Círculo Coffee Studio

madrid's specialty coffee scene has grown up fast over the last decade, moving well past the cortado-and-croissant default that still defines most of the city's older bars. círculo coffee studio, on calle de las infantas in the centro district, sits in a part of the city that rewards the kind of slow, deliberate visit most people forget to take. it's the sort of place that has built a genuinely loyal following, not through noise, but through consistency. if you're spending time in that stretch between gran vía and chueca, this is worth building your morning around. come for the filter coffee in particular, when the neighborhood is still quiet enough to actually drink it.