Best Coffee Shops in NYC and London?

Do you guys have any sweet spots you go to before or after work to get that daily kick? Please do share your recommendations. What drinks are your go-to? Mine has got to be portico coffee shop in london, soooo f**king good.

Disclaimer: Starbucks doesn't count you basic white girl.

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Notice I said coffeeshops (despite parentheses).

If you want the best coffee, based on quality of beans/taste, go to Ethiopia. Helps that a cup costs less than $0.25 USD.

 

Midtown * Bluestone Lane (several) * Cafe Grumpy (Grand Central) * Kaffe 1668 (inside 530 5th Av lobby) * Blue Bottle (several) * La Colombe (SW corner of Bryant Park)

Flatiron * Birch (27 & Madison) * Stumptown (inside Ace Hotel) * Joe Coffee (26 & Madison) * HiLine (26 & Broadway) * Gasoline Alley (south side of Madison Sq Park) * Toby’s Estate (inside the Club Monaco on 21 & 5th Av)

Financial District * Voyager (110 William St) * La Colombe (Wall St) * Black Fox * Blue Bottle * Bluestone Lane

London * Parcafe inside the Dorchester hotel * Association Coffee on Creechurch Ln

Gotta run, can add more later.

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For hot coffee, I like black fox in FiDi

For cold, they have to be putting something in the La Colombe iced coffee

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