Nostalgia in a Cup The coffee shop holds a nostalgic piece of my heart as the place where I first experienced many cultural aspects of the city of Louisville. Like so many college students, I disco
Category: Coffee Shop Reviews
Cafe Review: Store Street Espresso in London
The Cafe You’ve Been Looking For Every urban dweller is searching for the perfect side street: a quiet oasis one step removed from the hustle of the city. Store St. in the heart of Bloomsbury
Cafe Review: Prufrock Coffee in London
Coffee as Poetry In The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, T.S. Eliot famously wrote, “I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.” Most Eliot interpreters understand the line to denote
Cafe Review: Black Tap Coffee in Charleston, SC
Historic Building, Cutting Edge Coffee In the heart of historic Charleston, Black Tap Coffee is carving out a place for craft coffee in the South’s culinary capital. Opened in February 201
London Coffee Crawl: Five Proper Shots of Espresso
Photo by Ben Willis London Calling The English may stereotypically be tea-drinkers, but in recent years London has emerged as a coffee powerhouse with few rivals. Since London hosted the World Bar
Cafe Review: Comet Coffee in St. Louis
Meet Me in St. Louis St. Louis is the gateway to the West, home to the second most successful baseball team in history, and has produced such cultural luminaries as T.S. Eliot, Tennessee Williams
Cafe Review: Boxcar Coffee in Boulder, CO
If you ask my wife about traveling with me, she’ll tell you that while I enjoy seeing new places, my ultimate motive during road trips becomes the search for a great coffee shop. When you fin
Cafe Review: Third Rail Coffee in Greenwich Village
Coffee on the Tracks I was told by a native New Yorker that if I needed to score some weed while I was in Manhattan to go to Washington Square Park. It’s a nice park, but since I prefer to
Where to Get Coffee Near Churchill Downs for Derby
The Coffee Compass exists to help you navigate the world of craft coffee. It just so happens that we live in Louisville, the home of the Kentucky Derby. If you’re in town for the Run for the
Cafe Review: Culture Espresso in Manhattan, a Miracle on 38th St.
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