A guide to the world’s best cafes and bakeries
Guides
Where to go, and why
Dream Beans Coffee Roastery: Who Runs It, What to Order
At Dream Beans Coffee Roastery in Hanoi, visitors smell the beans first, then staff explain origins and match coffee to the right brewing method.
7 min
What to Order at Magnífico Coffee Roasters, and Why
What to Order at Magnífico Coffee Roasters, and Why At Magnífico Coffee Roasters, Ricardo Acebedo-Diaz roasts beans on a 200-gram-capacity Arc Roaster and a 3-kilo Mill City Roasters machine; the sho.
7 min
Vienna Cafe Guide: Roasters, Counters and What to Order
Vienna Cafe Guide: Roasters, Counters and What to Order The useful detail is time on the door: Pelican Coffee Company on Pelikangasse opens Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 6pm.
7 min
Ottoman Coffeehouse: Who Brews the Coffee and What to Order
Ottoman Coffeehouse: Who Brews the Coffee and What to Order Finely ground coffee comes to a slow simmer in a long-handled copper pot at Ottoman Coffeehouse, where ibrik coffee is the signature brew a.
8 min
Le Mil’s Coffee Opens on Polk With Indian Farm Roots
Le Mil’s Coffee is open at 1330 Polk St., serving Indian coffees tied to Milana Ram’s fifth-generation family farm and roasted at CoRo.
8 min
Pastry Chef Brian Wood on Starter Bakery’s Systems
Pastry chef Brian Wood scaled Starter Bakery from pop-ups to 300-plus daily deliveries through tests, process and handoffs.
11 min
Pig Mary in Chippendale Packs Ester Energy Into 20 Seats
Mat Lindsay’s Pig Mary turns the Ester and A.P Bakery orbit into a 20-seat Chippendale bar for bifana, scallops and shaken drinks.
7 minI have measured out my life with coffee spoons.T. S. Eliot,The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, 1915
In the Case
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Europe is made up of coffee houses, of cafés.George Steiner,The Idea of Europe, 2004