Porto has become one of Europe's most interesting specialty coffee cities without making much noise about it. This six-stop crawl moves from the cafes and microroasteries of Bonfim in the east, through the city centre, and out to the Cedofeita arts quarter where some of the finest baking in Portugal awaits.

13 August 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Lancaster

Six independent stops in Lancaster's compact city centre, anchored by Britain's oldest surviving coffee roaster and ranging from a hidden 1730s Palladian pavilion to a plant-based bakery on Great John Street.

11 August 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Vienna

Six independent Vienna stops from the historic first district out to Mariahilfer Strasse, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.

10 August 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Durham

Six independent Durham stops from North Road down to the Cathedral peninsula and across Elvet Bridge, each open about its coffee and its bakes.

7 August 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 5 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Berlin

From the roasting garage in Prenzlauer Berg to the grain-store cafe in Friedrichshain, Berlin has built one of Europe's most technically serious specialty scenes. This route crosses the city's creative quarters in six stops.

6 August 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 8 min

A coffee and cake crawl through London

Six independent London stops, east to west, each open about the roaster, the machine and what is on the cake counter. Start in Hackney and finish in Chiswick.

5 August 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Derby

Six independent Derby stops running from the Market Place through the Cathedral Quarter and out to Abbey Street, each confirmed genuine and open in 2026.

4 August 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 7 min

The best independent coffee shops in Venice: a sestiere-by-sestiere crawl

From the last working roastery in the historic centre to a 1742 pasticceria near Rialto, six stops through the best independent coffee and cake in Venice.

3 August 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Cheltenham

Six independent Cheltenham stops from the Regency centre through Montpellier to the village suburbs of Charlton Kings and Leckhampton, each open about the roaster and the cake on the counter.

31 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Milan

Six independent Milan stops in order from Brera through Porta Venezia and down to the Navigli canals, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.

30 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 5 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Bristol

Six Bristol stops from Wogan and Full Court Press to Bakesmiths in Clifton, each naming the roaster, the machine behind the bar and what is on the cake counter.

29 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Istanbul

Six stops across two continents, connected by a Bosphorus ferry: the European-side roasters of Cihangir, Beyoğlu, and Karaköy, then the Asian-side scene in Moda and Yeldeğirmeni.

27 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 5 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Edinburgh

Six independent Edinburgh stops from Cairngorm and Fortitude in the New Town to Williams and Johnson in Leith, each open about the roaster, the machine and what is behind the bar.

22 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Budapest

From a Modbar-equipped hideout in Buda Castle to a courtyard roastery in the Jewish Quarter, these six independent cafes trace the Danube crossing that turned Budapest into one of Central Europe's most exciting specialty coffee cities.

20 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Prague

Six independent Prague stops running from Smíchov across the river through Nové Město, down to Vinohrady and east to Karlín before finishing in Holešovice, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.

16 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Krakow

Six independent Krakow stops running from Kleparz through the Old Town and Kazimierz across the Vistula to Podgorze and Zablocie, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.

13 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Lisbon

Six independent Lisbon stops from Chiado and Príncipe Real down through Bica and Misericórdia to Alcântara, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.

9 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Rome

Six independent Rome stops from Sallustiano west through the historic centre to Prati, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.

6 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Madrid

Six independent Madrid stops from La Latina and Lavapiés north through Malasaña to Conde Duque, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.

2 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 5 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Harrogate

From a Scandinavian bakehouse on Oxford Street to a vinyl bar on Cold Bath Road, then out by train to a roastery in Knaresborough Castle Courtyard: six genuinely independent stops across a North Yorkshire spa town that takes coffee seriously.

1 July 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Barcelona

Six independent Barcelona stops running from El Born up through the Eixample to Gràcia, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.

29 June 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Amsterdam

Six independent Amsterdam stops in a walkable order from the old centre down to De Pijp, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.

25 June 2026 Read →

Town crawls · 4 min

A coffee and cake crawl through Paris

Six independent Paris stops from the Palais Royal across to the Canal Saint-Martin, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.

25 June 2026 Read →

Explainers · 6 min

How to read a specialty coffee menu

Single origin, washed, natural, batch brew, the lot. A plain-English guide to what the words on the board actually mean.

12 June 2026 Read →

Explainers · 7 min

Espresso machines, explained for the curious

Why we put the machine on every listing, and what a La Marzocco, a Slayer or a Kees van der Westen actually changes in the cup.

10 June 2026 Read →