I just returned froman awesome week in NYC and was able to avoid Starbucks for the most part.
I made a trip down to Stumptown roasters which was great as well as Porto Rico coffee in the Village.
Probably my most memorable experience was with a guide who took us into Chinatown after walking across the Brooklyn bridge.
We were hungry and she knew a great Vietnamese restaurant where we stopped.
She ordered a Vietnamese iced cofee, and I ordered mine hot.
I had never had a chance to enjoy the brew before and enjoyed this very flavorful coffee with sweet condensed milk on the bottom so much, I have just ordered this very simple single brewer that I plan on packing when I travel.
http://www.espresso-machines-and-cof...fee-maker.html