A field guide to independent coffee325 shops · 8 cities · zero chains Verified by hand · No chains admitted
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Independent coffee, catalogued
The Guide Shop Types
The key

How a shop gets filed

Every entry in the guide is classified as one of 3 shop types. The type is how the shop actually operates — not what its sign says — and it decides which index it lands in. 325 entries, all of them checked by hand.

3
Shop Types in the key
325
Entries classified
8
Cities covered
0
Chains admitted
I

Cafés

70 entries

Sit-down rooms where the coffee shares a menu — and nobody rushes you out.

Where they are
San Francisco 15 cafés · California
Denver 13 cafés · Colorado
Minneapolis 10 cafés · Minnesota
Nashville 9 cafés · Tennessee
Portland 9 cafés · Oregon
Austin 8 cafés · Texas

… and 1 more city in the full index.

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II

Coffee Shops

174 entries

Espresso-first counters and neighborhood daily drivers — the shops you walk to.

Where they are
Austin 36 coffee shops · Texas
Minneapolis 32 coffee shops · Minnesota
Portland 30 coffee shops · Oregon
San Francisco 22 coffee shops · California
Seattle 20 coffee shops · Washington
Nashville 19 coffee shops · Tennessee

… and 2 more cities in the full index.

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III

Roasteries

81 entries

Shops that roast their own — buy the beans where they were made.

Where they are
Portland 25 roasteries · Oregon
San Francisco 18 roasteries · California
Seattle 9 roasteries · Washington
Denver 8 roasteries · Colorado
Nashville 8 roasteries · Tennessee
Minneapolis 7 roasteries · Minnesota

… and 1 more city in the full index.

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The other way in
Filed under the wrong type?

The key is only as good as the fieldwork.

If a shop roasts its own and we have it down as a counter, tell us — corrections go back through the same hand-check every entry gets. Not in the guide at all? Send it over.

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