10 of the Best Coffee Shops in Central Texas

Mercer Street is the old-school heart of Dripping Springs, and Mazama has been part of it since November 2012, when Vicky and Bruce Lewis turned a former iron works building into a coffeehouse and named it after a small Washington town where the family used to vacation.

Beans are roasted in-house in small batches, the syrups are made in-house, and the baking happens on site. Lori Green, who started as a part-time barista shortly after the doors opened, bought the shop in September 2022. Take your cup to the shaded courtyard, where well-behaved dogs are welcome. Beer is on the menu too.

Caliche sits under the roof of what used to be a beer shack on West Main Street. The coffee story goes back to 2011, when Daniel Raymer roasted his first batches on the stake bed of an old 1946 Ford truck and named his roasts for the back roads around town.

Today the beans are roasted in small batches, fair trade and fair wage, and you can buy a bag to take home. The kitchen goes well beyond the pastry case, with bowls, avocado toast, scones and breakfast tacos.

Alex and Kathy Payson opened Numinous in 2015 in a single-story house set among trees on RM 1431, and it has been the Highland Lakes go-to for serious coffee ever since. The roaster is in the room with you, close enough to sit beside.

The bakery side holds its own: rosemary sourdough, English muffins, bagels, scones and cookies, all made in-house. Order a sandwich with your coffee and plan to stay a while.

Sip! has been serving coffee on Wimberley Square since 2010, and the menu has some personality. The house signature is the Shorty: a double shot of espresso in an 8-ounce cup with half-and-half and a packet of raw sugar. The cold brew is steeped for a full 24 hours.

The drip coffee comes in Colombian roast, French roast, or Texas Pecan flavored, which is about as Hill Country as a coffee menu gets. Grab a cup and walk the square.

309 started with three couples from the same church and a house one of them owned. The owners had been renting the place out when one of them wondered aloud whether it would make a good coffee shop. Volunteers built the wraparound porch, and inside there are two rooms with different seating.

The owners have said plainly that they want people to stay: book clubs, study groups and business meetings are regular fixtures, and nobody clears your table to turn it. It is just off the downtown square.

Mi Mundo describes its style as Puerto Rican roots with an Aussie twist, and the mission is unusually specific: organic, fair-trade beans from Central and South America, and 25 percent of profits going to local and global charities. The beans are roasted in Round Rock and sold by the bag in the shop and online.

Signs on the shop's window and website credit it with Best of Round Rock honors for Best Coffee: a winner from 2020 to 2022 and first place in 2024. The company has since added more locations, but Downtown Round Rock on South Mays Street is where it started.

Lockhart holds the Texas Legislature's official Barbecue Capital title, and Chaparral is where the morning starts. Austin and Taylor Burge opened it in 2016 on the courthouse square, in a narrow storefront that had been home to barbershops and boutiques.

The beans come from Austin roaster Barrett's Coffee. Breakfast runs to bagel sandwiches and brisket-and-egg tacos, and beer and wine are on the list too, so it works just as well late in the day.

Kinnor takes its name from the instrument David played in the story that also gave Five Stones Artisan Brewery its name. Aaron and Ashley Brown opened Kinnor in 2020 inside the brewery, then moved into a 1930s house on South Castell Avenue in January 2025.

It is coffee by day and cocktails by night, and the syrups are made in-house.

The newest shop on the list. Aubrey and Stephen Gimenez opened Selah on the Hill Country Mile in March 2026 as a New York-style coffee shop: bagels and sandwiches, weekly specials from local micro-bakers, and a small market with books and take-home goods.

The syrups are made in-house and the drink menu shifts with the seasons. If you are new to Boerne, this is an easy first stop on Main Street.

Jessica and Filip Guzikowski started Frenchie in Washington state in 2015 and picked the business back up after moving to Cibolo. Their first storefront is in Old Town Cibolo, built around a drive-thru and a walk-up window.

The name is a nod to French bulldogs, and a portion of every purchase goes to animal rescues.