By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Over the last year, small coffee shops had slowly crept into New York. The timing couldn’t have been better. After all, the unemployeed, freelancers, and small business owners, need a comfy place to call their “office.”

The Ace Hotel serves the best coffee. I remember my first time experiencing Stumptown coffee well — the rich, chocolate taste. And now my coffee tastes have graduated from the likes of Starbucks and I’ve become a Stumptown snob. On a snowy day like today however, I will grab the closest cup of coffee.

New York Magazine did a lovely profile on Duane Sorenson, the founder of Stumptown. In it, you’ll learn the humble beginnings of coffee perfection in Oregon and why Sorenson moved his coffee tastes to New York.

New York Magazine reports:

Never mind Starbucks and its 264 franchises in New York; there’s Ninth Street Espresso, Grey Dog, City Girl, Irving Farm, Abraço, and so on. Roasters like Chicago’s Intelligentsia and Counter Culture from Durham, North Carolina, are a few years ahead of Stumptown in indoctrinating New Yorkers on the subtleties of bean varieties and breaking the psychological price barrier (a pound of beans from one of those roasteries can be as much as $27).

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