Emesen is a super cute little cafe in the Museum of Modern Art, located right by the museum…read moreentrance. If you blink you'll miss it - as the cafe also is the museum's book store and the first thing you see are tons of books (mainly about art obviously). I felt inspired to come here the other day when walking home from Zlote Tarasy. The museum itself looks rather boring from the outside (they're currently in the midst of building a new exhibition, I think, as there are some sort of construction works going on) but if you turn to the left right before the actual museum building you'll find the entrance to the museum right in front of you and that's where Emesen is located. Why should you come here when there's a Starbucks a few yards up at the corner of Emilii Plater and Swietokrzyska? Or when there's a Costa a few yards down closer to Zlote Tarasy? Well, that's simple. The atmosohere is great (calm music, industrial interior, tons of books), the prices are awesome (pretty much every coffee on the meny is priced below 10 pln), you can grab a bite to eat (but I didn't so I can't say anything about the quality nor taste of the food) and the people who work here are really friendly. I bought a small cup of regular black coffee ("Americano", 6 pln - the larger version costs 9 pln if I'm not mistaken) and the guy behind the counter was very helpful and down to Earth. He brought the coffee cup to my table and my, I have to say it's been a while since I've had coffee that good. Americano tends to be a long shot here in Poland since it's basically diluted espresso (so you never know how much water the barista will use) but this one didn't have that watery taste nor did it taste foul when it cooled down a bit. I highly recommend a visit to this place instead of the close-by Starbucks. Better prices, better coffee.

I wasn't very impressed with the place, even though it has nice interiors and place is filled with…read morebooks and on top of that it's inside an Art Museum, it still lacked good sitting, i enjoy good comfort sitting or at least decent chairs so you can sit for long hours read books, enjoy coffee, or in my case work on my laptop and enjoy a chilled lemonade, but i couldn't sit their for more than an hour max on those uncomfortable chairs. So if you only are going for a quick coffee or pick up a book, or just a short meeting i guess it is ok for it otherwise if you're planning to site for long hours i would suggest looking for some other places. Tip: There are plug points and fast internet just in case you need it and you are close to the place.

40% Brazylia Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza - Sitio Canaa (Tipica Natural), 30% Etiopia Harfusa…read moreOrganic (Wollo Natural), 20% Salwador Finca Montana (Pacamara Honey), 10% Panama Finca Los Lajones (Geisha Washed) - czy znacie inną kawiarnię, która potrafi tak dokładnie określić, co podaje w filiżance? Duża late kosztuje 12 złotych. Kawiarnie warszawskie od jakiegoś czasu podbiły muf finy, w Filtry Cafe jest ich cały kosz, nawet z majerankiem i orzechami, niestety są suche a z - drugiej strony - podają tutaj rozmyte ciastka owsiane. Przyznać im to jednak trzeba, że bar mają ciekawie zaprojektowany. Wnętrze jest nowoczesne i ciepłe, chociaż malutkie. Miło się tu można poczuć. Jak rano wpadniecie, może się okazać, że ktoś przeprowadza z kim znanym wywiad. Pojawia się reżyserka Agnieszka Glińska czy publicystka Kazimiera Szczuka. W ciągu dnia po późnego po południa sporo tutaj rozmów o klasówka, nauczycielach, planach na przyszłość, bo kawiarnię "okupuje" młodzież z pobliskiej szkoły, wieczorem przychodzi tu trochę "starszej" młodzieży, studentów i osób po trzydziestce.

My favorite espresso in warsaw. A bit off of the beaten path if you're visiting central warsaw but…read moreworth the hike. Excellent espresso, pastries and sandwiches. The staff were very friendly and were happy to speak english. (oh, and great wifi)