The staff is some of the friendliest around, and the literal cottage-core aesthetic makes it a cozy place to get caffeinated before a day exploring downtown Phoenix. Enjoy Chef prepared farm to table breakfast entrees while listening to live coffeehouse music every weekend during Saturday and Sunday brunch hours. Latte’s often come with a variety of delicious flavour choices too, ranging from vanilla to hazelnut. I had a conversation with Ben de la Garza and Taylor Benjamin de la Garza (brothers) from Sonoita Coffee Roasters a few weeks ago and came away with these interesting tidbits. Turkish Coffee: Style of unfiltered coffee made with extra fine ground coffee beans brought to the boil often with sugar added.

Grown in limited quantities and picked and processed entirely separately to the rest of the farm's lots. On the slightly negative side, the page number location takes a bit of getting used to as it is quite small under the relevant letter in the 5-cm wide margin and is hard to read in poor light.For us here at Alchemy, we would say yes, a little bit of acidity in coffee is a good thing, as long as it is balanced and doesn’t dominate.

Created by a 55-year-old farmer from Canton Los Llanitos, this stellar coffee has a narrative that spans over three decades. Just steps from the Phoenix Public Library, across from the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Theater Company and the world famous Heard Museum, and near the Arizona School for the Arts, Giant Coffee has become part of a diverse and creative downtown arts scene by brewing good coffee and treating everyone with kindness.

Nestled in a cute cottage-style house built in 1904, Songbird Coffee stands as a Phoenix classic that has withstood the test of time. However fear not, we’ve put together a quick A-Z on the most commonly used coffee-lingo out there and exactly what they mean, so you can feel a bit more “in-the-know”. Cupping: The standard technique used by coffee professionals to taste and measure the quality of coffee.