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Nomad Coffee

From Barcelona’s early specialty wave to today, NOMAD sets a clean, light roasted benchmark with producer first sourcing, classic processing as the backbone, and roasting that keeps sweetness, clarity, and place in front. The coffee bars carry this philosophy with calm, tasting led service and precise execution. Open education through recipes and classes has shaped how many brew and present coffee well beyond Spain. Labels put the producer in clear view and connect the cup to the farm. Across seasons the range is remarkably steady, and several releases rank among the most memorable we have tasted.

Background

Founded by Jordi Mestre, NOMAD began as a London coffee cart in 2011 before moving to Barcelona, where NOMAD Coffee Lab opened in 2014 and helped spark the city’s specialty wave. From the start the philosophy has been clear and consistent: producer first sourcing, single origin lots, classic processing as the backbone, and light roasting that emphasizes sweetness, clarity, and place. Education and openness are part of the identity, with recipes, classes, and service designed to make the coffees easy to understand and brew well. As the project grew from the Lab to Roaster’s Home and later the Cal Nomad headquarters in Poblenou, that same approach shaped each space, linking transparent buying to tasting led service and steady, origin driven cups. Their Coffee Bar in Barcelona is a destination in itself, widely considered among the best anywhere for its focused menu, attentive service, and pure, origin first presentation.

Nordic Style score

Single Origin Focus:
10
Processing Methods:
8
Traceability & Transparency:
9
Roasting Approach:
9
Consistency:
9

Panel evaluation

Nomad roasts light and tidy, yielding sweet, clean cups with clear acidity and stable extractions. The lineup is mostly single origin with classic processes at the core, while selected experimental lots add fruit driven lift without sacrificing structure. More than once our panel has tasted some of the best cups from Nomad, with clarity and balance that truly stand out. Packaging carries thorough information on producer, variety, process, and harvest, though the design and amount of text can feel a little overwhelming at first glance. Across seasons the profile holds its shape, making Nomad both reliable for daily drinking and rewarding for focused tasting.

Contact information

Address
Passatge Sert, 12 08003 Barcelona
website
https://nomadcoffee.es/en/
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Coffee bar

Spain
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Barcelona

Nomad Coffee Bar in Barcelona is a slim, minimalist room tucked into Pasaje Sert, where the pale counter, high shelves and quiet alley light keep everything centred on the bar. Here the focus is simple but exacting: espresso and filter built from Nomad’s own seasonal coffees, turning this emblematic spot in El Born into a stripped-back reference point for their style in the cup.

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Nomad Frutas Selectas

Spain
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Barcelona

Nomad Coffee Frutas Selectas in Poblenou is a spacious, retro-leaning bar where clean lines, warm wood and subtle traces of the old fruit shop create a calm neighbourhood room around the counter. At the bar, espresso, batch brew and hand-brew filter from Nomad’s seasonal lineup set the tone, and the café is regularly recognised among the best coffee bars in the world, making it a natural reference point for specialty coffee in Barcelona.

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Petit NOMAD

Spain
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Barcelona

Petit Nomad is a compact, first-floor coffee bar just off Plaça Catalunya, where a long counter, dark wood and standing-room tables give the space a classic Italian-bar rhythm in the middle of Barcelona.  At the bar, Nomad’s own coffees are poured mainly as espresso and quick filter to drink standing up or to take away, turning this 25-square-metre room into a focused little city-centre stop for their style in the cup.

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