Brooklyn’s Best Local Coffee Roasters
Blue Bottle
Another beloved West Coast transplant, Blue Bottle has been a runaway hit ever since opening up a Williamsburg shop and roastery (the original is in San Francisco) two years ago, and it makes sense.
Between their fastidiously roasted beans — sold to customers no more than 48 hours after roasting — and delightfully elaborate equipment — a Japanese slow-drip machine that painstakingly doles out iced coffee (see above) — their Berry St. cafe has everything both a coffee snob or a casual addict could ever ask for. Did we mention their pastry menu? It’s just as serious as their coffee, if such a thing is possible.