Ten Cities with the Best Coffee

If you are a coffee lover and enjoys sitting in cafes while on vacation or even after work then you have to include the following cities to your bucket list. These cities have a number of best coffee and coffee cultures. Once you have had experience of this, you cannot go back to your normal everyday coffee. Best to pack some home then!

Europe

1. Vienna, Austria
   UNESCO listed the Viennese Coffee House Culture in 2011 as part of Austria’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is not so much the coffee as it is the café culture. You think you have seen it all in Starbucks where students stay behind to study for hours. However, it is custom for customers in Vienna to stay on for hours reading newspapers and journals, playing cards, talking, and writing. With marble tables and Thonet chairs, Vienna has cafes with décor that you have always imagined European cafes to have.
2. Oslo, Norway
   The Norwegians have revived how people should be drinking their coffees. If you are up for something different, you have to try Norwegian coffee, particularly in Oslo. Dark roasts generally hide the quality of the coffee beans used, but in Norway, the coffee is roasted so lightly that you can taste how perfect the beans are.
3. Lisbon, Portugal
   When you are in Lisbon, do as the Portuguese do; order a Bica coffee. Bica is mostly an espresso shot with sugar. The coffee beans are roasted in a low-and-slow technique that truly emphasizes the flavor. The cafés are all beautifully decorated too.

Americas

1. Sao Paulo, Brazil
   Most of the coffee in the world comes from Brazil. It produces about a third of the world’s coffee. If you are a coffee addict, you can visit Sao Paulo, which is rich in coffee culture. You will absolutely find the perfect cup of coffee here.
2. Vancouver, Canada
   Vancouver is the city in Canada that is gone crazy for coffee. You will spot coffee nearly all over the place; there is more than a Starbucks on most every interchange and small cafes in secluded neighborhoods. By applying Clover, vacuum-pot and cold-brew methods, the baristas emphasize the best taste in first-rate coffee beans. So do not simply settle for chain coffee – search the area and new coffee choices.
3. Havana, Cuba
   In Havana, Cubans are heavy coffee drinkers, it is essential in almost each part of their day, in the mornings or after meals. You have got to drink coffee during your visit to the city as it is part of their culture. Try the Coradito, which is espresso with steamed milk, or the Cafe Cubano, which is espresso with sugar added while it brews.
4. Portland, Oregon
   The community in Portland takes their coffee very seriously. And by seriously, we mean they hold an analysis regarding the coffee’s flavor profile and notes. Just like wine connoisseurs about wine. Some small cafes have taken to roasting their own coffee, so do not be surprised at the selection of coffee that you can find here. Where Seattle’s coffee scene is bustling, Portland’s is cozy and welcoming.
5. Seattle, Washington
   Known globally as the motherland of the coffee giant, Starbucks, Seattle’s people drink more coffee than anyplace else in America. With 35 coffee houses to 100,000 residents, you cannot walk for more than a block in this city without passing one. And you do not just find the biggest coffee brands here; the independent cafes serve mean cups of coffee too.

Asia Pacific

1. Melbourne, Australia
   Melbourne has emerged into the coffee capital of the Asia Pacific, with many declaring it has the best coffee in the world. The baristas here have experimented with and invented many brewing techniques to make the cup you have been looking for all your life. This is another city on the list that has cafes almost everywhere you turn, so skip the chain cafe and head to an independent café instead.
2. Taipei, Taiwan
   Taiwan always had coffee as part of its national heritage, focusing on slow brewing techniques that make its coffee so good, one cup is never enough. Of course, only the best coffee beans are used. Taipei’s coffee culture is vast like many of the cities listed here, but it has a slightly different vibe from the rest that’s worth checking out.