Where to sit, sip and slow down in Memphis.
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Memphis lingers in over a cortado.
Otherlands Coffee Bar in Cooper-Young Memphis has run shabby-chic seating, full breakfast and bottomless drip coffee since 1995, with a side patio.
Signature drink: Drip coffee with Counter Culture beans
Tip: Sundays the brunch line stretches; weekday mornings are the easy seat.
French Truck Coffee at Crosstown Concourse in Memphis is the New Orleans roaster's flagship, with single-origin espresso and a co-working seat on the atrium.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Tip: Weekend mornings fill fast; sit at the high counter facing the atrium.
City and State on Broad Avenue in Memphis is a hybrid coffee shop and small-goods store, with pour-over from rotating local roasters and a shortlisted retail.
Signature drink: Pour-over single-origin
Tip: The light back room is the work seat; the front counter is for grabbing and going.
Belltower Coffee on Highland Street near the University of Memphis is the flagship of the Memphis-grown roaster, with a sit-and-work room, attached studio.
Signature drink: Honeysuckle latte
Tip: Open daily 7:00-18:00. Pet-friendly patio out back.
French Truck Coffee Highland is the second Memphis branch of the New Orleans roaster on Highland Row near the University of Memphis with espresso.
Signature drink: Espresso
Tip: Crowds run on student schedules; mid-mornings and afternoons are emptiest.
Sunrise Memphis on Jefferson Avenue downtown is a colourful quick-serve diner running Southern breakfast and lunch with a full bar daily 07:00-14:00.
Signature drink: Drip coffee with biscuits
Tip: The shotgun building fills fast at 09:00. The Rooster biscuit sammy is the dark-horse order.
Brother Juniper's near the University of Memphis on Walker Avenue has run breakfasts in a tiny house behind a white picket fence since the Koplins took it.
Signature drink: Drip coffee with omelettes
Tip: Tuesday to Sunday breakfast only; closes 13:00 weekdays, 12:30 Saturdays. Get there by 08:30.
Art Bar at Crosstown Arts in Memphis runs coffee by day and wine, beer and cocktails into the evening, doubling as a cafe and bar in the Crosstown Arts.
Signature drink: Espresso, wine by the glass
Tip: Closed Sundays. The afternoon switch from coffee to wine happens around 16:00.
Cxffeeblack in Memphis is Bartholomew Jones and Renata Henderson's coffee roaster and cafe with an Ethiopia-direct supply chain, serving single-origin.
Signature drink: Ethiopia single-origin
Tip: The roastery doubles as the retail cafe; weekend hours are limited so check the site.
Dr. Bean's Coffee and Tea Emporium tucks into the Stock and Belle retail loft on South Main, with a pour-over bar, cold brew on draft and a small-batch.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: Sit at the pour-over bar and ask for the current single-origin; the cold brew on tap is the summer order.
Java Cabana on Young Avenue in Cooper-Young Memphis is the city's longest-running indie coffeehouse, open since 1992 with poetry slams, Elvis kitsch and big.
Signature drink: Espresso
Tip: Open until 22:00 most nights; the late-evening crowd is regulars and writers.