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Monrovia, Liberia

Good coffee,
brighter people.

Nine matcha drinks, six boba, espresso pulled from open to close, and a kitchen that runs breakfast through to Buldak noodles. Carey & Warren Street, next to the Ministry of Transport.

Right now
Hours
Monday to Saturday · 07:30 to 20:30
A taro shake in a Central Cafè cup held out of a car window, with a Monrovia street reflected in the wing mirror

The same cup,
fifteen ways to fill it.

Every drink leaves the bar in the same tumbler with the same gold monogram. What changes is what is layered inside it.

Matcha Frappé

$7.00

Matcha Latte

$6.00

Chocolate Matcha

$7.00

Coconut Cloud

$6.50

Banana Matcha

$7.00

Caramel Matcha

$6.50

Mango Matcha

$7.00

Blueberry Matcha

$7.00

Pink Matcha

$7.00

Add cold foam $0.75 or whipped cream $0.50.

A Biscoff latte in a Central Cafè cup, topped with whipped cream and crushed Lotus biscuit

House signature

The Biscoff latte,
in three moves.

  1. 01

    Espresso

    Pulled short, straight over ice.

  2. 02

    Milk

    Poured cold so the layers hold their line.

  3. 03

    Biscoff

    Spread through, crushed biscuit on the cream.

From the counter

Straight from
the bar.

No studio, no stylist. Just what leaves the counter on an ordinary day on Carey Street.

More on Instagram
Two layered matcha drinks in a carry tray, held out by a barista in a Central Cafè shirt
A chocolate boba shake topped with cream, held up in front of a customer in a red shirt
A heart poured into a latte, held over the espresso machine
A mango matcha: green matcha over milk over mango
A taro boba held up beside a barista in a striped apron
Two fried eggs on avocado toast
Three matcha drinks on a wooden tray, one with a pink layer
A layered iced latte on a pink bench
Two chocolate boba drinks held out in front of a burgundy Central Cafè shirt
A heart latte beside a steaming jug
A chocolate drink and a layered mango matcha on a tray
A Korean corn dog with sauce on a yellow board
Two matcha frappés topped with cream
A chocolate boba shake with cream and chocolate drizzle
A bright orange cold drink in a Central Cafè cup on a tray
A latte with a heart held in one hand
A customer holding a matcha drink inside the cafe

The room

Somewhere to actually
sit down.

Velvet and blossom at the front, marble tables, the gold lettering on the wall. People come in to work, to meet, to read for an hour over one flat white. Nobody is rushed out.

Premium ingredients
Real matcha, real fruit, real milk.
Perfectly balanced
Layered by hand, every single cup.
Made with love
Freshly made daily, never sat waiting.
A corner of Central Cafè with cherry blossom, tan leather seating and pastries on a gold-rimmed marble table
The gold Central Cafe lettering mounted on the wall of the shop
A customer reading on the mauve velvet sofa beneath the Central Cafè sign
A flat white beside the Central Cafe menu on a dark marble table

Made with love in Liberia

People. Coffee.
Community. Always.

A cafe on Carey Street is not only a cafe. It is where the 26th of July gets its own layered drink, where Eid is marked with dates on the counter, and where the same faces are behind the bar next week.

A layered watermelon, coconut and blueberry drink in Liberian flag colours beside a Liberian flag

Independence Day

Watermelon, coconut and blueberry, layered red-white-blue for the 26th of July.

A latte in a black Central Cafe cup with dates and a lantern, marking Eid

Eid Mubarak

Dates and a flat white on the counter, every year without fail.

The Central Cafè team in burgundy shirts and caps outside the shop

The team

The people who open at 07:30 and are still smiling at closing.

Find us

Carey & Warren Street,
Monrovia.

Right beside the Ministry of Transport. If you can see the gold lettering, you have found it.

Address
Carey & Warren Street
Adjacent the Ministry of Transport
Monrovia, Liberia
Hours
Monday to Saturday · 07:30 to 20:30
A strawberry frappé and a matcha frappé in Central Cafè cups on a wooden tray