Every day at SCA Expo in Portland I faced a conundrum. I knew I would drink far too much coffee on the trade show floor, but I also wanted to visit some of the coffee shops that make Portland, Oreg
Category: Coffee Shop Reviews
Three Great Coffee Shops in Doha, Qatar
In 2022, the world watched as Qatar hosted the World Cup. We got there a little late to see Messi, but a long layover on the way to World of Coffee Dubai gave us a chance to check out the booming c
Nowhere: The Place for Modern Coffee in Milan
It’s a Sunday morning in Milan and the line to get inside Nowhere is halfway down the block. It’s something of a nightmare scenario for any barista; “in the weeds” in hospit
Drink Coffee Like a Local at Malabarista Café in Lisbon
What’s in a name? That which we call an espresso by any other name would still taste as bitter. This is certainly the case in Portugal where the concentrated coffee is known as bica, or like
Quills Coffee Opens New Jtown Location
Can any good thing come out of Jtown? I admit, as a former Louisville resident, when I first heard about my former employer’s plan to open a café in Jeffersontown, I was skeptical. Jtown is
London Calling: Our Top Seven London Coffee Shops
In 2009 Gwilym Davies changed the coffee world with a simple concept: the disloyalty card. Rather than rewarding his customers for only coming to Prufrock– then a pop-up inside a boutique – t
A Visit to Curve Coffee Roasters in Margate
It had been four years since our last visit to the UK, so when we attended the London Coffee Festival earlier this spring we were eager to hear from local baristas about their current favorite roas
Six Great Budapest Coffee Shops
So many great cafés, so little time. We realized pretty quickly we weren’t going to be able to visit every café on our list during a recent visit to Budapest. The Hungarian capital’s
Back in Black Brightens Paris’s 11th Arrondissement
We have a mental image of the archetypal Parisian café. There’s a handpainted sign, those checkered woven chairs, and an ornate wooden bar with little hooks for your jacket. Back in Black ha
A Look Inside Orchard Coffee in Waynesville, NC
Nestled in the Smoky Mountains, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more idyllic mountain town than Waynesville, NC. But what’s a quaint, mountain town wi