☕ Coffee guides

Coffee Guides

Practical, honest guides to finding and ordering great coffee — wherever you are.

Honest, practical guides to drinking better coffee — how to find the good stuff in a new city, what all those espresso drinks actually are, and why the local café usually beats the chain. Written by a coffee lover who'd rather you skip the bad cup.

The guides

• How to Find Great Coffee in a New City — a simple system for skipping the chains and finding the local gem, wherever you land.
• Coffee Drinks Explained — cortado vs cortadito vs flat white, cafecito, colada and more, in plain English.
• Independent vs Chain Coffee — why the local café is worth seeking out, and how to spot one.

Or jump straight to a city

Prefer to explore by place? Try our local guides to coffee in Miami (and its Wynwood, Little Havana and Brickell neighborhoods), Austin, Seattle, Portland, or New York.