The best specialty coffee shops in Alicante (2026)

There are cities that need no introduction in the coffee world. Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia — they speak for themselves. Alicante doesn't usually come up in that conversation. And yet, if you talk to anyone in the industry who moves around the peninsula and ask about the Levante scene, they'll give you Alicante names without hesitating.

What's happening here hasn't made any headlines. It's been growing slowly, place by place, without making noise. This is the list of the spots that are building it.

Swallow Specialty Coffee — the one everyone mentions first

On Plaza del Carmen, and probably the name that comes up most when someone asks about specialty coffee in Alicante. Strict no-laptop policy, baristas who recommend beans to take home, and an experience they call Barista's Breakfast that sums up what they mean by hospitality: it's not just about what's in the cup.

When someone comes to Alicante from outside and asks where to go, everyone says Swallow. That's not a coincidence.

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Anomaly — coffee and gelato, and they're serious about both

In San Ildefonso. The concept is simple: a specialty house where coffee and gelato coexist without one overshadowing the other. It's not a coffee shop that also sells ice cream, nor an ice cream place that threw in an espresso machine. They mean business with both, and it shows.

It's the place you go when you want coffee to be just the beginning of something.

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MO Specialty Coffee — for those who actually want to understand what they're drinking

Near the port. These are the technicians of the group: V60, Aeropress, French Press, espresso-tonic. They work with Colombian beans roasted specifically for them. No theatre, no decor designed for the feed. You go in, order a filter, and they remind you why you started taking specialty coffee seriously.

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Point Bianco — Italian standards in every detail

On Calle del Teatro. Victoria Arduino machines, arabica beans with full traceability and certified SCA scores, fresh milk every morning from a farm in Elche. And a pistachio croissant with its own queue. The definition of doing things with a standard, start to finish.

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Charo Coffee House — the one we keep hearing about lately

On Avenida Alfonso El Sabio. Considered design, a brunch with soul, Ethiopian blends with floral notes that some people still can't quite believe. Luca and Sofía run the place in a way that makes you walk in once and come back three times. The kind of spot that's not yet on everyone's lips — but will be soon.

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Bonus — Gluttoni: save this before it's the first result on Google

Alberto and Álvaro opened it in October 2025 and it's already on everyone's radar. 4.9 on Google, TikTok is pushing it hard, and the salted flake cookies are half the reason to go. We're listing it separately not because it's any less, but because it's newer to the scene. Give it a few months and it'll be unmissable.

→ View Gluttoni's listing on Cafedex

Alicante doesn't need permission to be on the map

Five places that have been quietly building something real, and one that's just getting started with serious momentum. The scene exists, it's growing, and you don't need anyone to discover it for you — it's there for whoever wants to find it.

If you want to explore beyond Alicante, Cafedex keeps covering the Costa Blanca city by city. Here are all the specialty coffee shops in the province of Alicante.