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Given the huge spike of high-end espresso shops that have popped up in every major urban center over the last few years, it should come as no surprise that American high-end coffees are starting to break into the...
Location: 2 East 90th Street (on 5th Avenue/Central Park East.) In a recent foray to New York City’s Upper East Side, I decided to make a check online for any new places that had opened in the area. In...
(Cover photo: Uchida Coffee Farm, Hawaii. Credit Wikipedia.) When it comes to coffee beans, there are a few sources that are considered particularly elusive due to their small crop sizes, ideal growing conditions, and resulting unique flavor profiles. Hawaiian coffee...
It’s been a while since I’ve had the time and inclination to take a look at different types of prepackaged coffee drinks, but when one of the Korean markets near my home in NYC decided to literally stock...
Since moving to a new location, my sister, Kae of Team Stripey Socks, decided that it was somewhat unconscionable that I was without a constant influx of novelty espresso beans coursing through my highly-caffeinated veins. The solution was simple:...
Locations: 750 Columbus St (between 96th/97th) 21 East 27th St (between 5th/Madison) 56 7th Avenue (between 13th/14th) 134 1/2 E 62nd St (between Lexington/3rd) 432 3rd Avenue (between 30th/31st) 40-35 23rd St, Long Island City, Queens (Roast House)...
Location: 180 10th Ave at 20th St. With a name drawn from a somewhat archaic term defining a social class of intellectuals whom strove to drive the progression of culture and politics, Intelligentsia Coffee has carved itself a place...
I’ve gushed at length about the novelty and creativity that goes on behind some of the minds at Everyman, and in retrospect, a lot of that creativity has to do with the simple yet powerful concept of subverting one’s...
Last week I was at Everyman Espresso and, in a decidedly indecisive mood, asked Sam the Awesome Barista to pick out a drink for me. After a bit of thought, he ground some beans, pushed it through an...
Location: 301 West Broadway (between Canal and Grand), 136 E 13th Street (between 3rd and 4th Ave.) While it’s a lot of fun to go to different cafés all the time, I feel like a major component of a place’s long-term...