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Dayglow Coffee, Bushwick

GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shop

It pains me (deeply) when Los Angeles comes up with something (anything) better than that which can be found here in New York City. For example, year-round great weather. Or fantastic mid-range sushi. 

Chief among them: Dayglow Coffee, whose whole bean selection and spectacular coffee cocktails are utterly unrivaled by anything anywhere, nevermind the city. Every time I'm in LA, I'll drop in and haul home a few bags of beans, which they import from the best roasters around the world — Copenhagen (Coffee Collective), Oslo (Fuglen), Seoul (Fritz Coffee), Rotterdam (Manhattan Coffee), Berlin (The Barn) and so on. Needless to say, Dayglow's own roasting program, based out of Ipswich, MA, is also fantastic.

Thankfully, my long-lived nightmare is over, or dream's come true: Dayglow has landed in New York City, opening late last year in Bushwick, more or less around the corner from Roberta's. A recent trip there landed me fantastic bags from DAK Roasters (Amsterdam), Nomad (Barcelona), and an absolutely stunning box of Dayglow's E02 (the 'E' for 'exotic'), which comes in a rad, shiny iridescent box, and comes out of the bag smelling like a ripe pile of tropical fruits. Yes, you'll be charged an arm and a leg — around $30 a bag, if you’re lucky — but you get what you pay for: a legendary collection of coffees.

While you're there, get a handbrew par excellence, or better yet, don't sleep on the coffee cocktails, reason to visit in their own right — and this comes from an otherwise dedicated drinker of black coffee. Beginners would do well to start with the iced Military, a matcha-espresso number with cocoa and vanilla cream. Untested: their beer program, which they've started in Bushwick under the name Niteglow, and given their execution on the coffee obsessive front, will surely be a winner, too. –Foster Kamer

→ Shop: Dayglow (Bushwick) • 8 Wilson St • Daily 7a-11p.