The Best Coffee Shops in West Palm Beach (2026 Local’s Guide)

Whether your perfect morning starts with a velvety latte, a bold Cuban cafecito, a handcrafted pour-over, or an old-world Colombian tinto, West Palm Beach has a coffee shop to match your mood.

One of the things I love most about our local coffee scene is that every café tells a different story. Some roast beans just steps from where you’re sipping your coffee. Others serve family recipes passed down through generations. You’ll even find coffee grown on family farms in Jamaica and India before making its way to your cup here in South Florida.

After years of introducing visitors to Downtown West Palm Beach on our food tours (and happily sampling plenty of coffee along the way), these are the coffee shops I recommend again and again.

Where can you get the best coffee in West Palm Beach?

West Palm Beach offers everything from authentic Cuban coffee and Colombian tinto to Swedish fika and locally roasted specialty coffee. Some of the city’s best coffee shops include Salento Coffee, Johan’s Joe, Subculture Coffee, Blue Mountain Coffee House, Pumphouse Coffee, and Havana Restaurant.

Best for Authentic Colombian Coffee

Salento Coffee

407 Clematis, West Palm Beach
Salento Coffee is a favorite stop on our Downtown West Palm Beach Food Tour where our guests meet the owner Jaime, enjoy a demonstration and experience a Colombian tradition. Expect an extensive coffee menu, but we encourage you to try Tinto – an old-fashioned coffee recipe that needs nothing more than your hands (no machines allowed), boiling water, sweetened with panela (raw sugar cane) and poured through a cloth filter that results in a super smooth cup of coffee. Trust us, you’re in for a treat, and make sure to order a pandebono to go with your Tinto.

Best Cuban Coffee

Havana Restaurant

6801 S. Dixie, West Palm Beach
Located 10 minutes south of Downtown West Palm Beach, Havana Restaurant is worth the quick drive if you want to experience an authentic Cuban coffee. Step-up to their ventanita (translation: walk-up window), place your order, and don’t forget to add a delicious guava and cheese pastelito to go with your coffee. Added bonus? Havana’s ventanita is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year! PS – the lingo for ordering Cuban coffee can be a bit confusing, but don’t worry, we’ve got a cheat sheet guide for you. Try Cuban coffee on our Historic West Palm Beach Neighborhood Food Tour as well as our Mornings in the Market Food Tour.

Best for Swedish Fika

Johan’s Joe

401 S. Dixie, West Palm Beach
An elegant and beautiful coffee shop off the beaten path. Treat yourself to FIKA – a traditional Swedish coffee break where a sweet treat is always enjoyed with your coffee. Our favorite FIKA goody is the snowball…a Nutella stuffed cookie made with oats, espresso and coconut. Johan’s Joe serves the award-winning Lofberg Lila coffee from Sweden which is organic, fair trade and rainforest alliance certified.

Best Jamaican Coffee Experience

Blue Mountain Coffee House

540 Clematis Street (faces Rosemary Avenue), West Palm Beach
From Jamaica to West Palm Beach with love…Blue Mountain Coffee House harvests, roasts and transports the beans from their small family estate in Jamaica. Enjoy their coffee with their popular organic pancakes, waffles, crepes and pastries.

Best for Coffee Lovers

Pumphouse Coffee

1016 Clare Avenue, Suite 5A, West Palm Beach and 300 Banyan Blvd, West Palm Beach
The Pumphouse Pouratorium is an 8,000 square foot cafe on Clare Avenue, roastery and lab where you can enjoy coffee and watch the beans being roasted. Pumphouse has a smaller location in downtown West Palm Beach serving espresso, coffee, and cold brew. This is the place where coffee lovers hand out. Their slogan is, “if you hate bad coffee, we should be friends.”

Subculture Coffee

509 Clematis, West Palm Beach
Follow your nose to the aroma of coffee beans roasting, and you’ll find Subculture Coffee in the hipster 500 block of Clematis Street. In addition to great coffee, they serve breakfast and lunch as well as beer and wine in the afternoon. Yep, you can hang here all day.

More Than Just a Great Cup of Coffee

One of the best ways to get to know West Palm Beach is one coffee shop at a time. Each café reflects a different culture, tradition, and story—from Colombian tinto brewed the old-fashioned way to Cuban cafecitos enjoyed at a bustling ventanita and Swedish fika that encourages you to slow down and savor the moment.

So skip the drive-thru, support a local business, and discover your new favorite coffee shop. Better yet, make a morning of it and explore several—you’ll experience flavors and traditions from around the world without ever leaving West Palm Beach.

updated:  8/3/26