Monocle's 25 Best Coffee Shops: Next-Generation Owners Go Global

Monocle's June issue profiles 25 of the world's best coffee shops run by next-generation owners, highlighting global expansion and innovative concepts. Norwegian brand Fuglen, founded in Oslo in 1963, has focused on Asia under owner Einar Kleppe Holthe, with outposts in Tokyo (2012), Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, and new shops in Kyoto, Seoul, Fukuoka, and Bali. Filipino entrepreneur Emmanuel T Pineda's Harlan Coffee targets professionals near stock exchanges, with 10 shops in Manila and 10 in Jakarta, and plans for a flagship in every Southeast Asian capital. In Beirut, Omar Jheir's Sip, opened in 2017 in Gemmayze, pioneered artisanal coffee and now faces 20 competitors on the same street; a second Beirut branch is coming to Ramlet al-Baydeh beach, plus an outpost in Cairo. Paris-based Nuances, founded by brothers Charles and Raphaël Corrot, features retrofuturistic interiors, including a cube-shaped Le Marais outlet and a listed 1930s creamery on Rue Danielle Casanova. Singapore's Alchemist, marking its 10th anniversary, offers affordable high-quality coffee across 15 Singapore sites plus Taipei and Tokyo, emphasizing sweetness and clarity. South Africa's Deluxe Coffeeworks, started 17 years ago as a Cape Town roastery, now has four cafés in Cape Town, one in Stellenbosch, a Namibia roastery, and supplies 450 wholesale customers.