Best coffee (by the cup)
Dutch Monkey Doughnuts is your pick for best coffee in and around Atlanta, but those tasty doughnuts look like a good enough reason to make the trip. Photo: Becky Stein, Special
YOUR PICKS
1. Dutch Monkey Doughnuts
You say, “It is a bit of a trek for those of you inside the perimeter but I assure you, it is entirely worth it! They brew up Counter Culture Coffee which is truly the best coffee I’ve ever had the pleasure of enjoying. Oh, and the doughnuts……nuff said! Get in the car and head on up there, you won’t be disappointed!”
2. Dancing Goats Coffee Bar
3. Dunkin’ Donuts
4. Octane Coffee
5. Aurora Coffee
6. Condesa Coffee Cafe & Espresso Bar
Grab a cup of joe at Steady Hand in Emory Village, our pick for the best place to get a cup of coffee in and around Atlanta. Photo: Gene Lee
OUR PICKS
1. Steady Hand
The AJC dining team’s specialist in International Cuisine Gene Lee says, “This cozy Emory coffee bar puts out a stellar product prepared with intelligence using Intelligentsia brand coffee beans. Each coffee is prepared individually and with devices resembling something from high school chemistry. But fear not, this is one fine cup of robust coffee. And also try the velvety-brown Americano; it rivals anything I had in San Francisco.”
2. Octane, Westside
3. Empire State South Coffee Bar
4. Dancing Goats Coffee Bar
5. Condesa Coffee Cafe & Espresso Bar
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104 comments Add your comment
Josh
October 25th, 2011
8:53 pm
Dutch Monkey Coffee in Cumming is awesome. ITP I would have to say Octane & Cafe Intermezzo.
TG
October 25th, 2011
9:07 pm
Counter Culture Coffee at Dutch Monkey Doughnuts in Cumming! I took one sip and thought to myself “this is the best coffee i’ve ever had”!
Alex Holloway
October 25th, 2011
9:15 pm
Dutch Monkey Donuts – Cumming GA…and the Donuts are way way better than the chain varieties also.
vlynn
October 25th, 2011
9:28 pm
Dutch Monkey has the best coffee and service by far!! Runners up, The Library in Brookhaven and Dancing Goats in Decatur.
Chris
October 25th, 2011
10:11 pm
The Dutch Monkey!
Michael Barton
October 25th, 2011
11:18 pm
Counter Culture at Dutch Monkey Doughnuts! Fantastic coffee and doughnut shop, great loyalty, and the best doughnuts you could ever ask for! No-brainer!
Beth
October 25th, 2011
11:27 pm
Dutch Monkey Doughnuts in Cumming!
Jay Homewood
October 25th, 2011
11:43 pm
The Dutch Monkey in Cumming has terrific coffee…the BEST !
Chef Guy Anderson
October 26th, 2011
12:06 am
Dutch Monkey Doughnuts. Cumming Georgia. You have swill from all of these others, and then you have Counter Culture with some of the best Doughnuts in the U.S. and well, they are the best – try it out! You will see…..
Emily Kallos
October 26th, 2011
5:47 am
Hands down it would be Dutch Monkey Doughnuts in Cumming. It is a bit of a trek for those of you inside the perimeter but I assure you, it is entirely worth it! They brew up Counter Culture Coffee which is truly the best coffee I’ve ever had the pleasure of enjoying. Oh, and the doughnuts……nuff said! Get in the car and head on up there, you won’t be disappointed!
Senor Coughee
October 26th, 2011
7:22 am
Dunkin’ Donuts by far.
Robin
October 26th, 2011
8:17 am
Condesa Coffee
koko
October 26th, 2011
8:46 am
Thumbs Up Diner
snb
October 26th, 2011
9:05 am
Dancing Goats (Batdorf & Bronson)
arlene
October 26th, 2011
9:20 am
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arlene
October 26th, 2011
9:24 am
McDonald’s has good coffee, but I wish they would give individual creamers like they used to. That way we can add as much or as little as we want. Also, the McDonald’s in Times Square uses real buttter for their pancakes ; why can’t the ones in Georgia do the same?
sr citizen dawg
October 26th, 2011
11:13 am
dunkin donuts
DeVon
October 26th, 2011
11:32 am
I’m still a fan of Starbucks. I don’t do the fancy drinks, either just the Venti bold blend of the day or a Venti Americano with an extra shot.
ENH
October 26th, 2011
2:15 pm
Powder Springs Coffee and Bake Shoppe!
Barney
October 26th, 2011
3:00 pm
Park Grounds in Reynoldstown
REV in Smyrna
indigo
October 26th, 2011
5:12 pm
Cafe Campesino, Sweet Auburn Market Atlanta location.
Just wondering: is Counter Culture the best coffee because it is, or because it is the most expensive and, therefore, it must be the best. Wonder if there was a blind tasting what the results would be.
Baltisraul
October 26th, 2011
5:26 pm
Dunkin Donuts
David G
October 26th, 2011
11:05 pm
The Library in Brookhaven. Great atmosphere.
Karin
October 26th, 2011
11:49 pm
Land of a Thousand Hills BY FAR!! LOVE the coffee!
David
October 27th, 2011
7:29 am
House Blend from Flash Foods
S. Nall
October 27th, 2011
8:05 am
MCDONALD’S
PJ
October 27th, 2011
9:26 am
Clifton Santuary Ministrey. They save my life from the hardship of the street. They took my house after I had a slite problem with a casino in “Mississippi.” If the lotto had not got me hook on gamblin I would have not been hook on “cokaine” per say. I still regret hurting that girl who was a quote un quote lady of the night but I cant live in the past now more. I think she forgive me. But the coffee at Clifton Santuary make me think of getting my life back on trax so it was the best coffee not just in Atlanta but in the world.
Nancy
October 27th, 2011
10:18 am
Dunkin Donuts by far. We use their coffee at home as well.
Fred Brown
October 27th, 2011
11:49 am
the best coffee in Georgia is in Savannah-its PERC coffee
Fred Brown
October 27th, 2011
11:51 am
The best coffee in Georgia is PERC, roasted in Savannah.
Valencia
October 27th, 2011
3:08 pm
McDonalds! Used to be Quik Trip
Bhorsoft
October 28th, 2011
9:50 am
For the best, most consistent, and reliable cup of coffee anywhere (not just Atlanta) it’d Dunkin Donuts for me. Better than McDs, Waffle House, QT or any of the other fast food chains (although Chick-Fil-A coffee is close). When I want to pay more than a couple of dollars, I prefer Caribou over Starbucks. Some of the other places sound great – the coffee is best when roasted on premise and ground before brewing, but I’m not anywhere near any of the other places involving monkeys or goats.
Skippy
October 28th, 2011
11:22 am
Atlanta Coffee Roasters! Best coffee I have found both by the cup and beans by the pound! Java Jive and Park Grounds are great too!
Tomcombv
October 28th, 2011
11:41 am
Empire State South
Coffee Feind
October 28th, 2011
12:25 pm
Waffle House coffee. Too bad you can’t buy that stuff at the store. Dunkin Donuts coffee is a close second though.
Mike
October 28th, 2011
12:41 pm
The Daily Grind in Marietta tops them all for great coffee
fred
October 28th, 2011
2:34 pm
Java Jive great coffee, breakfast and atmosphere. Everyone I take there always says how great their coffee is.
Daniel Allender
October 28th, 2011
4:10 pm
library coffe co. in brookhaven!!!!! excellent hangout place too.
Angela Lassiter
October 28th, 2011
5:41 pm
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Angela Lassiter
October 28th, 2011
5:42 pm
Hands Down! Dunkin Donuts.
Don
October 28th, 2011
6:23 pm
San Francisco Coffee Shop all locations, Cool Beans in Marietta Square, Land of Thousand Hills
William
October 28th, 2011
11:57 pm
Dunkin Donuts
dagnabit
October 29th, 2011
4:11 am
Any place that serves blue mountain.
Tantor
October 29th, 2011
9:05 am
Ukulele blend at the Senoia Coffee and Cafe, south of Atlanta. A perfectly balaced cup of joe!
Tantor
October 29th, 2011
9:06 am
that’s balanced, unlike my spelling
JF
October 29th, 2011
1:12 pm
Hey Fred,
Only thing better than mess hall coffee was coffee in the field. Stuff the grounds in a sock & boil it in a steel pot till it reaches the proper octane. Ummmmm.
ebennett
October 29th, 2011
7:39 pm
Dancing Goats
Father Murphy
October 29th, 2011
9:02 pm
I like milk
Sister Sledge
October 30th, 2011
8:32 am
Dancing Goats in Decatur is the best, hands down.
Skyler
October 30th, 2011
12:55 pm
1) Condesa 2) Empire State South 3) Octane