Seattle Coffee Shops
I dislike corporate coffee. Starbucks coffee tastes muddy, perhaps due to the low quality of bean and long delays between roasting and consumption. Luckily, Seattle has no lack of good coffee shops. My current favorites:
- Cafe Fioré. Has a great location above Golden Gardens Park.
- Espresso Vivace Roasteria. Capitol Hill Titan. Try the chocolate espresso cake.
- Monorail Espresso. Easy to miss, look for the bike couriers.
- Seattle Best Tea (506 South King Street). Okay, not a coffee shop. Amazing oolongs, though.
- Victrola Coffee Roasters. Many creative pastries! Downside: popular.
Dearly departed: Hines Public Market Coffee from Eastlake. Charming (teetering, unsafe) building razed to make way for … more condos! And probably another Starbucks.
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