COLD BREW, COAST TO COAST (TO COAST)
Cold-brewed coffee is catching on in cafés from New York
to Hawaii. If you need a quick Toddy fix and can’t wait for
the 12-hour brew, ask your local café for a hit. And then
share the news with our readers by posting your own
review on
forums.craftzine.com. In the meantime, here
are a few gems we found.
Blue Bottle Coffee Kiosk
315 Linden Street, San Francisco (510)653-3394
Weekdays 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
bluebottlecoffee.net
Wander down a side street in Hayes Valley, and you’ll spot
true coffee fanatics lined up in front of what looks like a
garage. The New Orleans-style cold brew adds a hint of
chicory for a velvety chocolate finish. You can also catch
Blue Bottle at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market or at their
new café on Mint Street in SOMA.
—Arwen O’Reilly Griffith
Hawaiian Village Coffee
4405 Honoapiilani Highway, Lahaina, Hawaii
(808)665-1114, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily
hawaiianvillagecoffee.com
Not only is the rich, homemade iced Toddy a must-
taste, but this Maui café — jam-packed with Hawaiiana
memorabilia — is also a must-see. —Carla Sinclair
Intelligentsia
Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea
Chicago and Los Angeles
Weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., weekends 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
intelligentsiacoffee.com
Intelligentsia’s coffee is roasted in antique German
machines with cast iron drums because contemporary
steel roasters don’t heat the batch evenly, says Kyle
Glanville, Intelligentsia’s manager of espresso research
and development, and winner of the 2008 U.S. Barista
Championship. —Mark Frauenfelder
Think Coffee
248 Mercer Street, New York City (212)228-6226
Weekdays 7: 30 a.m. to midnight,
weekends 8 a.m. to midnight
thinkcoffeenyc.com
This airy Washington Square haunt (and haunt it you can,
thanks to late hours and free wireless) thinks so highly of
its iced coffee that the cup they serve it in proclaims “Think
Cold Brewed.” They know whereof they speak. —AG
You can read (or post your own) reader reviews of
cold-brew cafés at
forums.craftzine.com.
Think Coffee
