Moldova's home-grown speciality-coffee chain has multiple central branches and is the easiest place in Chisinau to get a properly pulled flat white. Tucano started as a single shop on Stefan cel Mare in 2007 and has since expanded to Romania, the Baltic states, and Spain, but the original feel is preserved here: hot chocolates, sweetened condensed-milk lattes, board games on the shelves, and a young local crowd on laptops.
The Stefan cel Mare flagship is open until late and has Wi-Fi. The chain also runs the airport coffee bar — useful to know if you arrive jet-lagged at 5 a.m.