Coffee lovers, rejoice: hotels are embracing you and your ilk like never before. From in-house espresso bars to made-to-order table-side coffee treatment, a good cup is never far from reach in any of these hotels.
Inn at The Market
Seattle, Washington
The Market, in this case, is Seattle’s famed Pike Place Market, where coffee giant Starbucks opened their first store. If you’re more of a coffee purist, a visit to nearby Victrola Coffee, an artisan coffee roaster rumored to be Seattle’s best, is a must.
Hotel Yountville
Yountville, California
Hopper Creek Kitchen’s table-side “coffee experience” is exactly what you’d expect of a Michelin-starred restaurant in California: transcendental. A trained coffee steward will offer a variety of single-origin coffees, sourced from the world’s great coffee meccas like Kenya, Ethiopia and Costa Rica, grind your selection on the spot, and then perform the perfect pour.
The Jamaica Inn
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
At the family-run Jamaica Inn, order a pot with breakfast and you won’t get just any coffee — you’ll get Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. Mild and lacking bitterness, Blue Mountain is one of the most sought-after coffees on the planet.
Starhotels Savoia Excelsior Palace
Trieste, Italy
The Excelsior Palace is just minutes away from Illy, one of the world’s most beloved coffee producers. Stop by their headquarters and glean a little bit of coffee history: founder Francesco Illy invented the first automatic coffee machine that substituted compressed air for steam.
The Redbury
Los Angeles, California
The Redbury @ Hollywood and Vine has a famous address and lots of personality. The hotel’s fun and funky atmosphere is a great complement to the eclectic coffee scene at LAMill, described by locals as a “coffee mecca.”
The Ace Hotel
New York, New York
If there were any initial doubts about whether the Ace Hotel would be able to draw the in-crowd north of 14th street, news that the West Coast’s Stumptown Coffee would be opening their first Eastern outpost in-house put them to rest. Since opening, Stumptown has fueled not only guests of the hotel, but practically the entire “NoMad” neighborhood. Lines are long, but fast-moving and well worth the wait.
Punta Islita Resort and Spa
Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
Dedicated to environmental conservation and fair trade, Punta Islita serves home-grown, highly caffeinated coffee from Cafe Britt. The bean was introduced to Costa Rica directly from Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee.
Hotel Sacher Wien
Vienna, Austria
Built on the site of Vienna’s old opera house, Hotel Sacher Wien is the home of the Sacher Café, which offers guests the original Sachertorte and classic Viennese coffee. And Café Demel, Vienna’s other coffee haven, is just around the corner.
Covent Garden Hotel
London, England
London’s West End is the backdrop for the small and quiet Covent Garden Hotel. Although idling in the lobby library is tempting, a coffee craving is a great excuse for a field trip to Monmouth Coffee. They takes as much pride in their java (single-origin) as their milk (organic from Jeff Bowles in Somerset), which means absolutely velvety lattes.
Alila Villas Uluwatu
Bali, Indonesia
The islands of Indonesia provide the ideal micro-climate for coffee production. While most of the world consumes arabica beans, robusta beans — an important flavor component of traditional espresso blends — are quite popular in Bali, giving local brews an especially deep, malty richness.
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