Kontakt Budapest

Kontakt is a Budapest specialty coffee shop nestled inside the cobblestoned courtyard of a pre-war downtown building. With a radically minimalist interior, heavily-bearded staff, and customers glued to their smartphones, Kontakt delivers a predictable craft coffee ambiance. Not to mention the strict no-sugar policy, which, in case of their drip coffees, comes in addition to a ban on milk, since, they argue, it's without additives that the rich and aromatic coffee flavors can fully express themselves.

If you'd like a bite to eat, try Szimply next door, a small breakfast restaurant run by the same team in similar fashion. In case you need to wait for a table, you could pop into Rododendron, a design store across the courtyard.

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