Good Coffee Find: Intelligentsia Coffee High Line Hotel NYC
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 […]
Share this
Good Coffee Find: Two Hands NYC
(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 […]
Share this
Good Coffee Find: Brunswick Cafe NYC
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 […]
Share this
Good Coffee Find: Tap Coffee London
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 […]
Share this
NYC Coffee Guide | The coffee snob’s guide to NYC
Italians and Australians in my experience are two of the fussiest coffee drinkers in the world. And it just so happens that most of my friends living in NYC are either Australian, Italian, or people who have lived in Italy for a substantial time ”“ basically; my friends are a bunch of coffee snobs. Since […]
Share this
Berlin city guide: How to blend in with the cool people (or try to)
I jumped at the chance to spend this last weekend in Berlin with Mikee, who had been there all week schmoozing with industry folk at Bread & Butter. I was really in the mood for a dose of Berlin’s attitude; you know, cool, laid-back, edgy yet stylishly hedonistic ”“ the kind of attitude that cool […]
Share this
Stumptown: Leading America’s new wave of hat-wearing, beard-having, coffee enthusiasts
The last time I was in New York for work, I planned to begin my first day the same way I would start my days in Melbourne, with a good coffee in a city café while listening to nice tunes on my iPod. I was horrified when I arrived to work and had two choices […]
Share this
