Black and White Coffee

Watch the pour. Latte art is what this small Gdynia counter has built its name on, and a milk drink is the most direct way to taste the skill behind it. Black and White Coffee has been working in the centre of the city since 2015, with the espresso machine treated as the heart of the operation and years of attention to cultivation, harvest and preparation sitting behind the cup. Homemade baking runs alongside, so the room works as both a serious coffee stop and a dessert stop.

A milk drink is the clearest first order

The competitive record explains why. The café carries a Top 10 Specialty Poland placing across 2024 to 2025 and a fourth place at World Latte Art, with further latte art and Brewers Cup results behind it. That skill is not decorative: the pour is the most direct way to see what the bar can do with espresso and textured milk.

Coffee is framed through espresso first, with the machine as the operational centre and preparation given more attention than anything else. It is known locally as a coffee roaster as well as a café, which keeps sourcing and roast close to the counter rather than at arm's length. Specialty coffee and the latte art that lands on top are the two things people come back for.

A calm room in the middle of the city

The room reads as a pause inside central Gdynia. Cross the threshold and the street noise drops away, which gives the café a refuge quality rather than a grab-and-go one. It is compact and personal, shaped by attentive service, specialty coffee and cake instead of a large dining room.

The visit pattern is simple: a carefully prepared espresso-based drink, a sweet bake, and a short quiet break from the streets. The name and the stripped-back styling give the place a coffee-first identity without needing elaborate decor to carry it.

Ask what came out of the bakery

The food programme centres on sweet baked goods: cakes, cookies, tarts, desserts and fresh homemade yeast rolls. The yeast rolls are the item with their own rhythm, baked fresh and worth asking after on the way in. Cake is the steady companion, baked daily and set out beside the specialty coffee.

This is not a broad brunch menu; it is a pastry case with homemade sweets at its centre. For a first visit, pair a latte art drink with a tart, a cake, a cookie or a yeast roll. That combination captures what the café is good at: espresso craft, milk texturing and a dessert counter treated as part of the experience rather than an afterthought.