I recently visited my son in Sri Lanka (first visit to the country) and one of the first places he took me to was Hansa Cafe. Suffering both from the humidity and being a good coffee junkie, I just loved this place. To feel cool - in the A/C sense - with great coffee and a toasted sandwich, an unhurried... More

I've been living in Sri Lanka for about six months now, and Hansa has been my savior. Their coffee is affordable, tasty, and socially responsible. I make a point of stocking up and lounging in the cafe any time I happen to find myself in Colombo. The new chocolate is amazing! Try the 70% with jugherry, its the best.

This place is a great find, used by locals and travellers. The guys here really know their coffee, and as well as a number of roasts also produce their own chocolate bars. You can buy the beans or ground coffee here as well as try it on site. I definitely would recommend the fresh home made brownie, made using their... More

Was in Sri Lanka for two weeks. The country is nice the coffee is bad. Even the upmarket hotels serve nescafe or horrible dliute local coffee. I was missing my morning kopi-c so much a local friend recommended Hansa, it was like I had left bad-coffee-island. Maybe I was desperate but I enjoyed the white coffee here so much, the... More

Hansa cafe is hands down THE best place for coffee in Sri Lanka! Now that is a big call I know, but it is true. The cafe is small and leans towards 'artzy cool' - It is popular with the local intelligentsia and photographers and rumour has it that George Clooney visited the cafe in disguise and loved the place... More

A small, down to earth cafe which makes one feel entirely at home, which certainly helps make the daily cupful all the more enjoyable. No pretense whatsoever. An occasional poetry reading/musical line up and the wonderful aroma of coffee also adds to the experience.

This is a place I really want to love but unfortunately a few things prevent me from rating it higher. A small, local and quirky cafe serving locally grown, fair trade coffee and run by friendly staff. Hansa is the only good locally grown coffee and available as ground coffee or whole beans. The cafe serves a variety of hot... More

I felt I had to comment on the many negative comments on Hansa coffee on trip advisor once I was told by a friend about it. As these comments seem to be made in such a short space of time, they are suspicious to say in the least. I have been using Hansa for many years now and have seen... More

Sri Lanka is one of the most beautiful islands in the world, Almost everything available in the west is available here. Except for a decent cup of local coffee. So most of the time you are compelled to live with Nescafe. Hansa is the best of the lot and comes in a variety of flavours - arabic, expresso etc. but... More