Cincinnati Coffee Shops: Your perfect blend of bold and thoughtful

Located in Camp Washington, Mom 'n 'Em Coffee & Wine is a locally-owned and operated café and wine bar that serves freshly brewed coffee and specialty coffee drinks, wine, and handcrafted cocktails, along with fresh pastries, breakfast bites, tinned fishes, and other deli items. Owned by brothers Tony and Austin Ferrari, the café is dedicated to their mother Theresa Ferrari and features beautiful murals on the side of the building. Their menu serves a selection of coffees, teas, craft beers, and casual wines, and has a cozy interior with stylish décor.

Mom 'n 'Em Coffee & Wine, 3128 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45225, Phone: 513-886-0591

1215 Wine Bar & Coffee Lab is a homey, brick-walled café and self-designated "wine bar and coffee lab that serves a variety of specialty coffee, wines from around the world, small plates of light fare and freshly baked goods in a cozy, laid-back atmosphere.

The café features plenty of seating at tables and tools at a full-service bar, and large windows that flood interiors with natural light and offer views onto the sidewalk. Located in the heart of OTR, the café is ideally placed for grabbing a coffee and browsing the surrounding shops.

1215 Wine Bar & Coffee Lab, 1215 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45202, Phone: 513-429-5745

Situated in Hyde Park Square, Awakenings Coffee Roasters is an independently-owned shop that offers specialty coffee drinks and casual wines in a laid-back, friendly atmosphere. Boasting an art-filled space with ample seating with a bright and cheerful ambiance, Awakenings serves a wide variety of coffee and specialty sips like americano, espresso, latte, cappuccino, pour-over, drip coffee, and nitro.

There is complimentary wireless Internet for digital nomads, comfortable seating for relaxing with a book, and fantastic views of Hyde Park Square.

Awakenings Coffee Roasters, 2734 Erie Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45208, Phone: 513-321-2525

Located in East Price Hill's Incline District, BLOC Coffee Company is a minimal, yet spacious coffee shop that partners with neighborhood development center BLOC Ministries to support disadvantaged families and children, and local roaster Deeper Roots Coffee to offer excellent coffee all day.

Dedicated to helping the surrounding community through education and involvement, BLOC Coffee Company a truly invested community establishment and features large windows that allow lots of natural light into space, creating a light and bright atmosphere. There is complimentary wireless Internet for digital nomads and plenty of comfortable seating for relaxing with a book.

BLOC Coffee Company, 801 Mt Hope Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45204, 45205

Located just across the Ohio River in Newport, Carabello Coffee Company is an open and spacious coffee shop that serves a wide range of coffee, specialty coffee drinks, and freshly baked pastries, and other sweet treats.

The shop is divided into three different areas – a casual coffee bar, a full-service bar serving cocktail-like coffee creations, and space at the back of the shop for coffee-roasting. Owned by Justin and Emily Carabello, Carabello began a small operation in a garage and has grown into a bustling coffee shop that serves organic, farm-direct Fair Trade coffee. The café has indoor and outdoor seating, hosts bar takeovers from local and regional roasters, and offers coffee training courses.

Carabello Coffee Company, 107 E 9th St, Newport, KY 41071, Phone: 859-415-1587

Boasting five locations around the city, Coffee Emporium is the oldest operating coffee house in Cincinnati. Each site is spacious and bright with Cincinnati themed art-adorned walls, ample seating, complimentary wireless Internet, and serves a wide variety of coffee and specialty sips like americano, Espresso, latte, cappuccino, pour-over, drip coffee and nitro, and a range of freshly baked pastries and sweet treats.

The artisan emporium roasts the highest quality beans in small batches at their roastery and boasts an indoor seating area on the second floor and an outdoor area with tables that are covered by a wooden canopy decorated with green lush foliage.

Coffee Emporium, 3316 Erie Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208

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Collective Espresso is a casual coffee shop with several locations around the city that brew up some of the best coffees around the country with beans from house coffees like Louisville's Quills Coffee Roasters, and an extensive guest roaster program featuring nationally renowned companies, such as Sweet Bloom, Kuma, Madcap, and Hex.

The small, but cozy cafés have local baristas working their trade and friendly, welcoming atmospheres and serves delicious pastries from the local bakery, Mainwood Pastry. The calm, light-filled cafés serve a wide variety of coffee and specialty sips like americano, Espresso, latte, cappuccino, pour-over, drip coffee, and nitro and have complimentary wireless Internet.

Collective Espresso, 207 Woodward St, Cincinnati, OH 45202, Phone: 513-900-0154

Deeper Roots Coffee is a local wholesale coffee roaster that focuses on ethical sourcing and crafting of specialty coffees. Boasting several locations around the city, Deeper Roots Coffee cafés have comfortable, light-filled spaces with ample seating and complimentary wireless Internet, and the roastery on Colerain Avenue offers guided tours and tastings.

Director of coffee, Les Stoneham founded the Deeper Roots Development, a development organization that works towards improving the lives of small coffee farmers through ethical and Fair-Trade sourcing.

Deeper Roots Coffee, 1814 Race St, Cincinnati, OH 45202, Phone: 513-319-3021