Black Kahawa Coffee: roastery + bar

Easily one of the most underrated coffee spots in Columbus. I stopped in before work and immediately loved the location and decor. I ordered the Zanzibar Spice Latte and was hooked from the first sip. The flavors were warm, unique, and memorable. This is a place I will definitely be revisiting and continuing to support.

I’ve been here a couple times and it’s always a great work environment. The staff is friendly to chat with but it’s still calm enough to get work done. Coffee and drinks are both great. Espresso martini options are a little on the pricey side but are $5 off during happy hour! They have mini containers of Jeni’s to make affogatos with! I haven’t tried them yet but every time I see the staff make them I’m tempted

My favorite coffee from the Colombus Coffee Festival and still does not disappoint. Love the new location. Small but what do you expect downtown? Still excellent coffee. The owner is super friendly. One suggestion: don’t roast beans while the store is open and patrons are there. VERY noisy. Otherwise great experience and loved it.

Douglas, the owner was so personable and Justin, made the best espresso martini! We walked in at probably a few minutes to 10pm and out at 10:40. We had no idea until we left that they closed at 10. These gentleman were so professional, did not rush us and engaged us in conversation the whole time. We’re sorry we kept you late and appreciate the hospitality! Best of luck with an amazing place Douglas! We’ll be back for coffee in the morning!

Enjoyed an iced Americano. Coffee was smooth without lacking flavor. Was interesting to watch the bean roasting and the attention to detail. Additionally ordered a hot drip with a shot of the Zanzibar spice which was sweeter than I expected.....but made for an enjoyable drink. They have a couple mixed nuts blends too available which I've never seen any place have as an option.

First time to this coffee shop and I love it! The atmosphere is amazing, their iced latte with cacao syrup is super good and the baristas are super nice! They even have beer available! Definitely try this place out!

I came for a happy hour cocktail (HH is also on Saturday, until 7pm, and cocktails are $5 off—pretty good HH!! I got a delicious cocktail and had great service. The place is small, so I wouldn’t come with a group.

I had to see for myself what all the hype was about. All the reviews talking about how nice the baristas are.. exactly right. Seriously so friendly. The lattes too.. one of the best I’ve ever had. I had a hot caramel latte, fantastic. My wife had an iced caramel latte, and I’ll get that next time. Our new go to place in the city. Also there’s outside seating to people and traffic watch after haha. A little pricey but nothing bizarre.

Came on a Saturday morning before running some errands. My friend told me her coworkers like it here so I decided to stop by. I'm not too familiar with parking around here and there were signs saying not to park in front so I parked around the corner on Gay street then walked. It wasn't busy inside but quite a number of customers were sitting out on their patio. I ordered a latte with the Zanzibar spice. I think I paid $10? Pricey but makes sense for downtown. My latte was made within seconds. LOL. The spices were kinda light. Couldn't really taste the spices. I've been to Zanzibar and we have spices at home we got from there so it's def a great idea for a latte! It was nice to support local though! Not sure when I'll be back in this area of town.

Local Business with delicious coffee. They have coffee cocktails too but I haven't had any of those yet! A little bit of sticker shock when I paid $8 for an oat milk latte with Zanzibar spice.

I went there for a business meeting and experienced coffee the pure way without sugar etc. Not an official coffee connoisseur but I feel like I got the pure caffeine fix as I saved some of my oat milk latte for my boyfriend who tasted it later and said it was really good. I would demote a star for parking but that is not their fault. It will impact their foot traffic though as people don't really work that much downtown and parking is hard to find or high in price. The coffee shop is a shotgun design which is hard to sit and move around so maybe not the place to squat and do work in. I have heard that others have gone for the happy hour and liked it- so we might check that out. I think it would be better when the patio opens. Also the pastries charging $5 and up needs to be reconsidered as they are down the street from Parable who has a pastry chef. It does not compute. Look as to what makes you unique and focus on that instead loves. Hope things go well.

Good coffee! Wish they had a few more pastry items to select from, but still a great place to go!

This is such a cool little coffee shop to run to during the workday downtown. The staff is friendly and the interior is kind of... stunning. I love the Zanzibar syrup!

We were looking for coffee on our last day in town and stumbled upon Black Kahawa, glad we did, I was surprised because I usually dont enjoy Africa region coffee but this was roasted perfectly and tasted amazing, not to mention the danish made my day.

Coffee shop/roaster and bar. Cappuccino always excellent - coffee was absolutely delicious. I wish they had coffee mugs for "for here" orders but not a big deal. Service was good and friendly. I will definitely come back to try the cocktail/beer menu sometime!

Great coffee and ambience. Ordered Shaken Espresso. It's not bad, a bit bitter for me.

So let's just start with a warm greeting when you walk in topped with a very friendly staff and great food. I got a zanzibar spice cappuccino, hand chicken pie and a cheese Danish. It was fabulous! I found out the owner likes to work with local vendor so he also features a great collection of trail mixes and jeni's Ice cream. For those who prefer a pick me up to their drink he has adult drinks. They also roast their own coffee. A great one stop shop for a peaceful, tasteful, and meaningful yeah morning. Try it

My daily coffee fix. The staff is super cheerful and helpful, the coffee is great, and always a good time

Favorite coffee place. Small coffee menu but the only thing you need to order is the Zanzibar latte. So good. Worth the money

Very friendly staff and the coffee is amazing. I had an iced latte with a spice they have there. It was very good. Great location as well.

It's currently just a small trailer on the corner of high & broad street. They've got plans to open a store in the same location. I thought the latte was pretty good. The employee who took my order told me the coffee beans come from east Africa. It does taste a bit different than other coffee. I'm not sure how to describe the taste. I don't think it tasted bad, but again it did taste rather different from what I'm used to. There's currently just one size which is small. It was on the pricey end for coffee. I paid $6.34 for a small size which is one of the more expensive lattes in the downtown area. If you really enjoy the unique taste, I suppose it would be worth it. For me, I will probably stick to other places but I'm glad I tried it.

The coffee is amazing and the service is awesome!!! The best freshly roasted coffee in Columbus!