans roasted by Caffeine Roasters on a Vilnius-rooted program, with retail bags of organic single origin coffee available at the counter. Breakfast plates and snacks cover the food side. The chain reads as the Baltic answer to Cafe Nero, calibrated for daily coffee rather than slow-bar tastings. Order an oat flat white if you want what Riga regulars actually drink before work. Order a single origin filter and a retail bag if you came in for the roastery side of the program.

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5, Āzenes iela, Rīga

Caffeine on Azenes in Riga is one of multiple Latvian outposts of the Lithuanian specialty chain that has been pioneering Baltic coffee culture since 2007. The bar pulls espresso from beans roasted in-house at Caffeine Roasters, and the menu runs breakfast plates and snacks through a long day. Retail bags of organic single origin coffee move alongside the bar service. The format suits the university-and-office foot traffic in Pardaugava. Order an oat flat white if you want what Riga commuters drink before nine. Order a single origin filter and a retail bag if you came in for the roastery side of Caffeine.

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A Riga coffee day that starts at the Jeruzalemes Caffeine in the old town, runs an afternoon Azenes shop near the university, and ends at the Ierikju residential corner is three locations of the same Lithuanian-rooted program. The Pulled directory tracks every specialty cafe in the city with check-in radius for the iOS app.

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