The best Local Coffee Shops in Reims
Reims has a small but solid specialty coffee scene, with independently owned shops all within walking distance of the city center. I live in Reims and I’ve been to each of them. This guide covers what makes each one different: the coffee, the food, the atmosphere, whether you can work there, and practical details like WiFi, prices and opening days. I’ve also included a roaster boutique and a tea specialist for those who want something different.
Quick comparison
| Name | Best for | WiFi | Food | Open days | Espresso price check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Coffee Champ’ | Coffee + champagne, homemade food | Yes (limited seating) | Homemade baked goods, soups, wraps | Daily | Ask for the current price |
| J’aime Thé Café | Coffee roaster, tea selection | Yes | Croissants, cake | Tue-Sat | Ask for the current price |
| Holy Shot | Homemade cakes and cookies | Yes | Cakes, muffins, sandwiches (all homemade) | Tue-Sat (published hours) | Ask for the current price |
| L’Occasion Café | Working, events, wine bar | Yes (coworking) | Homemade pastries, lunch options | Mon-Sat | €2 (official menu, checked Oct 2026) |
| Moklair | Rare beans, competition-level coffee | Ask on site | Minimal | Daily | Ask for the current price |
The Coffee Champ’
The Coffee Champ’ holds a special place in my list. This specialty coffee shop, located 10 meters from Place d’Erlon, combines two things you won’t find together anywhere else: specialty coffee and champagne by the glass. Owner Kevin welcomes you in French, English and Portuguese.
The interior seats about 15 people on two floors, plus a sheltered terrace of 10 seats. The decor is bright and tasteful. You can work here occasionally, but the space is limited for regular remote work: avoid Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays, the busiest times.
Coffee and drinks
The coffee comes from Café Ciel, a local roaster based in Reims. The full menu is available: espresso, latte, cappuccino, mocaccino, flat white. Plant-based milks (almond, oat, coco) are available for every drink. Everything can be served iced. Beyond coffee: tea (chai, matcha), hot chocolate, lemonade, beer, and champagne.
Food
Everything is homemade and baked on-site by Kevin: cookies, brownies, banana bread, carrot cake, chocolate babkas. For lunch: savoury croissants, wraps, and seasonal soups. Gluten-free and vegetarian options available.
Recent official posts give a more specific idea of the counter: a brownie in October 2026 and banana matcha in September. Ask what is available on the day, especially for seasonal drinks.
Beans and accessories
You can buy Café Ciel beans and brewing equipment (Chemex, V60, Aeropress) at better prices than Amazon France.
Address and hours
3 Galerie d’Erlon, 51100 Reims (inside Passage Talleyrand, perpendicular to Place d’Erlon). Look for AESIO Mutuelle at 12 Place d’Erlon and take the passageway on the left. Open every day: Monday to Friday 10h-18h, Saturday 10h-18h30, Sunday 10h-17h. The café’s official post of 22 September 2026 confirms these detailed hours (checked 20 October 2026).
J’aime Thé Café
J’aime Thé Café is a coffee shop and coffee roaster with a selection of teas. Jérôme, the owner and roaster, works alongside baristas Valentine and Camille. The focus is equally split between coffee and tea.
About 20 seats inside, plus a small terrace (4-10 seats depending on the day). This is a good spot for working during the week, except Saturdays when it gets busy.
Coffee and drinks
The coffee is roasted on-site by Jérôme. Brewing methods include espresso, Nitro cold brew, and V60. Plant-based milks available. The tea selection is chosen by the team: green, black, oolong, white, smoked, rooibos. Also: hot chocolate, lemonade. For a longer visit focused on coffee, the shop also advertises a one-day barista course covering the grinder, espresso extraction, milk texture and filter methods such as V60 and Chemex. Check the course page (in French) for availability.
Food
Limited food options: croissants, carrot cake, banana bread. The selection changes weekly. Not the place for a full meal.
Beans and accessories
All the coffee roasted on-site is available for purchase. They also sell a selection of teas and coffee machines (Sage mainly). The current bean catalogue includes Brazil Mogiana, described with milk-chocolate and hazelnut notes, an Ethiopian Beans & Fire blend with red-fruit notes, and a chocolate-noted Mexican decaf. These are the roaster’s tasting descriptions, not a list of ingredients or a promise that every bean is being served that day.
Address and hours
37 Rue de Chativesle, 51100 Reims (perpendicular to Place d’Erlon). Open Tuesday to Friday 10h-17h30, Saturday 10h-18h. The official contact page confirms these Tuesday-to-Saturday hours (checked 20 October 2026).
Holy Shot
Holy Shot is the place to go if you care about homemade food as much as coffee. Philippine, the owner, bakes everything fresh every day: cakes, muffins, cookies, club sandwiches. She speaks French and English.
The café announced two extra terrace tables in March 2026, following the Voie des Sacres street works. See the official terrace announcement for the outdoor setting. For laptop use, I would still pick a quieter weekday rather than Saturday and ask for a suitable table on arrival.
Coffee and drinks
Coffee sourced from Esperanza Café, a specialty roaster. Full espresso menu. Plant-based milk available. Also: hot chocolate, chai latte, golden latte, massala, fruit juices. For an example of its seasonal recipes, Holy Shot announced an iced tahini and maple-syrup latte in July 2026. Check the counter for the current drinks rather than expecting the summer recipe year-round.
Food
For a sweet stop, carrot cake and cookies are useful starting points: Holy Shot names them, alongside cinnamon hot chocolate and savoury cookies, in its own contribution to Première Pluie magazine in 2025. Its March 2026 posts also show a brownie-cookie cake. The counter selection changes; ask about ingredients and dietary requirements before ordering. The café also hosts occasional afternoon workshops; check its programme for the next activity.
Address and hours
38 Rue de Talleyrand, 51100 Reims (parallel to Place d’Erlon). The official Instagram profile lists Tuesday to Friday, 9:30am to 6pm, and Saturday, 10am to 6:30pm (checked 20 October 2026). Check the official announcements before planning a Monday visit.
L’Occasion Café
L’Occasion, previously called L’Occasion Café, describes itself as a place to meet, work and join creative workshops. It serves specialty coffee from a changing selection of French roasters, alongside homemade pastries. If you want a place to work, ask which tables are available when you arrive.
The space is larger than the other coffee shops in this list and can host up to 30 people for private events. Located on Rue de Vesle, near the Comédie, accessible by tram.
Coffee and drinks
The official menu lists espresso at €2, cappuccino at €4.50 and latte at €5, with plant milk available. Tea, chai and matcha lattes, cold brew and espresso tonic are also listed. Cookies are €3 and chocolate brownies €4; the espresso-and-pastry breakfast deal is €4.50. For lunch, a croque-monsieur or wrap with a drink costing up to €5 is €11. The croque has a ham-and-Comté version and a vegetarian option with homemade hummus, Comté and sun-dried tomato, served with salad. These menu prices were checked on 20 October 2026. The café also advertises a monthly brunch; check the programme for its next date.
Address and hours
188 Rue de Vesle, 51100 Reims (near Place Stalingrad). The current French-language page (in French) lists Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm (checked 20 October 2026). Older pages still show different hours. Use the current programme for special events and brunch dates.
Moklair
Moklair is the place for serious coffee people. The team includes Kévin David, French Barista Champion in 2025, and Charity Cheung, French Brewers Cup Champion and fifth at the World Brewers Cup in 2024. They roast their own beans with a focus on rare, single-origin coffees. If you know what a natural process Ethiopian tastes like and want to find one in Reims, this is where you go.
Moklair is also one of the few specialty coffee shops in Reims open on Sundays, along with The Coffee Champ’. The space is small and calm: in September 2026, the local newspaper L’Union listed it among the best cafés in Reims for working or studying. There is little food, and for WiFi, ask at the counter. The roastery’s bean catalogue gives a sense of its approach: Accordion is described with blood-orange, nectarine and black-tea notes, while co-fermented Gesha Los Patios has peach and apricot notes. Ask which beans are being brewed at the bar; the online bean shop is not the drinks menu.
Address and hours
1 Rue Andrieux, 51100 Reims (5-10 min walk from Place d’Erlon or Boulingrin). Open every day: Monday to Friday 8h30-17h, Saturday and Sunday 10h-17h30. These hours are published on Moklair’s official coffee-bar page (checked 20 October 2026).
Also worth a visit in central Reims
Cafés Miguel: specialty beans to drink or take home
Cafés Miguel is a Reims-based roaster since 1956, now in its 4th generation. Their downtown boutique offers a different specialty coffee to taste every day, available on the spot or to go. They stock over 30 single-origin coffees, 20 blends, and 16 flavored coffees, plus teas and brewing accessories. They also run “Roaster for a Day” workshops at their roastery in Champfleury.
19 Rue de Talleyrand, 51100 Reims (Galerie Saint-Jacques). Check cafesmiguel.fr for hours and workshops.
L’Éveil des Thés: for tea lovers
If you don’t drink coffee, L’Éveil des Thés is the specialist. Over 200 varieties of tea (green, black, white, oolong, smoked, rooibos), plus chai latte, matcha latte, and bubble tea. Plant-based milks (oat, almond) available for all lattes. There’s a small seating area where you can drink your tea on the spot, hot or iced.
34 Rue des Telliers, 51100 Reims. Check leveildesthes.com for hours.
Best coffee shops in Reims with WiFi for working
If you’re looking for a place to work with your laptop in Reims, here’s what I’d recommend based on my own experience:
- L’Occasion Café: a larger space that welcomes laptop work and lists WiFi on its menu. One drink per person per hour is required. Open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm.
- J’aime Thé Café: good WiFi, quiet enough during weekdays. Avoid Saturdays.
- Holy Shot: works during the week, small space so it depends on how busy it is.
- The Coffee Champ’: WiFi available, but limited seating makes it better for short sessions. Avoid Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays.
- Moklair: a calm setting, recommended for working or studying by L’Union in September 2026. Ask about WiFi at the counter. Open every day.
Ask about seating and laptop use when you arrive. At L’Occasion, order at the counter and budget for at least one drink per person per hour: that is the rule printed on its official menu, which also gives the WiFi information. A café can be lively; for quiet work, compare the libraries and dedicated spaces in our coworking guide.
For coworking spaces, free libraries with WiFi and more cafés, see our guide to coworking spaces in Reims.
Coffee shops open on Sunday and Monday in Reims
Unlike many French cities, Reims has specialty coffee options every day of the week:
- Sunday: The Coffee Champ’ (10h-17h) and Moklair (10h-17h30).
- Monday: The Coffee Champ’ (10am to 6pm), L’Occasion (9am to 6pm), and Moklair (8:30am to 5pm).
J’aime Thé Café publishes Tuesday-to-Saturday opening hours. Holy Shot’s official profile also lists Tuesday to Saturday; check its announcements before planning a Monday visit.
What makes Reims coffee culture different
Reims is not Paris or Lyon for specialty coffee. The scene is compact: a handful of independently owned shops, all within a 15-minute walk of each other. What’s unusual is that several roast their own beans or source exclusively from local roasters (Café Ciel, Esperanza Café, Moklair). Every place in this guide is owned by someone who lives in Reims and picked their beans, their menu, and their decor themselves.
The combination of specialty coffee and champagne (at The Coffee Champ’) exists nowhere else I’ve seen in France. And Moklair’s competition-winning barista makes it worth a visit even if you’re just passing through the Champagne region. For more to explore, see our things to do in Reims guide.
