coffee shops around the world

Sustainably sourced specialty coffee beans are the name of the game at this hidden away little cafe, which also has an excellent tea selection. It gets particularly busy at the weekends, when theres a special brunch menu, with items such as French toast stuffed with maple syrup bananas.

Theres a whole range of coffee methods to choose from at this popular joint, from cold brew to aeropress. The cafe offers four single origin coffees per month, and you can take away bags of beans to use at home, too.

Dating all the way back to the thirties, this coffee shop and roastery in the heart of Rome is an institution. Have an espresso, and watch the world go by.

Workshop Coffee, which has a handful of branches across the capital, is dedicated to offering the the sweetest, cleanest and freshest coffee we can. Owner James Dickson, who founded the firm in 2011, says My vision was to bring the cafe culture of Australia, which at the time was miles ahead of anything we had in Britain, together with the sourcing and roasting ideas from Europe, so that customers would hear, see and smell the coffee being roasted.

Just a few minutes walk from Shibuya station, Double Tall is one of the best places to get a decent brew in Tokyo.The beans are excellent quality, but its also known for its elegant latte art In 2008 a barista from the cafe won Japans first ever latte art contest.

One of Istanbuls most famous coffee stops is Fazil Bey, which has existed since the 1920s. Top notch Brazilian beans are roasted and ground on site, then brewed in a traditonal cevze (a small copper pan with a long handle) before being served with a piece of Turkish delight.

Clocking in at number three on our list of best roasters in the country, Madcaps put Grand Rapids on the coffee map and set themselves apart from other shops by offering tasting flights, serving espresso in snifters to emphasize the intense aromatics, and implementing a zero waste policy by trading trash cans for bus bins and sorting all of their trash into compost and recyclables.

Equal parts coffee roaster, bakery, and a community center, the French Press is such a large part of Santa Barbara that they actually hold a farmers market in the parking lot. And even though theyve got one of the top baristas in the world behind the bar, they still pride themselves on customer service over coffee knowledge.