I'll still take Dunkins any day. That's friggin' coffee!

A teaspoon full of folgers washed down with lukewarm tap water for me!

Mostly pictures of signs. Were they not allowed inside some of these places?

/too trendy for this slideshow

That's MacBook^® Pro, actually,

Meh. Dip any dog into a bath of warm water and you've got beverage enough for at least a day.

Nem Wan: That's MacBook® Pro, actually,

OH NAPS!

Nothing in San Francisco. Good. The hipsters are going to get their panties all in a twist.

/They buy an obscure make of pre-twisted panties. You've probably never heard of them.

I predict a... HIPSTER THREAD!!!

Stainless steel French Press, grinder, and a handful of beans. That is all I need to live amongst the gods.

fusillade762: I predict a... HIPSTER THREAD!!!


MacBook? Pfft. I'll bring my Newton.

OgreMagi: Nothing in San Francisco. Good. The hipsters are going to get their panties all in a twist.

/They buy an obscure make of pre-twisted panties. You've probably never heard of them.

Wrong (check again). Probably. Made out of recycled fixie tires I assume.

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Coffee is lame

I'm not a serious coffee drinker, but am always amused by the staggering douchebaggery surrounding it.

When I do have a cup of joe, I like it like I like my women: dark and bitter.

RoyBatty: OgreMagi: Nothing in San Francisco. Good. The hipsters are going to get their panties all in a twist.

/They buy an obscure make of pre-twisted panties. You've probably never heard of them.

Wrong (check again). Probably. Made out of recycled fixie tires I assume.

My bad. I missed that Philz is in SF. They'll still get their panties in a twist because Philz is too well known to be cool.

I always wanted to go drink coffee at Central Perk like the gang on Friends

OgreMagi: Nothing in San Francisco. Good. The hipsters are going to get their panties all in a twist.

/They buy an obscure make of pre-twisted panties. You've probably never heard of them.

Philz is in San Fransisco...sorry...

...and Denver got represented?

On a side note, I'm going to have to agree with Wrong_Intentions on the Dunkin' coffee....The one thing I miss about Dallas...

Hell, I'm just happy to see flipnotics made the cut. That said, we have a coffee shop up here in the suburbs called Kenny's that makes a blueberry coffee during the fall. If any Austin Farkers are in the wells branch neighborhood & need a caffeine fix, I certainly recommend it.

/Austin native

Coffee nerds are just potential wine snobs who are terrified of getting drunk.

/beer FTW

wambu: When I do have a cup of joe, I like it like I like my women: dark and bitter.

Not ground up in the freezer?

How in the hell is KramerBooks and Afterwords (DC) not on this list? I mean, their website is terrible, but if you're drunk, awake at 4:30 am on a Saturday in Washington, DC and you need a decent breakfast with great coffee, odds are you've been there. And even though it's been years since I went, the bookstore was great. They always had a few big sellers and then nothing but eclectic books you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else, even in well run used-book stores.

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What's a MAC?

/I fit 3 of the 4 stereotypes you just presented. ; )
//No Portland shops?

I suck coffee straight from a unicorn's ass.

...Well, that and Taco Bueno. Or Raising Cain's...

Good coffee is good, who gives a shiat about the building?

I get my red eye in the winter and an iced coffee the rest of the time from M. E. Swing in DC every single freakin' day. I cannot tell you much about the interior, who cares?

M. E. Swing = great coffee.

Nina Haagen Dazs: miltonbabbitt: Stainless steel French Press, grinder, and a handful of beans. That is all I need to live amongst the gods.

I had to smart you , I'm so happy with my french press I can't imagine drinking coffee i don't make myself.

I use an Aeropress.

On a serious note, if you can, treat yourself to some Stumptown Roasters coffee. It's much better than Starbucks, and since they roast their own coffees the quality is lightyears ahead of the coffee served by the cafes in the article (which are mostly brewing bulk Illy coffee, for the most part)

AverageAmericanGuy: On a serious note, if you can, treat yourself to some Stumptown Roasters coffee. It's much better than Starbucks, and since they roast their own coffees the quality is lightyears ahead of the coffee served by the cafes in the article (which are mostly brewing bulk Illy coffee, for the most part)

That is very good coffee, but I don't think it counts as "indie" anymore. I'm pretty sure an investment group bought them out, which makes it unattractive to hipsters.

/ but not to me....

Eshy: MAC

Media Access Control. It's the ID of a network card, physical or virtual. Maybe it's a hyper-correction of how some geek-wannabe thinks Macintosh should be abbreviated.

Forbidden Doughnut: AverageAmericanGuy: On a serious note, if you can, treat yourself to some Stumptown Roasters coffee. It's much better than Starbucks, and since they roast their own coffees the quality is lightyears ahead of the coffee served by the cafes in the article (which are mostly brewing bulk Illy coffee, for the most part)

That is very good coffee, but I don't think it counts as "indie" anymore. I'm pretty sure an investment group bought them out, which makes it unattractive to hipsters.

/ but not to me....

As long as they keep the quality up, I'm happy to pad the pockets of those investors.

PsyLord: Nina Haagen Dazs: miltonbabbitt: Stainless steel French Press, grinder, and a handful of beans. That is all I need to live amongst the gods.

I had to smart you , I'm so happy with my french press I can't imagine drinking coffee i don't make myself.

I use an Aeropress.

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I'll bet you don't even grow your own beans.

Is there a difference between a coffee house and a coffee shop? A coffee shop (house?) in my mind is a dark, intimidating, and dingy place with acceptable coffee, jazz ensembles, and weeknight open-mic poetry readings. The coffee is there to keep people going until the early morning closing time while washing down the tar and nicotine.

PsyLord: Nina Haagen Dazs: miltonbabbitt: Stainless steel French Press, grinder, and a handful of beans. That is all I need to live amongst the gods.

I had to smart you , I'm so happy with my french press I can't imagine drinking coffee i don't make myself.

I use an Aeropress.

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I like coffee, so I looked that up. It turns out I don't like coffee nearly enough to work that hard for it.

I got one of these for Christmas two years ago, and as long as you only drink a cup or two a day, it's about the best coffee maker for the truly lazy:



I mean, you have to remove the brewing cup if you want to make another cup of coffee, but otherwise it's the kind of invention that really comes into its own in modern-day America. I don't have to do shiat, and I get a pretty good cup of coffee. I got tired of refilling the reservoir so I hooked up a siphon to a 3 gallon plastic water jug, thus reducing my effort even further.

Flipnotics makes some of the worst coffee in Austin and does not deserve to be on the list.

Eshy: litespeed74: Token MAC- check
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What's a MAC?

It's kind of like a VIN for network cards.

I love the fact that they had two Starbucks in the same city listed.

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This made me think of rufus wainwright :

" If drinkin' coffee's your idea of really cool
You can't expect no crazy chick to notice you
Just sittin' there dreamin' instant pleasure
Instant pleasure, instant pleasure Instant pleasure, instant pleasure"

Irrelevant? Sure. Could just be the box wine playing dj?

If this was 1998 we'd have Insomnia in Deep Ellum (Dallas nightclub spot) on the list.

Sigh... I haven't even been around Deep Ellum in five years. But my hearing is too valuable, and there isn't a nightclub down there you can carry on a conversation at.

And my choice of coffee? QT.

UsikFark: Eshy: MAC

Media Access Control. It's the ID of a network card, physical or virtual. Maybe it's a hyper-correction of how some geek-wannabe thinks Macintosh should be abbreviated.

I think you're giving him too much credit.

UsikFark: Eshy: MAC

Media Access Control. It's the ID of a network card, physical or virtual. Maybe it's a hyper-correction of how some geek-wannabe thinks Macintosh should be abbreviated.

Actually, the MAC is the block of hardware that talks to the physical (PHY) interface. The MAC Address is what you said.

/ You asked
// Actually, you didn't

Lsherm: How in the hell is KramerBooks and Afterwords (DC) not on this list? I mean, their website is terrible, but if you're drunk, awake at 4:30 am on a Saturday in Washington, DC and you need a decent breakfast with great coffee, odds are you've been there. And even though it's been years since I went, the bookstore was great. They always had a few big sellers and then nothing but eclectic books you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else, even in well run used-book stores.

I have been there! (Never heard of any of the ones in the slideshow.)

Had time to kill waiting for some people, am a coffee addict, my bag was heavy, I wanted to sit down, so I went in there. Quite enjoyed some coffee, unfortunately my bag just got heavier because I ended up buying a buncha books, too.

Kar98: Eshy: litespeed74: Token MAC- check
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What's a MAC?

It's kind of like a VIN for network cards.

What's a VIN? Is that like a male version of a Snookie or something?

I'd rather take my iBook G4 to the Waffle House and have a really nice unlimited refills cup of black coffee for $1.35.

As a misplaced Alaskan I still miss Kaladi Bros.

Sludgetown is ok but not great.

Lsherm: I mean, you have to remove the brewing cup if you want to make another cup of coffee

They make a high end version that dumps the used k-cup into a bin for you.

Unless your café looks like this, you're just fronting and posing, and might as well eat with the animals.