I spent four days in Tashkent, which gave me enough time to get a taste for the burgeoning specialty coffee scene in Uzbekistan's capital city. In this guide, I'm sharing the specialty coffee spots I visited in Tashkent and highlighting some of the other excellent roasters whose coffees I sampled.
Uzbekistan is a tea-drinking nation: tea is a cornerstone of daily life and it's at the heart of Uzbek hospitality. But just like I found in Almaty, a really solid specialty coffee scene is developing in Tashkent and I was excited to explore local cafes and meet some of Tashkent's lovely coffee people.
All of the coffee I drank in Tashkent's specialty coffee shops was roasted in Uzbekistan. This makes sense logistically as Uzbekistan is one of only two double-landlocked countries (Liechtenstein is the other, in case you were wondering).
Credit card and contactless payments were possible at all of the coffee shops I visited. There was usually at least one staff member who spoke some English, for which I was very grateful. Most places have English menus (usually via QR code) but I definitely needed Google Translate to help with flavour notes.
Tashkent Specialty Coffee Guide
I've created a Google Map highlighting the specialty coffee shops I visited in Tashkent during my visit in October 2026. My very favourites have purple icons in the map and asterisks in the guide below.
Although I use Google Maps to save locations, I've linked the Yandex Maps listings for the featured coffee shops below. Yandex Maps is much better than Google Maps for navigating within Uzbekistan and I recommend downloading the app before your visit.
* Coffee Nation
I arrived in Tashkent around 11 am after an early flight from Almaty. As I'd only had mediocre airport coffee, I was thrilled to find that Coffee Nation was just a short walk from my hotel. After dropping off my luggage, I headed straight there.
It was quite busy when I arrived but the cafe is set across several rooms — I settled down in the one that felt like a stylish living room, with lots of books and local art, but there's space outside on the terrace too.
Coffee Nation roast their own coffee, as well as brewing with beans from 18 | 36, with different varieties on espresso and hand-brewed filter coffee. I opted for a flat white, brewed with the La Niña blend of coffees from Brazil and Colombia. It was expertly brewed and tasted smooth and sweet.
Coffee Nation is located at 14/1 Afrosiab Street (Metro: Ming O'rik or Oybek). Instagram. Yandex Maps.
Dosan
Just around the corner from the Korean Embassy is Cafe Dosan, a Korean cafe serving specialty coffee, matcha and various baked goods.
As you step inside, you'll see a lovely colourful mural, right next to the retro-style Faema E61 espresso machine. The main seating area is more minimalist, with a grey concrete espresso bar taking up much of the space. There's a large communal table, as well as smaller tables along the wall.
They had three espressos on offer (one decaf) and I opted for a flat white with an Ethiopian Worka G1 coffee. While the latte art was a little limited, the coffee tasted great. I just wished I had room for one of their 'croffles' (delicious croissant–waffle hybrids)!
Cafe Dosan is located at 7 Yakub Kolas Street (Metro: Kosmonavtlar). Instagram. Yandex Maps.
Raspberry Coffee Roasters
Raspberry Coffee Roasters is located inside the Nest One Building next to Tashkent City Park. I'd meant to go earlier in my trip but for various reasons, I was only able to visit on my last morning when the countdown to my airport transfer had already begun.
Raspberry opens at 10 am at weekends and I was there as soon as they opened the doors. It's a compact space with just a couple of seats near the door. Given the location, I can imagine they get mostly takeaway customers.
I wanted to try one of Raspberry's single-origins as a V60 and chose a Rwandan coffee, which the enthusiastic barista ground by hand. This added a little more time to my brew so I got it to go, enjoying the fruity notes on my walk back to my hotel.
Raspberry Coffee Roasters is located at 1A/1 Islam Karimov Street (Metro: Uzbekiston). Instagram. Yandex Maps.
* Rassvet
It took me a few minutes to find Rassvet — not (for once) because Google Maps doesn't know how to navigate well in Uzbekistan, but because the sign is written in Cyrillic: PACCBET. Luckily, by this point in my trip I'd learned enough Cyrillic to parse it!
The baristas at Rassvet are super-friendly. Both times I visited, at least one barista spoke good English to help me translate the flavour notes of the coffees I was ordering. They are also big supporters of the women's running and cycling communities in Tashkent.
During my first visit I had a delicious coffee from Burundi, roasted by KMS, brewed as a V60 pourover. When I returned, I had a cortado with one of Rassvet's own coffees, which was just as nice. Rassvet is a good place to stock up on beans from Uzbek roasters.
There's plenty of seating inside and out under the trees on the pavement, which was lovely in October. The all-day food menu is great too: I brunched on a tasty bagel with braised beef.
Rassvet is located at 17 Chimkent Street (Metro: Kosmonavtlar). Instagram. Yandex Maps.
Shavi Coffee Roasters
There's lots of seating outside the canary-hued cafe, and plenty more inside. They had two coffees on batch brew — the anaerobic natural Ethiopian Tulise sounded right up my street — but I had a date with my tour group so I just got a cortado to go in my KeepCup.
My coffee was excellent, even though my pre-caffeine clumsiness, I spilled a little after taking the photo above. It still tasted great and the latte art lasted all the way down.
Shavi Coffee Roasters is located at 43 Shota Rustaveli Street, and 41 Buyuk Turon Street (Metro: Mustakillik Square or Kosmonavtlar). Website. Instagram. Yandex Maps.
* Tosh Coffee
Tosh Coffee was recommended by my Samarkand walking tour guide; thank you, Susana, for the great recommendation! The cafe only opened a few months ago and it's a short walk from Tashkent Metro and Tashkent Rail Station.
Located on the ground floor of a modern building next to Mir Luxe Plaza Hotel, the interiors are gorgeous, combining an ultra-modern stainless steel counter and tables with a traditional mosaic not unlike the one at Tashkent Metro.
I wanted to try a V60 brew and they had five different coffees from 18 | 36. Regular readers may be unsurprised to know that I went for the anaerobic natural from Colombia, and it tasted superb. There were really juicy pineapple and mango notes that only got better as the coffee cooled.
During my time in Uzbekistan, I got into honey cake (I blame my tour mate Andrei!), and Tosh Coffee's version was super-tasty (I waited until I'd finished my coffee to avoid ruining my palate). Tosh also serve brunch, and you can buy merch and 18 | 36 beans.
Tosh Coffee is located at 128 Avliyo-Ata Street (Metro: Tashkent). Instagram. Yandex Maps.
Tashkent Roasters To Check Out
18 | 36. 18 | 36's tagline is 'specialty coffee without theatre' and you can find their minimalist retail bags at various coffee spots in Tashkent. I enjoyed their coffee at both Coffee Nation and Tosh Coffee (pictured below): a smooth espresso blend and a super-juicy anaerobic natural Colombian, respectively.
Dune Coffee. When it came to buying beans to take home, I went to Rassvet, which stocks coffees from a range of Uzbek roasters, including Dune. I came for the cool indigo packaging and stayed for the delicious raspberry and grapefruit flavour profile of the natural Colombian beans I bought.
KMS Roasting. I wasn't able to visit KMS' Roasting Shop in Tashkent but I did enjoy their Burundian coffee as a V60 during my first visit to Rassvet. I think it was the only coffee from Burundi I saw in Tashkent this trip, and it's always a favourite origin of mine.
Mad Lads. I didn't have time to visit Mad Lads' roastery and showroom in the north of Tashkent but I did get to try their coffee at Ikat Boutique and Cafe in Samarkand.
Check out my other Central Asia travel guides: Almaty city guide, Almaty specialty coffee guide, Charyn Canyon & Kolsai Lakes, Tashkent city guide, Khiva guide, Bukhara guide, Samarkand guide, 10 days in Uzbekistan guide, packing for two weeks in Central Asia.
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