an impression of yurii frants kulchytskyi

† Lviv Coffee Crawl

† Know Before You Book

Is it true that coffee shops outnumber pubs in Lviv? The answer is a resounding yes, and that's odd when one remembers that Lviv is the beer capital of Europe, if not the world. The story of Lviv coffee has a somewhat stolen, or more rather manufactured history. Perhaps there's good reason why the deepest coffee cave in Lviv is called "Lviv Coffee Mining Manufacture"!

Where did it all begin? This being Lviv, the story is far from simple. No one really knows the truth, but does it really matter? We've heard a lot of tall tales about Lviv coffee, so here's our interpretation of what is known, unknown, and everything in between!

Yurii Frants Kulchytskyi, a Ukrainian Cossack from Lviv region, was incarcerated in Turkey. While there, with plenty to think about, he devised a Viennese coffee house plan. In 1684, Yuri opened "Under the Blue Bottle" in Vienna. The Viennese didn't trust Yuri's Turkish connections and they weren't keen on tasting the favourite flavours of the enemy either. However, Yuri earned their trust. His coffee story is about Vienna and fighting Ottoman armies, but in an inevitably roundabout way, via a yarn about 300 bags of coffee and lashings of jiggery pokery, it has became enshrined, some might say embroiled in the muddy history of Lviv.

We drink on both sides of the underground river Poltva without prejudice. Lviv old town is not where everything is, we have plenty of very explorable streets everywhere and on many of those, one can find at least an esoteric, perhaps even exotic coffee shop. Coffee with roast eggs? Coffee on fire? You see, coffee in Lviv is quite the quagmire of olfactory overload. Ultimately, the joy of coffee tasting in Lviv is a celebration of all the senses.

LVIV COFFEE CRAWL stirs up addictive Lviv and is led by a local caffiend. We get to the bottom of the coffee story in Lviv!

† All-inclusive
  • FULLY PRIVATE TOUR: 2 hours of coffee with a local connoisseur guide.
  • FOOD INCLUDED: 5 tastings in 5 locales with coffee liqueur.
  • TRANSPARENT PRICING: Based upon how many people book, from 1 to 5 travellers.
  • NO EXTRA COSTS or hidden charges.

† Coffee Tour Lviv reviewed

"Had a great time with Solomia in Lviv, drank a lot of coffees and toured the Armenian part of the city."

11.07.2026
Lviv tour review by Diana from Italy who travelled with In Lviv Tours in July, 2026.