"Welcome to Five Senses Coffee"

One of the things my role at 5 Senses and in the coffee industry brings is lots of travel. I travel a lot.

I travel to visit coffee growers and coffee exporters, I travel to meet with equipment suppliers, I travel to World Barista Competitions and Specialty Coffee Association conferences around the world, I travel to learn more about coffee and the industry, and I travel to make sure that we are doing things as well as, or better than, others around the world. Hello, jet lag!

All of this travel gives me tons of opportunity to visit different cafés all around the world. It actually becomes a mission of mine to seek and find a place that serves specialty coffee really well on every trip. Here is a list of some of the places I’ve visited that deserve an honourable mention…

United States

Seattle
Espresso Vivace
227 Yale Avenue, Seattle, Washington

Victrola Coffee
411 15th Avenue E, Seattle, Washington
310 E Pike Street, Seattle, Washington

Stumptown Coffee
1115 12th Avenue, Seattle, Washington
616 East Pine, Seattle, Washington

Portland
Stumptown Coffee
4525 SE Division Street, Portland, Oregon
3356 SE Belmont Street, Portland, Oregon
128 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon
1026 SW Stark, Portland, Oregon

Fresh Pot Coffee
4001 N Mississippi Avenue, Portland, Oregon

The Albina Press
4637 North Albina Avenue, Portland, Oregon

New York
Ninth Street Espresso
700 East 9th Street, Manhattan, New York

Gimme Coffee
228 Mott Street, Manhattan, New York

Café Grumpy
224 W 20th Street, Manhattan, New York

Brooklyn
Gimme Coffee
495 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, New York

Gorilla Coffee
97 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

San Fransisco
Ritual Coffee Roasters
495 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, New York

Los Angeles
Intelligentsia
3922 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

Ground Works Coffee

Chicago
Intelligentsia
1850 W Fulton Street, Chicago, Illinois
3123 N Broadway, Chicago, Illinois
53 W Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois
53 E Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois

Canada

Café Sante Veritas
480 bd St-Laurent (coin Notre-Dame), Montréal, QC

Caffé Artigiano
1101 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC
763 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC
740 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC
J-5 925 Main Street, West Vancouver, BC
574 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC
332 – 6th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB
4359 Hastings Street, Burnaby, BC

The Elysian Room
1778 W 5th Avenue, Vancouver

London

Flat White
17 Berwick Street, Soho, London

Square Mile Coffee Roasters
273 Poyser Street, London

Monmouth Coffee Roasters
Borough Markets, Borough High Street, London (Thurs, Fri & Sat only)

France

Alto’s Cafe
97 Rue de Provence, Paris, France (two carts, located on either side of the shopping complex)

Singapore

Peaberry and Pretzel
Blk 106, Clementi Street 12, Unit 01-52, Singapore

New Zealand

Vivace Espresso
474 Tuam Street, Christchurch, New Zealand

Atomic Coffee Roasters
420C New North Road, Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand

Denmark

Coffee Collective
Jægersborggade 10, 2200 København N, Denmark

I’m sure to find new gems as I continue my mission to track down the world’s best coffee haunts, so consider this list a work in progress, which I’ll update regularly. Be sure to check my list before you head overseas so that you, too, can experience some of the world’s best coffee on your travels!