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Rotating filter beans from roasters around the world and Coffee Supreme on espresso, plus kombucha and Taiwanese tea. The K Road filter destination — but food is cabinet pastries only, so come for the brew, not a feed.

Plan it: Closes at 2pm (2.30pm weekends), so it is strictly a morning stop. Top of K Road, a short walk from Karangahape station.

The polite, sometimes-black-tie hole-in-the-wall window near the Art Gallery that has since grown into three sites. Order the Montblanc — coffee under a cap of thickened cream — and expect Eighthirty beans, smooth jazz and never a bad white coffee.

Plan it: Lorne St trades 7.30am–3pm Mon–Sat and is closed Sundays. Aotea station is three minutes away.

The High Street flagship of the much-loved Auckland roaster, roasting since 2009 — a uni-years-and-beyond favourite still pulling one of the most reliable flat whites in the CBD, with a grab-and-go cabinet of pastries and sandwiches.

Plan it: Weekdays only, 7am–3.30pm — it is closed both weekend days. High St has no parking; use the Victoria St car park, or walk five minutes from Britomart or Aotea.

Camper Coffee beans roasted on site inside the historic Kent Flour Mills building, and a kitchen doing Kiwi food with a twist: Korean fried chicken, beef cheek dumplings, loaded fries and hotteok. Newmarket's quietly elite coffee stop.

Plan it: Weekends and public holidays are walk-in only, 8am–4pm — book if you are coming midweek. Newmarket station is five minutes away.

Al Brown's hand-rolled, wood-fired Montreal-style bagels, boiled and fired on site every day. Order the Yodi — pastrami, habanero mustard, grilled Swiss and pickle — or the Holey Smoke with smoked fish and crème fraîche.

Plan it: Open 7am–3pm, seven days. City Works Depot has its own car park, which is rare this close to the CBD.

Founded by Young-Jin Cha, New Zealand's first Q Instructor, so the wall of certificates is earned. Order the Black Hole Latte — iced Americano under sweet cream — with a salt butter roll or the cinnamon brioche.

Plan it: Roomy seating and free business-park parking on Apollo Dr — one of the few genuinely easy-to-park specialty roasters in Auckland.

A working roastery with a full cook-to-order kitchen attached, tucked in the Faraday St sheds. Seasonal espresso blends, light roasts and single-origin V60 — the warehouse room and shared tables make it one of the easier Parnell spots for a group.

Plan it: Roughly 8am–2pm. Off-street parking in the Faraday St shed precinct; Parnell station is about eight minutes on foot.

In Kingsland since 1995 and still the original roastery behind three CBD espresso bars. Beyond espresso they will run you a Chemex, a syphon or a cold brew — one of the few Auckland roasteries where all three are standing options.

Plan it: Open 7am–3pm weekdays, 8am–3pm weekends. Kingsland station is two minutes away, which matters: New North Rd parking disappears entirely on Eden Park event days.

The Ponsonby room of one of New Zealand's most exported coffee names — blends and single origins to drink or take home, with Biscotto Bakery operating out the back (the Sicilian pistachio biscuit is the pick).

Plan it: For the full operation, the flagship Allpress roastery is at 8 Drake St, Freemans Bay, beside Victoria Park — where Michael Allpress ran his original 1986 coffee carts.