#nyc coffee

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café integral

Beautiful, clean, small space. Killer music. Friendly staff. And look at that typography.

My favorite coffee shop of all those I visited in NYC, café integral is a roaster as well as a café. Founded by Cesar Vega (whom I met but didn’t know it at the time), they roast only Nicaraguan coffees, taking extra care to partner with the farmers. They have this statement on the home page of their (gorgeous) website:

We have a simple and singular goal: to produce and source the finest Nicaraguan coffees on earth. It takes hard work and we're committed to it. Our producers are our partners and we collaborate with them day in and out to make the best of every picking, lot, and harvest. We don't spend a few days on the farms each year - we spend months. We do it because we believe it's the only way.

Now that’s good practice right there.

And boy did their coffee live up to the hype. I had the Samaria with notes of strawberry candy, dark chocolate, and spice on Chemex. If I were better at notes, I’d tell you if those were accurate. Unfortunately I’m not at that level yet. One day. All I can tell you is that it was tasty, and I had it twice.

The second time I visited, I was able to talk with two of the staff members, the founder and a barista who was just starting at the shop. I talked to them about the back order of Kalita filters, how delicious Chemex coffee is, and how I hope I’ll get to work in coffee someday. They even let me take their picture. Talking with baristas is probably one of my favorite things to do in a coffee shop, so, needless to say, I was very pleased.

Vega, the owner, is on the left. I was too much of a dork to get the barista’s name at the time.

café integral would be a great shop to meet someone for a quiet talk or to sit at the bar and do some work at the window. Frankly, this place would be good for anything as long as you weren’t looking for a noisy, packed shop or someplace that didn’t look fashionably hipster and classy.

Thumbs up from me café integral. 10/10 would recommend. Keep up the good work.

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P.P.S. More pictures to come in separate posts to make reblogging pics you like easier.

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matcha, laptop, notebook, and the little window seat that somehow costs $14 to sit in working from a cafe is not a random treat anymore. it has its own line in the budget, which feels rude but accurate.

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Think coffee

Okay so think coffee has like a bazillion locations which is cool because you generally want to have a good version of Starbucks that isn't Starbucks if that makes sense? And I feel like this kind of fills that void in Manhattan for me just like the tiniest bit.

Anyway this is the one that's on 3rd because I walked from Irving farms that new one and I was like oh my God there's a think over here and I've never been there because I've been to the other things like two or three that I've been to otherwise that are okay but this one let me tell you what it is my favorite.

So the space is really good I feel like when you walk in it's easy to navigate and it's not like a weird wishy-washy maze kind of thing that some cafes kind of get I don't know it's just New York buildings I guess whatever. But there's like so many seats that are open and I found easily one to sit in and kind of chill there was a couple of outlets it wasn't like a lot of them but it was enough for I guess whoever needed them to kind of like share whatever and it did get a little busy in the afternoon granted this was like a Sunday and that was after the football game where Argentina won, so I think it's fair to say that was expected.

I always like things selection of coffee I think their prices are pretty fair usually you know that average 10 bucks whatever you know and you're going to get good coffee and like a pastry or something also they had like other food that they were cooking and it smelled so freaking good I was like yum please!!

I'll give this 10 out of 10 Kikis because honestly it kind of filled every vibe that I need I mean it had good Wi-Fi and had a outlets and had space and had good food and good prices and good coffee and actually I drink just the hot chocolate this time but that was like super good so I liked it.

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Irving farms coffee

Welp I stopped in at the new location which I think used to be third rail coffee because it said I was where they're real coffee was but I didn't see it but then again my GPS system is like the devil so I don't know.

It was pretty good it was pretty minimal they don't have Wi-Fi there because I guess they're just encouraging people to like actually have like a quick meal you know and then just beat scoot but like for that purpose it serves very well I mean there's outlets if you're just doing stuff like not needing an internet or whatever yeah that's perfect place for you to kind of get away from that and do a little bit of work too.

Their cost is like about 10 bucks average for things I mean they have like sandwiches and stuff but then the coffee's obviously like a little bit cheaper depending on what you like put in it or whatever but I did have their iced coffee and it was like super smooth so that's worth getting.

7 out of 10 Kiki's, it seems it has another location I might vibe with better. This one was off west 3rd.

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hello. i live in nyc. i am from texas originally, houston suburbs near galveston, and have only been here since may 2022. i am stupid obsessed with finding THE ultimate nyc cafe that gives me what i need:

outlets, good wi fi, ok price, plenty of space, and whatever else. i write as a hobby so for me finding a perfect place to post up, buy some grub and suds, and get to work is pretty much goals.

i also want to find places that are pleasing in ways that inspire i guess. like, you know, its easy to find a sbux that gives you the basics but is it cute?? is it fuckin cute????? well i will tell you on a scale of 0 to 10 kikis.

thats my cat

she is extremely cute.

anywayyy maybe one day people will realize this exists and is actually updated and stuff and will want to support the cause. sweet. i will be spending free time (usually weekends) exploring all five boroughs to bring you the info you need to decide where to go.

questions? hmu.