Coffee By Design Diamond Street is a cafe in East Bayside, Portland.
Coffee By Design on Diamond Street is Portland's flagship coffeehouse and roastery, since 1994 from Mary Allen Lindemann and Alan Spear. Tours by appointment.
Tip: Daily 07:00 to 18:00. The Diamond Street site is the working roastery; tours by appointment.
Address: 1 Diamond Street, Portland, ME 04101
Tandem Coffee Roasters on Anderson Street, since 2012 from Will and Kathleen Pratt, is the working East Bayside roastery and cafe with espresso and filter.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from house-roasted single origins
Tip: Monday to Saturday 07:00 to 13:00. The Congress Street cafe handles weekends and full-day brunch.
Higher Grounds Coffee on Forest Avenue, since 2002, runs Fair Trade Federation single-origin coffees from a longstanding Portland third-wave cafe.
Signature drink: Fair-trade single-origin pour-over
Tip: Daily 07:00 to 17:00. Wholesale beans available retail at the cafe.
Arabica Coffee House on Free Street has run since 2001 as Portland's bohemian third-wave room, with house-roasted espresso, lattes and a summer patio.
Signature drink: Caffe latte with Arabica's own roast
Tip: Daily 07:00 to 18:00. The room is small but the patio opens in summer.
Little Woodfords is the Woodfords Corner neighbourhood cafe, pouring Speckled Ax wood-roasted coffee with house-baked muffins, scones and sandwiches.
Signature drink: Speckled Ax espresso, fresh-baked muffins
Tip: Mon-Fri 07:00 to 14:00; Sat-Sun 08:00 to 14:00. Cash and card both fine.
Dobra Tea on Middle Street is the Portland outpost of the Czech-rooted tea house chain, with single-estate Chinese, Indian and Japanese teas on a full menu.
Signature drink: Single-estate Chinese and Indian teas
Tip: Daily 11:00 to 21:00. The full tea menu rewards a long unhurried visit.
Tandem Coffee Roasters on Anderson Street, since 2012 from Will and Kathleen Pratt, is the working East Bayside roastery and cafe with espresso and filter.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from house-roasted single origins
Tip: Monday to Saturday 07:00 to 13:00. The Congress Street cafe handles weekends and full-day brunch.
Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street in the West End is the brunch sibling to the Anderson Street roastery, with buttermilk biscuits and pour-overs.
Signature drink: Buttermilk biscuit and pour-over coffee
Tip: Open daily 08:00 to 13:00. Online ordering for collection 07:45 to 10:15.
