Peddler Coffee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
On a mini escape from New York City, I randomly decided to drive to Philly with my best friend Johnny. Why? Because it’s the closest big city for me to feel like I’m on vacation and know that I will still find good food and coffee.
My first stop was Peddler Coffee, listed as one of Eater’s top coffeeshops in Philly. Since I’ve never been before, I decided to take myself on a walk from my hotel this sunny Saturday morning.
The coffeshop is super cozy with exposed brick walls and reclaimed wood counters. I love the raw tree trunk table tops and dream about having tables like these in my coffeeshop back in Brooklyn. I learned that they roast their own coffee nearby and offer a hand-full of single-origin beans that you can get Chemex’d (”pourover”). The espresso is currently a single-origin “Santa Candida” Nicaraguan. I got a Chemex of a naturally processed Ethiopian from Guji Zone. It is “darkish” roasted with a really thick and juicy body almost like a melted dark chocolate. The flavors are well-balanced with notes of strawberry and fig jam and a hint of pineapple on the finish.
As I sit at the bar in the front window, drinking my coffee, I’m admiring the window decal of their geometric logo and enjoying how unusually warm it is on this February morning and honestly, just really excited to not be in New York City right now.
