All the Portland espresso recomendations I could find online, and the shops that come up again and again.

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My Takeaways

The most common names in these blogs are probably:

  1. Coava
  2. Proud Mary
  3. Case Study
  4. Heart
  5. Stumptown

If you visit any given cafe in Portland, chances are high their beans come from either Heart, Coava or Proud Mary, and for good reason. All three of them are local and put out some solid roasts… but I still recommend finding some smaller shops that still roast in-house.

In my opinion, the most underrated cafes and roasters are:

  1. Sterling
  2. Deadstock
  3. Courier

and the most overrated are:

  1. Stumptown
  2. Case Study
  3. Never Coffee (unless you really like lattes)
  4. PUSH X PULL

Lists From Other Blogs

As of Jun 15 2023

PDX Monthly

Perhaps the most solid collection of Portland roasters and cafes, I found several shops I’d never heard of while it doesn’t miss the usual suspects.

  1. Abba
  2. Albina Press
  3. Carnelian Coffee
  4. Case Study
  5. Cathedral Coffee
  6. Courier Coffee
  7. Deadstock
  8. Either/Or
  9. Electrica
  10. The Fresh Pot
  11. Futura Coffee Roasters
  12. Good Coffee
  13. Guilder
  14. Heart
  15. In J/Super Joy
  16. J Vein Caffe
  17. Kalesa
  18. Keeper Coffee
  19. Less and More
  20. Never Coffee
  21. Portland Cà Phê
  22. Prince Coffee
  23. PUSH X PULL
  24. Roseline
  25. Soro Soro
  26. Sterling Coffee
  27. Tōv Coffee
  28. Upper Left Roasters

Oregon Obsessed

I’ve tried (and liked) almost all of Oregon Obsessed’s recomendations, though a few are overrated in my opinion:

  1. Coava
  2. Good Coffee
  3. Stumptown
  4. Case Study
  5. Nossa Familia
  6. Proud Mary
  7. Deadstock
  8. Never Coffee
  9. Ovation
  10. Portland Coffee Roasters

Daily Hive

Good to see Coava consistently topping these lists - hadn’t heard of Pájaro either.

  1. Coava
  2. Pájaro
  3. PUSH X PULL
  4. Heart Coffee
  5. Stumptown
  6. Upper Left
  7. Deadstock
  8. Good Coffee

Coffee Affection

Pretty much just hits the usual suspects. Not much is new here.

  1. Coava
  2. Good Coffee
  3. Stumptown
  4. Case Study
  5. Nossa Familia
  6. Proud Mary
  7. Deadstock
  8. Never Coffee
  9. Ovation
  10. Portland Coffee Roasters

FourSquare

  1. Barista
  2. Coava
  3. Stumptown
  4. Case Study
  5. Heart
  6. Courier
  7. Spella
  8. Sterling
  9. Water Avenue
  10. Good Coffee
  11. Common Grounds
  12. Nossa Familia

HopCulture

I hadn’t seen Kiosko before:

  1. Proud Mary
  2. Kiosko
  3. Heart
  4. Stumptown
  5. Never Coffee Lab
  6. Good Coffee
  7. Coava

Boam

Fairlane is the only name on this list new to me. Pretty solid list.

  1. Good Coffee
  2. Nossa Familia
  3. PUSH X PULL
  4. Sunny Day Coffee
  5. Ole Latte Coffee
  6. Ovation Coffee & Tea
  7. Fairlane Coffee
  8. Sisters Coffee Company in The Pearl
  9. Coava
  10. Grendel’s Coffee House

R/Espresso Subreddit

As of the time of writing, many subreddits are protesting a recent change to reddit’s 3rd party API access rules, so I can’t view the listright now.

Bean Box

  1. Roseline Coffee
  2. Water Avenue Coffee Company
  3. Coava
  4. Good Coffee
  5. Ovation
  6. Proud Mary
  7. Prince
  8. Either/Or
  9. Heart Cofffee Roasters
  10. Nossa Familia Coffee
  11. Stumptown

Trip Advisor

This list is focused on cafes and not really coffee… there were some names on this list I hadn’t seen before, so I’ll keep it around… but I wouldn’t put much weight on these names (hence why it comes last in my research page).

  1. Chery’s on 12th
  2. St Honore
  3. Tin Shed Garden Cafe
  4. Jam on Hawthorne
  5. Island Cafe
  6. Ken’s Artisan Bakery
  7. Stumptown
  8. The Waffle Window
  9. Case Study
  10. Cadillac Cafe
  11. Milo’s City Cafe
  12. Broder
  13. Lovejoy
  14. Gravy
  15. Dragonfly Coffee House
  16. Zell’s
  17. Bleu Door Bakery
  18. Petunia’s Pies & Pastries
  19. Cameo Cafe
  20. Public Domain Coffee
  21. Stepping Stone Cafe
  22. The Daily Feast PDX
  23. Barista
  24. Dulin’s Cafe
  25. Heart Coffee
  26. Babica Hen Cafe
  27. Prasad