Coffee & Drinks in Charleston I’d been pretty disappointed by the coffee offerings in DC and Baltimore. I just didn’t find much in the way of cafes and what I did find was pretty ordinary. A conspicuous exception was Three Bean in Baltimore which was excellent. Richmond offered a little more with Lamplighter very good. …

Coffee & Drinks in NYC New York City probably represented the booziest few days of the trip so far. And there wasn’t a paired wine selection in sight. Instead, I did a joyful amount of bar hopping pre and post dinner with some good wines and sherries enjoyed with food. I was particularly glad to …

Coffee & Drinks in LA I was lucky to be staying in close proximity to a range of good coffee options during my time in Los Angeles. The first place I visited was Andante Coffee on South Grand Avenue. It was a really impressive little place with just a few seats for sit-in customers and …

Cognoscenti Coffee Los Angeles! After a fairly inauspicious start involving me going mildly apeshit at a 7-Eleven worker and making a bunch of new friends in the process, my first day in the city had important business on the agenda aside from food, for a change. I needed to buy a winter coat ahead of …

Coffee & Drinks in Mexico City On reflection, I probably stayed in the wrong part of town during my time in Mexico City. This wasn’t a particular problem as taxis were a very inexpensive way to scoot about the place. But I didn’t really have much in the way of coffee options to start my …