Pours & Pulls

The Handy Guide to Seattle Coffee Shops

Where to explore the traditions that built this coffee town—and the hottest new beans.

02/17/2026 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Darren Davis

Friday Feed

Yoka Tea Is Pouring, De La Soil Is Cooking, and the Wayland Mill Is Baking

The matcha café wave is on its way.

05/09/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Grande Dreams

Miss Café Followed the Mermaid’s Call to Seattle

Meral Embal slowly brewed her love of coffee and Turkish traditions into the Pike Place Market shop.

04/15/2025 By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid

Vigor Mortis

Café Dulzura Is Dead Set on Sharing Mexican Culture

It’s always Día de los Muertos at this Boulevard Park coffee shop.

01/14/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Tea Party (Not that Kind)

Where to Have Afternoon Tea in Seattle

From kid-free sophistication to on-site hats and fascinators. With lots of champagne in between.

11/18/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Short Stop

A Tea Party for the Ages in Victoria, BC

The pinkies-up treat at the Fairmont Empress Hotel has to be sipped to be believed.

07/01/2022 By Allison Williams

Short Stops

A Small-Town Coffee Shop Flourishes Deep in the Cascades

Sky River Coffee set up in an old Skykomish hotel to bridge history and community.

05/18/2022 By Allison Williams

Boba's Best

16 Seattle Boba Shops Worth a Sip

From established Taiwanese chains to mom-and-pop shops, our array of bubble tea spots brims with fantastic drink creations.

03/16/2022 By Ann Karneus

Coffee Collabs

Caffe Vita Now Powers KEXP’s Cafe in Seattle Center

The new Vita at KEXP adds more food (and hockey hours) but keeps the La Marzocco connection.

10/13/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Just Brew It

Never Have I Ever: Had a Cup of Coffee

This could be habit-forming.

09/16/2021 By Allison Williams

Foam Party

Robust Developments in Seattle's Vietnamese Coffee Scene

A new spate of cafes—Hello Em, Phin, Coffeeholic House—offers Seattle more than caffeine (but also lots of caffeine).

03/01/2021 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Field Notes

The Glory, and the Cronuts, of Temple Pastries

Some truly impressive, very buttery things are happening inside this new Central District bakeshop.

12/17/2020 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

ANCHORS AWEIGH

Anchorhead Coffee Will Open Its Fourth Location at Pike Place Market

Move aside, cronuts... And hellooo, Quaffles.

02/12/2020 By Nicole Pasia

BUZZING IDEA

A Vietnamese Coffee Shop Is Coming to Columbia City

Coffeeholic House will give Vietnam's stronger Robusta beans and sweet preparation a home in Seattle.

02/11/2020 By Marisa Comeau-Kerege

Coffee Shakeups

Caffe Vita Has a New Owner

Restaurateur Deming Maclise now runs one of the city's seminal coffee brands.

01/10/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do July 12–14

A blues chanteuse, Costa Rica's best coffee beans, and a West African quintet that marries tradition and funk.

07/12/2019 By Sam Jones and Jonathan Olsen-Koziol

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: A Protest at Slate and Poke in Kirkland

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

06/28/2019 By Courtney Cummings and Philip Kiefer

Mr. Beanless

Is Coffeeless Coffee the Next Impossible Burger?

The founders of Atomo have created a purportedly more sustainable coffee—in a lab, without using a single bean.

05/29/2019 By Stefan Milne

Coffee Break

Fran's Is the Best-Kept Coffee Secret at University Village

Mall-goers looking for a Starbucks alternative don’t have to wait for Mr. West to open—just head to Fran’s Chocolates.

02/12/2019 By Anne Dennon

End of the Line

Two New Seattle Apps Promise Shorter Wait Times

But do they really spell death to the traditional queue?

11/20/2018 By James Ross Gardner

Seattle Met

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