2 quick rules:
the cleaner the barista's workspace, the better the coffee.
gentrified Brooklyn serves much better coffee than Manhattan
- Cafe Grumpy - no surprise here - all three locations are special (uses Ronnybrook Milk)
- Ninth Street Espresso (Chelsea, not East Village) - The micro-foam in Chelsea is superior, in the EV, it's just average
- Cafe Pedlar - with no bitterness or acidity at all
- Sit & Wonder - morning guy takes a lot of pride in pulling a great shot and somehow this latte "keeps" well for 10-20 minutes whether other ones do not
- Stumptown - in the ACE hotel - delicious (and uses Hudson Valley Milk)
- Kaffe 1668 - precise and accurate every time
- Gorilla
Just not very good
- Pret a Manger - all of them
- Bouchon Bakery
- Ost
Numbers 2-5 all use Stumptown coffee
4 comments:
I protest - OST tops my list every time :-)
Stumptown as in Portland's Stumptown Coffee?
OST - well - just kind of doesn't excel at anything. slow service, hit or miss espresso, desk-hogging unfriendly manhattan freelance crowd.
Stumptown as in Portland and now Red Hook Brooklyn.
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