I like coffee, especially cappuccinos. My friend Justine has a fantastic list of good coffeeshops in a few places around the world; read her list too. Also, thanks to the other members of my coffee committee, Deepti, Panda, Rachee, Sagar, and Shoumik for their suggestions!

Note: When it comes to coffee, I mostly evaluate cappuccinos. For pedants, this page additionally contains recommendations for non-coffee items.

Pandemic update: Where I have information, I have included a note on the current cappuccino situation. Please get in touch if you have updates. Stay safe everyone!

• Pandemic update: Most places are closed. Barismo has now re-opened (closes 5pm), and Broadsheet has remained open.
• Ogawa Coffee is the best Boston cappuccino I've had thus far (as an added bonus, the baristas make elaborate latte art designs). George Howell Coffee is also great: the flavor is well balanced, and the baristas pour excellently.
• Barismo and Broadsheet are good options in Cambridge. There's also now a Blue Bottle (Blue Bottle cappucinos are on the acidic side; when I go (rarely), I get the cafe latte instead).
• Area Four has the best cappuccino near the Stata Center. Mamaleh's is also good, and has decent bagels (Bagelsaurus has better bagels but only black coffee).
• Flat Black, near Downtown, is operated by Australians and thus has flat whites; Pavement is a good option if you're in Back Bay (there is now also a Pavement location in Harvard Square, in the student center).
• Kung Fu Tea is a boba chain with a few locations in the Boston area. It's not as good as Asha (see below), but it's decent.
• Old recommendations Crema and Tealuxe in Harvard Square are now gone; Crema has been replaced with a more expensive version of itself called "Bluestone Lane" (I haven't been).

• Pandemic update: Most places are closed. Panda reports 787 Coffee is open and good.
• City of Saints is great. They also serve pastries from Supermoon, freed from their somewhat ostentatious home cafe. Nearby is Third Rail, which is good.
• Near the Met in the Upper East Side, there is Irving Farm. They also have a location in Greenwich Village.
• Caffe Panna has good affogato, but don't get their coffee.
• Black Seed make good (but expensive) bagels.

• The old favorite near Soda Hall, Nefeli Cafe, is now closed. Instead, Yali's in Sutardja Dai Hall is a good option. Don't get a small iced coffee here: these are apparently bad.
• Highwire and Artis are good options if you've just had lunch at Vik's (or are otherwise near the Fourth Street Area).
• Philz is good at non-espresso coffee. There are several locations, including in the South Bay. Their Shattuck Ave. location is now closed. People are sad about this.
• Asha is, as far as I'm concerned, the One True Boba Place.

• Ritual Coffee Roasters is probably my favorite cappuccino in San Francisco.
• Dandelion Chocolate may have chocolate in its name, but they serve great mochas! I recommend the Mission Hot Chocolate or Mission Mocha (they use Four Barrel beans).

• Cafe Venetia is my favorite in Palo Alto. If you're at Stanford, then Coupa Cafe is close to Gates Hall and decent. On the Cal. Ave. side, Pratiksha reports that Backyard Brew is good.
• Coffeebar, in nearby Menlo Park, is also a great option. If you avoid dairy, their oat milk iced latte is good.
• Red Rock Coffee is my favorite in Mountain View.
• Paper Moon (formerly Chromatic), at Lawrence and Stevens Creek (Cupertino), has flat whites. Their cappuccino is too acidic; get the latte.
• Devout is a decent option in Fremont.

• Espresso Vivace has a founder who apparently invented latte art. This has been my first stop after multiple red eye flights.
• La Marzocco Cafe is unique: it serves as a showcase for La Marzocco equipment, and therefore features a rotating selection of roasters. It's colocated with the KEXP radio studio at the Seattle Center, so there's great music.
• Five Stones in Redmond will make you a cappuccino freddo, which is not something you usually see.
• I'm writing this from Floret, in SeaTac Airport near the A gates, which has Stumptown beans and a La Marzocco espresso machine and surprisingly good coffee for an airport. It's also a great option for vegetarian food at the airport.
• Scouting reports: Panda reports that Ada's Discovery Cafe (also in Capitol Hill) and Santo (a bit north of the U-District) are good. Rachee recommends Victrola, with locations in Capitol Hill, downtown, and on Pike St.

• In downtown LA, Don Francisco Cafe Cubana is good, and also has Cubano specialities like pasteles.
• In UCLA/Westwood, Espresso Profeta is a good option. Saffron and Rose is a good ice cream place nearby.
• All the way out in Fullerton, Dripp is good, but expensive.

• My Little Cup is inside the McGill metro station (where else in North America will you find this nice a cafe inside a metro station??). Their pain au chocolat is also delightful.
• Crew Collective is a cafe located within an old bank building, which also contains a coworking space.

Note: Indians mostly drink filter coffee. You can get this basically anywhere, so this list focuses on fancier and more westernized (i.e., cappuccino) places.

• KC Roasters in Bandra is the best cappuccino I have had in Mumbai.
• Blue Tokai is a good default option, with cafes in a few cities around India. There are six Mumbai locations.
• In Kala Ghoda, Kala Ghoda Cafe has good lunch options as well as coffee.
• In Churchgate, where there used to be the long-running Tea Centre, there is now Queen's Deck (neither has a website I can link to). I have visited the Queen's Deck incarnation and can say the tea is good (especially the Assam selections), but I am told it's not quite as good as the old version, especially in the food department. I didn't like the pre-mixed chai; get a black tea and add the milk yourself.

• Oblique is located in an old Victorian warehouse, in accordance with the Portland aesthetic.

• Arioso is colocated with an interior decorations store and flower shop. There's also a Langosh place right around the corner.
• Fekete has a great interior courtyard to sit in, and they serve brunch.

• Nomad Roasters seem to dominate the Barcelona coffee scene. I unfortunately could not visit one of their cafes, but have heard a positive report (thanks, Shiori!).
• CafeCosmo is also an art gallery, and I saw people working as well. They use Nomad beans. They have another location, CafeCometa, which I have not visited.
• Cloudstreet in the Eixample is a nice little pastry shop.

• Java Kai, in Kapa'a, is the best cappuccino on the island (but I prefer their cafe latte). You might also be interested in the Kaua'i Coffee Plantation, but they serve only drip coffee.

• Dineen Coffee Co and Bulldog Coffee are good options in downtown Toronto. Bulldog offers a (presumably Instagram-optimized) "rainbow latte", which I didn't bother with.