The Best Coffee Shops in Indianapolis
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The best coffee shops in Indianapolis, according to the experts: US Coffee Championships and Sprudge have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Helm Coffee comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Helm Coffee
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The 2025 U.S. Brewers Cup champion works the bar here, which tells you something about the coffee before you've tasted it. Helm is a roastery cafe selling small-batch microlots in 100-gram bags, roasted on site and pulled toward clarity over comfort. Gesha varieties, floral aromas, lightly roasted. It's also, somehow, the official coffee sponsor of Gen Con, which means the tabletop gaming crowd found good taste before the coffee crowd found them.
The awards
- US Coffee Championships US Coffee Championships: #1 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Justin Bull
- Sprudge Sprudge: The Sprudge Guide To Coffee In Indianapolis
- US Coffee Championships #1 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Justin Bull
- Sprudge The Sprudge Guide To Coffee In Indianapolis
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The owner placed fourth at the U.S. Brewers Cup, which tells you something about what's in the cup. Amberson is a multi-roaster coffee shop that rotates through a rotating lineup of domestic and international roasters, leaning toward the less obvious names. The vibe is neighborhood-rooted rather than scenester-forward, and the coffees skew toward microlots that don't show up just anywhere.
The awards
- US Coffee Championships US Coffee Championships: #4 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Joshua Clements
- Sprudge Sprudge: The Sprudge Guide To Coffee In Indianapolis
- US Coffee Championships #4 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Joshua Clements
- Sprudge The Sprudge Guide To Coffee In Indianapolis