JL Hufford Coffee and Tea
2415 Sagamore Pkwy
Lafayette, IN 47905

It’s kind of strange. One of the biggest Big 10 universities should have a ton of different cafes to choose from. The West side (West Lafayette) has no good coffee shops worth mentioning. A very trendy one, Cafe Vienna, has perhaps the worse […]

Blue Spoon
76 Chambers Street (between Church and Broadway)
Lower Manhattan, New York

http://www.bluespooncoffee.com

We stopped by BlueSpoon Cafe (Chambers Street, between Church and Broadway (New York), for a taste of a much talked about coffee brand, Intelligentsia.
I’ve heard Intelligentsia Coffee mentioned on numerous coffee-related podcasts and just had to try some. I was impressed. Not only did it […]

Joe - the art of coffee
141 Waverly Street (cnr Gay and Waverly)
New York
USA

On a tip from the members of CoffeeGeek.com I made my way to Joe - the art of coffee, and was lucky to get a seat. Joe was heaving, and this was at about 11am on a Saturday morning, with an eclectic mix […]

Citi (Westin Plaza)
1 Exchange St, Providence
Rhode Island, USA

Oh the pain. The pain… After enduring an 8 hour drive in abysmal conditions, a room in a crappy hotel and a travelling companion who I really had no more in common with than work I thought my luck had finally turned when I smelled coffee in the […]

Empire Cafe
1732 Westheimer Road, Houston
Texas, USA

We found this cafe on the city guide for Houston, and the website said it was one of the best. When we got there, you could tell it was a very popular place to be and this was on a Sunday afternoon. But when we went inside, we […]

The Coffee Fix
12508 Moorpark St, Studio City
California, USA

The Coffee fix is a cafe on the south side of Moorpark, right across from the library. The coffee is decent, the food is mediocre but the wireless internet is free and they have P.G. Tips. They also have Moxie in the fridge for those transplanted New […]

Baltimore Coffee and Tea Co. Inc.
9 T West Aylesbury Road
Timonium, MD
USA

This place has the best coffee around. Beans are roasted fresh on the premises and the smell of them hangs deliciously in the air. Don’t be fooled by the the modest brick building at the Timonium business park. Come close and you’ll find the sweet […]

The Purple Fiddle Coffeehouse & Mountain Market
21 East Ave
Thomas, WV, USA

The weary traveler needeth his latte…and the Purple Fiddle delivers! During a long trip on US Rt 219 to Blackwater State Park in West Virginia, we happened upon this fantastic turn-of-the century general store-style cafe. It’s actually hard to miss if you are on Rt […]

Mayorga Coffee Factory
8040 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA

The Mayorga Coffee Factory has a little something for almost everyone, and depending on your view, that may be a good thing or a bad thing.

For the coffee maven, there’s a wide variety of first-rate, fresh-roasted coffee. Roasted on the premises in […]

Kafka Cafe
1464 Washington Ave, Miami
Florida, USA

If you find yourself playing in the sunshine in Miami Beach, FL, this is a great place to hang out. Kafka cafe is conveniently located in the super-model mecca known as South Beach (SoBe). This cafe is a 2 story combination used book store and cyber-cafe. It’s […]

Joe Muggs Newsstand
3275 Peachtree Road, Atlanta
Georgia, United States

If you happen to find yourself on Peachtree Road, one of Atlanta’s famous landmarks, there’s no better place for a good cup of dark-roasted full-bodied java than Joe Muggs.

Joe Muggs is a large newsstand with thousands of local and imported magazines to page through, plenty of tables, […]

Beyond the Brim
Wesleyan Park Plaza
Owensboro, Kentucky U.S.A.

Shangri-la! Two of my reasons for getting out of bed meet - coffee and blogging. (Le Sigh)

Focus, Joi, you’re here to review not walk on air.

If you should ever find yourself in striking distance of my wonderful city, Owensboro, you must must MUST check out Beyond the […]

Java Bay Caffe
302 South Austin St.
Rockport, Texas 78382

Ok. This is the place for espressos, capuccinos, lattes, frappés, lemonade, pastas, sandwiches, and breakfast is “doyt” cheap. Melody is the wonderful lady that owns and runs the joint. It’s in the Corpus Christi area in Rockport, Texas. What’s best of all, you a great beach nearby and […]

2808 Milam (@ Drew),
Houston,
TX 77006, USA

Tropioca is in a word “suave”. It has “shnazz” without the snobbyness. The lighting is sweet. The colors and textures create a “light” & “airy” atmosphere. They have two locations. One in the downtown Houston area and one maybe 5 to 8 miles from there. They’re iced coffee […]

Solomon’s Coffeehouse
1300 N. Washington Ave., Livingston
TX, USA

Coffee is great, capuccinos & lattes are great also. The atmosphere is great. The place has wood floors and the foyer has red coffee cups on a dark background stencilled in. The people are great-they will make anything for you. They’ll even “doctor” your regular drip coffee for you. […]

Why pay good money for a tiny little drink of a black, medicinal aqueous extraction of almost-burnt coffee beans? For the answer, and more, take a look at Jonathan’s Coffeeblog.

intelligentsiacoffee.com

2 locations:

Lincoln Park, a block south of Belmont & Broadway, Chicago
IL, USA

Downtown, SW corner of Dearborn & Jackson. (close on the weekends), Chicago
IL, USA

Simply the best!

3 baristi from Intelligentsia finished top 6 at the 2004 United States Barista Competition, and I am fortunate enough to have drinks prepared by all of them […]

Metropolis Coffee Company
1039 W Granville Ave
Chicago IL 60660

Metropolis is still a young company, and a father and son team runs it. Tony (son) got his training from Peet’s where other famous roaster such as Duane from Stumptown in Portland, Oregon, was trained.

Metropolis Coffee’s signature espresso blend, Redline, is very popular among the […]