We all need it to wake up, get up, and keep up. We dress it in sugar, milk, or cream — sometimes a little bit of everything. Some of us are connoisseurs, picking our particular roasts, and some of us aren’t even quite sure what that means. Whatever your fancy is, these coffee shops on Long Island have it.
Locally brewed, bagged, and roasted, Flux Coffee in Farmingdale is a hip, boutique coffeehouse decked in charming nostalgia and dripping in small-town charm. Known for their local sensation — the ever-so-viral “Big Ass Drink” — Flux is more than an Instagram-able spot. Flux specializes in craft coffee, drawing on worldwide influences from Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ethiopia, and Tanzania.
Flux offers ethically sourced coffee from its partners, roasted manually each week to ensure a fresh cup every time. A Flux barista is a coffee expert. The coffee shop boasts a friendly, welcoming environment — ready to serve your caffeine dreams, in a big ass way.
“This isn’t your crappy deli iced coffee,” Kings Coast says. A renowned coffee brand based on Long Island, Kings Coast Coffee Company has a massive subscriber base and a world-class tasting room in Bohemia. Their artisan brews vary from notes of spiced fruit and brown sugar to wildberry and molasses.
Kings Coast adds to their extensive menu with the changing seasons, offering how-to videos to craft your own beverages with expertise. Their best-selling coffee is traceable and transparently sourced, allowing enjoyers to learn and explore its origins. A staple in any coffee house or home kitchen table, Kings Coast is a small business onto big things.
Lydia and Georgio have been roasting coffee for over 20 years, bringing the flavors of Brazil, El Salvador, Panama, and East Africa to their home base in Farmingdale. The specialty coffee shop prioritizes its family values, dipping their toe in nonprofits that build housing for displaced bean farmers and helps them diversify their incomes.
Adorned in rusticity, the small-but-mighty brand has received critical acclaim: featured on the cover of magazines and invited to join coffee festivals and expos. Their worldwide flavors can be brewed at home via outlets like their subscription model, and they even offer lessons — “Georgio’s Brew School” — to make sure it’s done with the same craft and care as it is in their beautiful storefront.
Started as a modest family-owned operation, Hampton Coffee Company has become Long Island’s largest independent coffee roaster built on innovative design and quality brew. The company focuses on its community, showing everyone what it means to #drinklikealocal®.
With cafes sprinkled all across the eastside of Long Island, the chain promotes the work of small farms worldwide — their “Roastmasters” — balancing full flavor potential without any bitter taste. The chain of coffee shops even has its own mobile espresso bar inside a Mercedes van, so it can be enjoyed anywhere, quality-assured.
Started just 10 years ago, Southdown Coffee has been recognized as one of the best coffee shops in America — right here on Long Island. Their ethically-sourced coffee received national acclaim after winning expert-level marks at the 2019 U.S. Coffee Roasters Championship and getting their name in Food & Wine in their coffee best-of list.
A commitment to modern industrial design and artisan beverages, their numerous locations on the Island are a favorite among locals and visitors alike. The “Southdown Coffee experience,” as they call it, is built on great service as well as great coffee.
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