The FILTER city guide

Tacoma

Washington

Specialty-only coffee shops in Tacoma, hand-picked for the coffee first and the room second.

10 approved shops

Neighborhood / city

10 shops

Bluebeard's café at 6th and State, from a Tacoma small-batch specialty roaster.

6th Avenue · Tacoma, WA

Bluebeard's roastery, café and headquarters in a restored 100-year-old furniture showroom on South Tacoma Way.

South Tacoma · Tacoma, WA

Downtown Tacoma store of Campfire Coffee, which roasts its coffee over wood fire.

Downtown Tacoma · Tacoma, WA

Upstairs Division Avenue coffee bar serving Cat & Cloud for espresso, brewed coffee and retail beans.

North End / Stadium · Tacoma, WA

Original café of Gig Harbor coffee company Cutters Point, founded in 1995.

Gig Harbor, WA

North End Tacoma café and roastery that roasts its coffee to order each Tuesday.

North End · Tacoma, WA

Hilltop Tacoma café of a small-batch roaster founded by four friends, roasting light-to-medium profiles.

Hilltop · Tacoma, WA

Olympia Coffee's café in Tacoma's Proctor District.

Proctor District · Tacoma, WA

Downtown Tacoma café of a roaster that hand-roasts its coffee in Tacoma, opened in 2024.

Downtown Tacoma · Tacoma, WA

6th Avenue Tacoma roaster-café founded in 2004, roasting its Viking and Valkyrie blends in a building behind the shop.

6th Avenue · Tacoma, WA