Empire State of Coffee The Empire State building dominates the the Manhattan Skyline, but a good cup of coffee in Midtown is a little harder to spot. In an area of town largely dominated by departm
Author: Michael Butterworth
Michael Butterworth is an authorized instructor of the Specialty Coffee Association and the inventor of the Etkin Dripper. He cofounded the Coffee Compass mostly as an excuse to visit more coffee shops. For consulting and training enquiries please visit butterworth.coffee.
Cafe Review: Joe’s Pro Shop in NYC
Joe’s Pro Shop: A Toy Store For Coffee Nerds Many of the most iconic films in movie history take place in New York. Annie Hall, The Godfather, Wall Street, the list goes on. But one work of c
Cafe Review: Everyman Espresso in SoHo
The Big Apple. Gotham. The City that Never Sleeps. Whatever you call it, New York has emerged as a premier coffee destination. In previous years New Yorkers were notorious for drinking their coffee
CoffeeFest NYC 2013 – Recap
CoffeeFest NYC 2013 has come and gone but baristas and coffee professionals across the world are still in withdrawals from the mass amounts of caffeine consumed March eighth through the tenth at th
The Coffee Compass is at CoffeeFest NYC 2013
CoffeeFest NYC 2013 CoffeeFest. It’s like the Woodstock of the coffee world. Baristas from Japan, Korea, and all over North America (including this barista) are flying in to compete in the m
How Intelligentsia Coffee Changed My Life
An Accidental Coffee Drinker I started drinking coffee by accident. At the time I was working at a coffee shop in my hometown between semesters in college. I had no interest in coffee but enjoyed t
Cafe Review: Four Barrel Coffee in San Francisco
Mark Twain supposedly quipped “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” It’s debated whether he actually said it, but one thing is certain: if Mr. Clemens h
Cafe Review: Collective Espresso in Cincinnati, OH
The specialty coffee scene in Cincinnati just got a huge shot in the arm. Nestled on a quiet side street in the historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, Collective Espresso is a new craft coffee sho
Cafe Review: Jubala Village Cafe in Raleigh, NC
Certain kinds of neighborhoods tend to attract craft coffee shops. They’re usually gritty, partially gentrified neighborhoods: the kind your parents would lock their car doors in. Show me a t
Turkish Delight: Çekirdek Cafe Opens in Istanbul, Turkey
Brief History of Turkish Coffee If you had a cup of coffee this morning, you can thank the Turks. Coffee came to the West through Turkey as the Ottoman Empire expanded into the European continent.�