Hola Coffee Lagasca

A Madrid roaster’s café in Salamanca

The bar comes first at Lagasca, literally: walk in and the espresso and brew bar is the thing in front of you, with a Modbar setup keeping the machinery below the counter so the coffee stays in view. This is Hola Coffee’s Barrio de Salamanca café, one of two in the city, and the coffee is roasted at the company’s own Madrid roastery, which sits apart from both shops.

Hola Coffee was founded in 2016 by Pablo Caballero and Nolo Botana around specialty coffee, independent roasting and a direct café experience. Lagasca is the more polished of the two rooms. It was ranked 19th in The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops in 2026.

Blends, single origins and a tasting flight

The roast list runs from the house blends, Lucero and San Isidro, to single origins from Brazil, Tanzania, Kenya, Colombia, Peru, Rwanda and Mexico, with cold brew, decaf and half-caf covering the rest. Beans are sold across the counter as well, so the cup and the bag come from the same roast.

At the café that turns into a classic specialty menu, filter coffees and seasonal signature drinks. The most useful order is the degustación, a flight of espresso, cortado and a mini batch brew that gives the whole bar in one sitting rather than making you choose. A small kitchen behind the bar handles food, which stays in support of the coffee rather than competing with it.

Where to sit and what to take

The room is minimalist, with colour and flowers doing the warming, and seats around forty-nine. The front is for a quick espresso, while the larger area at the back takes laptops and small meetings, so the same café supports a two-minute stop and a two-hour one. It is pet friendly and breastfeeding friendly, and the atmosphere stays quiet and functional.

Build a first visit around an espresso or a cortado, then add a filter coffee or whichever seasonal drink the bar is pushing. If the point is to understand what Hola roasts rather than to drink a single cup, order the degustación and let the baristas walk it through.