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On Mondays we tend to need a little more coffee than usual, so we were pleased to discover this profile of Intelligentsia Coffee spokesperson David Latourell.
Aside from some handy tips about locating a good café (something our own CoffeeMeister has ably covered), Latourell opines about the different coffee cultures across America. The chain's Venice Beach, Calif., shop is (no surprise) "laid-back," whereas Chicago coffee culture is a bit more "9 to 5." Latourell also gives credit to San Francisco for re-starting the modern coffee obsession with the opening of a Peet's in the 60s.
So we have to ask: What American city has the best coffee culture?
| Los Angeles | |
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| Portland, Ore. | |
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| Other (tell us in the comments!) |
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7-20-2009 @4:22PM doodoolemonque said... The coffee culture on the west coast exists, therefore, it is far superior to that of the east coast. Having lived all over and having spent a number of years in the coffee business, I will attest to the absence of coffee awareness on the part of easterners. I spent a great deal of time, money and effort trying to recreate on the east coast the sort of experience I found to be welcome and needed by Californians, Oregonians etc. While there may be an anecdotal exception, I turst them to be far and few between.
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7-20-2009 @4:29PM Todd said... Chicago - Intelligencia and Metropolis are the best
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7-20-2009 @5:23PM Numb said... I still do not understand this obscene obsession with coffee... I'd had a million varieties of it and it basically always tastes horrible... At it's best, it's only palpable - a far cry from enjoyable. Of course everyone says that it's "an acquired taste," but I simply do not understand the concept of drinking copius amounts of the burnt-fecal tasting brew in the hopes of eventually liking it. I prefer my food without Stockholm Syndrome thank you.
Of course, this refers only to my own tastes and opinions and isn't particularly meant to enrage or excite anyone else... It just seems that if the caffeine kick is the goal of coffee drinking, there are plenty of other ways to get that caffeine boost. Again, just my opinion though - maybe it really is the sublime ambrosia to the rest of the word that it's implied to be.
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7-20-2009 @5:24PM Numb said... *to the rest of the WORLD*
...pardon my typo.
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7-20-2009 @6:29PM B said... Seattle. This blog just got a little more silly for even asking.
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7-20-2009 @7:41PM capdavis said... Portland for sure!
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7-20-2009 @10:30PM Jourdan said... Milwaukee has the best coffee culture, hands down. Alterra is amazing, but Stone Creek knocks everyone out of the water.
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7-20-2009 @11:12PM Gobo said... Yes, Numb, coffee is an acquired taste, just like anything else, really. But even when I first tried it, I never thought it tasted like "burnt fecal matter". I'm guessing you've tried the worst coffee imaginable. In any case, yes, I do think it tastes delicious, and think that coffee-flavored foods are also delicious. It has a rich, warm, bittersweet flavor.
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7-20-2009 @11:29PM coffee nut said... The word "best" can mean so much. But I would say without hesitation that Seattle - the Northwest - has the MOST coffee culture. It is deep and wide. When you have two or more coffeehouses on one intersection, nay, many intersections, that spells widespread culture.
Why, there's even a book JUST about drive-through coffee stands in the Northwest. Ok, I wrote it, but the point is that I am able to sell it because so many people here are so into coffee as a culture. In many other cities where a lot of great coffeehouses exist, a lot of people don't even realize there is such a thing as a coffee culture.
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7-21-2009 @1:36AM fidget said... Vancouver BC is a great coffee city with numerous topnotch roasters and independent cafes.
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7-23-2009 @8:31PM Greg Sherwin said... I voted Portland, and I'm a longtime SF resident. Seattle is a good second in the list, but it has too many lame coffee shops at the median level to be ranked first -- despite its many top-notch and industry leading cafes.
But all the NY votes make me wonder if some folks never leave the boroughs.
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