Cucurucho in Mexico City is owner David Birruete's Juarez cafe on Rio Nazas, the third-wave roaster with Chiapas and Oaxaca beans that pulls some of the strongest espresso in the city.
Address: Rio Nazas 52, Juarez, Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
Cafebreria El Pendulo Condesa in Mexico City is the multi-floor bookstore cafe on Nuevo Leon since 1993, the wood-floor balcony reading room with brunch service and live weekend music.
Signature drink: Mexican chocolate with espresso
Almanegra Cafe in Mexico City is the Roma Norte third-wave specialty roaster on Tabasco, the minimalist room with a single-origin V60 program and Mexican coffees rotated weekly.
Signature drink: V60 filter
Quentin Cafe in Mexico City is the Roma Norte cafe on Avenida Alvaro Obregon, the all-day room with a pull-down vintage espresso machine and a slow Mexican-coffee selection.
Signature drink: Cortado
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.
Signature drink: Mocha latte
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
