Coffee Find: Devoción NYC

Devoción NYC | meltingbutter.com Coffee Hotspot

Escaping the bustling crowds and shrieking sirens of New York City seems all but impossible in this grinding metropolis (not that we’re complaining!). That’s why Devoción, a former meatpacking plant-turned-café on the quiet end of Grand Street in Williamsburg, is such a find – a lush oasis-like space humming with relaxed energy and the finest […]

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Café Find: Brother Baba Budan Melbourne

Brother Baba Budan Melbourne | meltingbutter.com Cafe Hotspot

Competition is rife in Melbourne’s specialty coffee scene but Brother Baba Budan, named after the world’s first coffee smuggler, has built a highly regarded reputation that has lasted ever since it opened 2007. The pint-sized gem of a café has a reputation inverse to its size, meaning you can almost always expect to queue for […]

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Good Coffee Find: Intelligentsia Coffee High Line Hotel NYC

Intelligentsia Coffee High Line Hotel NYC | Melting Butter Cafe Hotspot

Inside the cloistered environs of The High Line Hotels’ gothic style building sits Intelligentsia’s first NYC café. The beloved Chicago-based roaster has burrowed itself comfortably inside the hotel’s dark wood lobby, which dates back to 1895. On a sunny day, discerning coffee lovers looking for a quality cup of Joe and a place for quiet […]

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Good Coffee Find: Two Hands NYC

Two Hands NYC | Melting Butter Coffee Hotspot

(May 21st 2015: Unfortunately, following a recent visit to Two Hands NYC, Melting Butter no longer recommends the cafe’s food or service) Two Hands NYC is that bright, airy café that you would typically find right by a beautiful Sydney beach. You know the ones – where the coffee is always good, the food is simply […]

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Good Coffee Find: Brunswick Cafe NYC

Brunswick Cafe NYC | Melting Butter Coffee Hotspot

Along with NYC’s fast growing antipodean population comes with it Australia’s favorite cultural past time and its best export – coffee. Inspired by the laid-back Australian lifestyle – unpretentious with a slick decor to boot, Brunswick Café is a recent addition on the NYC coffee scene and it’s fast becoming a neighborhood gem. Its menu […]

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Good Coffee Find: Tap Coffee London

TAP Coffee London | meltingbutter.com Coffee Hotspot

I first ventured into TAP Coffee on Wardour Street in search of cold brew coffee – the ‘in’ thing to drink at the mo.  TAP delivered in spades, serving the punchy chilled beverage in a brown glass bottle labelled with an oh-so-hipster luggage tag.  Combined with top-notch cakes (baked on the premises) and a rustic […]

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Canberra Café Find: Mocan & Green Grout

Canberra Café Find: Mocan & Green Grout | meltingbutter.com

It’s true, the name Mocan (pronounced “mo-chan”) & Green Grout is quite the mouthful but perhaps it’s a telling name since it’s a safe bet that yours will be willingly so when you visit this Canberra café. Mocan & Green Grout is part café, restaurant and designer bike maker serving up seasonal food with a […]

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NYC Café Find: Happy Bones

NYC Café Find: Happy Bones | meltingbutter.com

For 3rd wave style coffee that represents how they do it in New Zealand, head to Happy Bones – a Soho café with a simple concept of good coffee, art and well-curated art books to flick through and even buy. Light streams through this clean, minimalistic style café making each and every one of your […]

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NYC Café Find: Tarallucci e Vino

NYC Café Find: Tarallucci e Vino | meltingbutter.com

Tarallucci e Vino is an unassuming, opposite-of-trendy café but it should still be your East Village pit stop for proper Italian coffee made for you by an Italian accented barista. As soon as you put away your espresso, order the best pistachio gelato you will find in the city. Big call I know, but you’ll […]

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NYC Cafe Find: Gasoline Alley Coffee

NYC Café Find: Gasoline Alley Coffee | meltingbutter.com

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Gasoline Alley is the perfect NoHo refueling pit stop for coffee snobs looking for quality, consistency and a simple menu aimed at people who actually know how to drink coffee (i.e. no strange flavouring syrups available here). It’s just an added bonus that you get to enjoy your […]

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