Good coffee in strange places

adrian522

So, if you been somewhere, local or foreign and you've gone out of your way to find some good coffee why not share?

I'll start,

San Sebastian, Spain

Coffee fix, La brexta, near to the old town.

Not great by international standards, but a cut above the local competition.

caviardreams

Not necessarily strange places but if people are round the Dublin coastline over the summer and fancy a coffee I would recommend:

Bear Market near Blackrock Dart station (think they do Cloudpicker stuff amongst others)

Hatch near Sandycove/Glasthule station (just opened up, serving 3FE)

Two Beans Coffee in Dun Laoghaire (haven't been (bean ) there in a while but when I was they had Silverskin beans.

Somebody needs to do a dart line coffee stops map

BailMeOut

Apple Green on the N7 as you are leaving Dublin. Bizarrely good coffee considering it is a petrol station.

J_E

Chocolate Brown in Portlaoise - good selection of drinks, decent fare

Cafe Q in Nenagh - just awesome coffee there! Probably one of the best I've had in a cafe in Ireland.

Takk in Manchester - I've never had a flat white as flavorful and exciting to drink, have forever been trying to match it.

Esel

Civets 'make' the best beans, apparently.

I can never confirm that,

Because.... 'cat' crap.

Bawnmore

For Galway City, I'd recommend Urban Grind on Dominic St.. Very nice and they know their stuff in there.

A little further afield, but for Oughterard, Hallorans would be my recommendation.

SpannerMonkey

Hook and Ladder in Limerick
or
Suas in Ennis

Suas won a poll for the best cup of coffee in ireland last year and was in top 10 in irish times

jeepers101

I've had a LOT of coffee in Dublin and the best I've had is from roasted brown in temple bar. The coffee shop itself is very basic but they roast their own in Co. Wicklow afaik.

I was put onto it by Cocu, who brew roasted brown and have baristas trained by the same dude. Cocu's coffee is equally as good if that's handier for you.

wilsixon

Pudding Row in Easkey, Sligo

Cafe Rua in Castlebar

Unfortunately I'm stuck in the middle in Ballina, which doesn't have anything great!

babybuilder

Gap coffee Bridgend CO. Donegal near Derry. Had a great cappuccino not normally my drink of choice but fantastic.

Esel

Sorry for slight thread derail.

Has anyone had heart palpitations from too much caffeine? I had, once. No pain, but my heart was doing a drum solo; weird dizzy-type feeling as well.

SpannerMonkey

once drank 3 large costa coffees while i was on a diet and had next to nothing eaten . was like being on drugs , felt loopey . and i drink a lot of coffee normally .only time it ever happened never since

pjproby

Deansgrange Cemetery coffee shop. Great coffee.

Markcheese

Esel wrote:

Has anyone had heart palpitations from too much caffeine? I had, once. No pain, but my heart was doing a drum solo; weird dizzy-type feeling as well.

All the time , 2 double shots and i'd be hyper giddy and my eyes would hurt...
Better than I used to be though- :-)

Slaphead07

The Hopsack Heath Food store in The Swan Shopping Centre Rathmines has great coffee. "Art of Coffee" is just across the way if you prefer something more mainstream.

just-joe

Lots of great places for coffee but most of them not too strange... :eek:

I have had coffee in an outdoor onsen (public hot springs in Japan, everybody is naked) before. Coffee was from a can and was terrible but it was definitely strange

maxwell smart

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

once drank 3 large costa coffees while i was on a diet and had next to nothing eaten . was like being on drugs , felt loopey . and i drink a lot of coffee normally .only time it ever happened never since

I'd say that was more from all the sugar in their coffee rather than the caffeine!!

Vietnam
Hands down the best coffee ever.
They also do a sweet iced coffee that is beautiful

Iolar Iontach

Smithfield has three speciality coffee shops now - Proper Order, Provender & Family, and (my personal favourite) Urbanity! This time six months ago, it was a bit of a wasteland!

writhen

Pónaire in Newport, Co. Tipperary.

J_E

Iolar Iontach wrote: »

Smithfield has three speciality coffee shops now - Proper Order, Provender & Family, and (my personal favourite) Urbanity! This time six months ago, it was a bit of a wasteland!

Not exactly true, Third Space, Oscars and Cinnamon have always been there. Across the river is a newer place, Craft Coffee Roasters but I haven't tried that yet.

cmac2009

adrian522 wrote: »

So, if you been somewhere, local or foreign and you've gone out of your way to find some good coffee why not share?

I'll start,

San Sebastian, Spain

Coffee fix, La brexta, near to the old town.

Not great by international standards, but a cut above the local competition.

Not sure if Sakona was opened when you were there. It's right up there with the best I've had anywhere. Guy that owns it was previously a barista champion I believe

Springwell

Roasted Brown coffee from Thru the Green (coffee drive through run out of a shipping container opposite the central mental hospital!) - makes 8am lectures tolerable

Roadtoad

My American friend swears by the coffee in many Mc Donalds. Anyone support that, or compare US to Irish McD coffee?
Same woman couldn't make a cup of t to save her life.

van_beano

The Cracked Nut on Camden St

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spurious

Roadtoad wrote: »

My American friend swears by the coffee in many Mc Donalds. Anyone support that, or compare US to Irish McD coffee?
Same woman couldn't make a cup of t to save her life.

I was quite surprised at the coffee in McDonald's (Ireland). It's a long way from the worst I have ever had.

Roadtoad

Roadtoad wrote: »

My American friend swears by the coffee in many Mc Donalds. Anyone support that, or compare US to Irish McD coffee?
Same woman couldn't make a cup of t to save her life.

In fairness, the coffee in McCafe is lovely!

I don't eat McDonald's but given a choice of takeaway coffee, Mc cafe wins every time

jive

McDonald's coffee is probably the best coffee from a chain (vs the likes of garages, convenience stores, etc.) plus it's usually less than half the price of other places. Also, as usual with McDonald's, no matter where you get it you know it'll be consistent!

lubie76

Osta cafe in Sligo town is amazing- not to be confused with Costa the more expensive and inferior chain coffee shop.

adrian522

Any Berlin recommendations? I've heard The Barn mentioned, anywhere else?

Enrico Palazzo

bubblypop wrote: »

Vietnam
Hands down the best coffee ever.
They also do a sweet iced coffee that is beautiful

Now that's really strange considering that Vietnam is known to produce possibly the worst coffee in the world

BailMeOut

Enrico Palazzo wrote: »

Now that's really strange considering that Vietnam is known to produce possibly the worst coffee in the world

Me too, I thought Vietnam is where all the instant coffee comes from.

J_E

There's something to be said for a sweet iced Vietnamese coffee though.

Squall Leonhart

bubblypop wrote: »

Vietnam
Hands down the best coffee ever.
They also do a sweet iced coffee that is beautiful

J_E wrote: »

There's something to be said for a sweet iced Vietnamese coffee though.

I've had a few iced coffees in Vietnam, coffee poured over whats best described as an icy coconut sorbet/icecream thing, tastes absolutely fabulous.

donnacha

adrian522 wrote: »

Any Berlin recommendations? I've heard The Barn mentioned, anywhere else?

Sprudge have a good run down, looks like plenty of options for you pre and post marathon

http://sprudge.com/great-coffee-berlin-vol-1-56503.html

http://sprudge.com/sprudge-guide-to-great-coffee-in-berlin-volume-ii-80840.html


Update: they actually have a bunch of more recent guides for Berlin
http://sprudge.com/prenzlauer-berg-guide-99022.html
http://sprudge.com/mitte-neighborhood-guide-91391.html
http://sprudge.com/kreuzberg-coffe-guide-90974.html

adrian522

Good stuff. I'll be filling my carry on with coffee beans for the return journey!