Blend Station in Mexico City is the Condesa daytime work cafe on Tamaulipas, a multi-floor specialty coffee room with wifi-friendly seats and the city's deepest remote-work crowd at any given lunch.
Address: Tamaulipas 60, Condesa, Cuauhtemoc, 06140 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
Tierra Garat in Mexico City is the Mexican-coffee chain that pours cafe de olla, atole and Mexican chocolate; the Condesa Tamaulipas branch is the closest sit-down stop for Mexico City coffee traditions.
Signature drink: Cafe de olla
Chiquitito Cafe in Mexico City is the Condesa six-seat espresso bar on Alfonso Reyes, a tiny no-laptop counter that built its reputation on barista training and Mexican single-origin pulls.
Signature drink: Espresso
Cafe Avellaneda in Mexico City is the Coyoacan hole-in-the-wall espresso bar on Higuera, the no-laptop seven-seat counter where barista Geovanni Salas pulls some of the most precise espresso south of Roma.
Signature drink: Pour-over Chiapas
Boicot Cafe in Mexico City is the Roma Norte specialty coffee bar on Alvaro Obregon, an indie roaster with single-origin Chiapas and Veracruz beans and an espresso-to-pour-over menu.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tierra Garat in Mexico City is the Mexican-coffee chain that pours cafe de olla, atole and Mexican chocolate; the Condesa Tamaulipas branch is the closest sit-down stop for Mexico City coffee traditions.
Signature drink: Cafe de olla
Chiquitito Cafe in Mexico City is the Condesa six-seat espresso bar on Alfonso Reyes, a tiny no-laptop counter that built its reputation on barista training and Mexican single-origin pulls.
Signature drink: Espresso
Panaderia Rosetta in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Colima bakery cafe across from Rosetta, where the guava-rose roll and concha drive Sunday-morning queues around the corner since 2012.
Signature drink: Espresso with concha
Cardinal Casa de Cafe in Mexico City is the Roma Norte specialty roaster on Cordoba, a converted-house cafe with Mexican single-origin beans and a slow-pour bar in the back patio.
Signature drink: Cortado
