Stumptown

Stump town has great nitro cold brew. I love the aesthetic, the wood tones are great, the staff is very awesome. Coffee here is insanely consistent. I’ve never had a drink there with an off temperature and their espresso is on fire !

I ordered a macchiato «for here» ($ 3.50) and found its bitterness to be distracting. I was much happier with the drink that I’d gotten at the Chelsea Blue Bottle kiosk a half-​hour before.
Needless to say, this Stumptown has incredible cool and verve. The woman who was ahead of me in line was arranging details of her photo shoot on the phone while we were waiting for our drinks. The room is fairly small, but there’s a six-​seat community table that had a place for me.

Coffees are strong and flavorful. Decided to test drive their chai (got it iced) and love it too. Can’t wait to try the other items. Love the décor/​feel of the place. Spacious inside and if you want outdoors, they have a seating area too. Lovely helpful staff.

This is a perfectly fine Stumptown.
Its clothed in a light blond wood all over its large sprawling space (funnily enough, despite having a lot of room available to work with there are only two cashier spaces). Comparing it to the Stumptowns in Seattle or Portland seem unfair but I will note that those on the West Coast seemed to have a bit more character.
I stopped in around noon on a late spring day. The line of people getting their cuppa was about 5 – 6 deep. There were 3 – 4 employees working, 2 of them very actively involved — one on the register, one making drinks. One other employee was floating about behind the pastry counter not particularly serving anyone (or talking to anyone) for the entirety of the time I was there. There was also another employee touching up the merchandise. Odd considering the line that they wouldn’t do anything to expedite it… but whatever, baristas and coffee people.
Ordered an espresso which came with a cup of seltzer (always appreciated). Espresso was well made dark, nice consistency with good crema. There is sparse seating indoors and several tables and seats outside.
Certainly nothing wrong with this Stumptown.

Having had Stumptown brewed here in Charlotte, I knew that the coffee would be great.
It was just slightly better finally getting to try this place.

Five stars.
Came in on a Friday afternoon for a cup of coffee. The place was filled with people both inside and outside. I was lucky to grab a seat right after my macchiato came out, and there began my people watching while enjoying my coffee.
The coffee was good. Flavorful and strong. I think $ 4 is a bit much, but hey it’s New York. I miss the € 1 — € 2 espresso drinks in Europe.
I saw a lot of people peeking in looking for seats, and heading back out looking disappointed not spotting any seats open.
I also saw an old lady in bright colored spring dress and a purple vintage hat that gracefully floated in with a help of her two granddaughters. As soon as she entered the coffee house she raised her cane and shouted «Nitro!» But she did not get any nitros.
Reminded me of the times when I used to come here as a grad student, studying hours over a cup of coffee and pastries.

The ambience is really Cool and its a great place to get a NITRO BREW. I usually have a splash of cream with my coffee but this nitro brew had a rich and creamy texture that I just had it straight black. Just the sight of it looked like a settling Guinness. Can’t wait to get this on ice once summer hits! Also, shout out to the crew as my friend next to me said out loud to me, «I’ll have to try some some.» While I pretended to ignore her so that I wouldn’t have to share my delicious drink, the barista had already poured a small sample for her and handed it to her before she even had a chance to pay for her drink. Stellar service!

I came for the nitro. I left with the nitro.
Nitro cold brew is basically cold brew infused with nitrogen (I think), which makes it look really cool when you add the milk (but you’re not really supposed to). The flavor was somewhat different to what I had at Mighty Brew Bros, which has since closed down, but Stumptown is a very nice place if you need to catch up on work or if you want to grab coffee with a friend. The interior is very homey like, and it kind of reminded me of Harry Potter. Looking forward to coming back and trying the other things!

Stumptown is as great as NYC coffee gets.
New York is filled with hole-​in-​the-​wall coffee shops and commercial cafes, but Stumptown is one of a kind. I like to say it’s iconic staple of New York with it’s Nitro cold brews and artisanal one-​of-​a-​kind lattes.
Their drip coffee is a little too bitter for my taste, but the overall experience of this places makes it as great as it is. The atmosphere has a classic design that makes it comfortable to crack open your laptop and sip on some of the best gourmet coffee in NYC– that is, if you find a place to sit.
This place is always packed, especially on the weekends, so don’t plan on coming if you’re looking for a quiet place to work.

Stumptown
NY: Manhattan: Greenwich Village
2pm Sunday 21^st February 2016
Five Stars
I have been looking forward to trying this place for a long time. I had a Large Nitro Cold Brew ($ 5.50). The coffee is infused with nitrogen gas which creates a creamy, stout-​like effect. It had slight bitter taste with notes of citrus. It had a lot of caffeine. I also had an artisanal Pop-​Tart. It was flaky and buttery. The frosting was sweet and salty caramel. The filling tasted of apple pie. I saved half of it for later so I could toast it and eat it with vanilla ice cream.

Still the Best Cold Brew!!! Enough Said!
In my opinion, Stumptown’s Cold Brew is the best. There might be some close 2^nd’s out there, but número uno still goes to Stumptown. Stumptown is not the best because they are one of the first to dish out Cold Brew Coffee. They are the best because their cold brew is smooth, not acidic, and strong enough to wake the dead.
This location is small with a few tables inside. The location is also hidden and away from the main streets. Yes, we got lost looking for this place, but well worth the find.
Tip: Stumptown’s bottled Cold Brew is not the same. Believe me.
2016 Unilocal Review #15

Being from Portland, I have a special place in my heart for Stumptown; even though they were just bought by Peet’s Coffee.
This Stumptown is the real deal, including baristas with beards and nitro coffee on draft.
The coffee, of course, is impeccable.
A little of PDX in NYC, a must try.

I’m no coffee connoisseur, but Stumptown’s reputation probably speaks for itself in terms of quality.
Coffee here is really quite good, although it is quite a bit more expensive than your typical New York coffee shop, which is saying something. Theres always a plethora of NYU students studying here, due to the proximity, so you probably won’t find a whole bunch of sitting room. It is a cute little space though, very quaint.
If you love your machiattos, espressos, flat whites, etc., this place is certainly worth a try.

At the time of this update, Stumptown has been bought out by 2^nd wave coffee company Peet’s from the West Coast, however the quality of coffee has been going downhill before then due to venture capital and other ways to grow the brand.
The coffee bar in the back has been turned into a coffee education center (similar to Counter Culture and Joe’s).
The space is still top notch as they have provided a table for laptop users to enjoy. However the quality of coffee is inconsistent. I had a Puerto Rican coffee here prepared via V60 and it tasted like diluted coffee similar to how the old McDonald’s coffee tasted like years ago.
Overall Stumptown is not bad but not on top of the specialty coffee field as in the past.

I’ve seen Stump coffee in various cafés across the city so I figured it was time for me to go right to the source and try a cup, but of course I’m an idiot and ruined the experience for myself. It was a fairly wet and windy day so when I showed up around 10 not only was the place crawling with NYU students, but also people trying to hide from the weather. Way to pick the WORST timing Tessa. Every seat was full and considering the amount of laptop users I was NOT expecting them to move anytime soon. I decided to just plant myself at a counter and have my drink standing, no biggie. At that point I just wanted something to warm myself up with anyway.
For some reason at the time I completely forgot that Stumptown was known for their coffee, NOT their chai lattes, but my dumb butt ordered one. The barista actually gave me a look that I didn’t pick up on until after I’d paid. Took a few minutes to get my drink, but once I did I proceeded to down it as fast as I could. I was cold and in desperate need of my caffeine fix. The drink wasn’t very hot, a bit above room temperature at most, and pretty watery. VERY lacking in the chai flavor. Not going to be putting that on my «yummy chai» list. I’ll be coming back to Stump to taste their coffee, but I do wish that they’d at least attempted to have a decent alternative to java.

Coffee: ⁴⁄₅
Service: 3.5÷5
Cleanliness: ⁴⁄₅
Price: 3.5÷5
Surprisingly, the brand only has two coffee shops in the whole city. I was pretty surprised to hear this because the brand was already so well known in North America. But when I looked up their locations on their website, Manhattan was the only city in the east coast that Stumptown had cafes in. The other three cities were: Seattle, Los Angeles, and Portland. My husband visited the Ace Hotel location on his own while I was with my friend at Harbs NY (post coming soon!), and we visited the other location near Greenwich Village location together.
Hubby tried their famous cold brew that day and he bought their coffee with milk (chocolate flavoured) for me to try later. The weather in Manhattan during our trip was really, really hot. Not only was the sun very bright and hot, it was totally humid and it felt like we were in an oven being baked. It was about 35 degrees every day.
The original cold brew coffee was very good in my husband’s opinion. To be honest, we didn’t expect too much from Stumptown Coffee Roasters because we thought it was another Indie coffee brand that had light coffee. Most of those coffees for us are too acidic and sour tasting and neither of us are a fan of those (not to offend you folks that do!). The cold brew surprised my husband a little bit and he reported back that even though it had a tinge of sour/​acidic taste to it, it wasn’t as bad as other places we’ve tried and it was quite tolerable. He seemed to rather enjoy it and so we were fans of Stumptown coffee after that.
As for the coffee with milk, well… it was almost like drinking regular chocolate milk. I couldn’t really taste the coffee in the drink, but it was perfect for me because my body doesn’t tolerate the caffeine in the coffee very well at all. In fact, it makes my stomach churn and in a lot of the cases, I get stomachaches. The coffee with milk was very light and not as sweet as how you imagine chocolate milk to be. Consider it adult chocolate milk. Stumptown also has cold brew with milk without the chocolate (labelled Original on the carton) so check it out if you like your coffee with milk.
We also ordered an iced Americano for my husband on our second visit which he also enjoyed very much. All the people that work here really know their coffees; I learned more about coffee from their website alone than I did anywhere else — it was that informative, easy to understand, and very intriguing!
I found their Greenwich Village location so Instagram worthy… and I’m probably not the only one that has Instagrammed it! The only thing that bothered me was the lack of seats at the café. We visited the café to have our drinks to go (to keep us cool from the hot humid weather) but I was disappointed to find no empty seats available… and it was only 11am! It is very popular indeed.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters is one of my all-​time favorites.
I was SO delighted when I got to visit their location in NYC in Greenwich (previously, I had only had their coffee brewed at other coffee shops such as Dolcezza). I was beaming with joy. The building is absolutely beautiful with brick and wooden interior.
I LOVED the latte I ordered. Very smooth coffee, as expected from their exceptional coffee beans. They also offer a large selection of iced beverages such as cold brews in cartons or glass bottles. There is a station with cream, sugar, agave, etc at the end, if you’d like to customize your cup. I added a little bit of brown sugar, and it was the MOST PERFECT cup of coffee I’ve ever had.
A nice touch is that the hot beverages are served in a very cute cup set. Keep an eye out for the «Good Luck» written on the saucer, and «Stumptown Coffee» written in script inside the mug.
I really wish they would open a location near me in DC! I will always be a fan of Stumptown.

Had to visit Portland’s famous roasters for my midday cappuccino. They offer all varieties of milk and sell cans of Nitro cold brew and pints of regular cold brew coffee.
Additionally, they serve pastries and desserts from some of the best city vendors. Doughnut Plant donuts, Balthazar croissants (best almond croissant in the world), Meg pies homemade pop tarts, Mast Brothers chocolate bars, etc.
Cute but limited indoor and side alley seating. A line is inevitable due to the popularity of this quality brand. I enjoyed my skim cap alongside Lena’s authentic and excellent almond macarons from just a few stores down.

Very good coffee and beautiful space.
It’s all about the coffee here… the pop tarts and minimal pastry options are interesting, but just ok, in my opinion. The hot chocolate was just ok as well.
But, the coffee is very good and worth 4-​stars, but for me, La Colombe is still the King of Coffee in NYC.

Their almond cortado is the cure to all my problems. Exquisite espresso and perfectly steamed almondmilk (a very hard feat to pull off), not too hot or cold, reasonably priced.
I fell in love with Stumptown espresso at their first NYC location, but its proximity to Ace Hotel lent its clientele a certain annoying lameness. In spite of this location’s proximity to NYU, the ambiance is quiet, casual and comfortable. I’ve found seating when I needed it, and the line has never been long or obnoxious.
I’ll be back… again and again.

The hot chocolate here is fantastic. I always order chocolate in coffee shop, but rare coffee shops provide high-​quality hot chocolate. The hot chocolate here is not sweet and the milk is fat free. After I drink it, I don’t feel chocolate is sticking on my teeth. That’s a fresh feeling.

Egal, wann ich mir dort einen Cappuccino orderte, beinahe immer waren die verhältnismäßig wenigen Sitzplätze bereits belegt, sodass es einer «to go» wurde. Der Geschmack war freilich trotzdem richtig gut, kräftig und cremig, aber nicht aggressiv. Zur Abwechslung entsprach ein kleiner Cappuccino (small) auch einer gängigen normalen europäischen Cappuccinogröße. Das Mischverhältnis von Milch zu Espresso war daher genial. Der Preis für einen Cappuccino bleibt übrigens bei 4 Dollar, egal welche Größe ihr bestellt.
Die Barista sind alternativ-​hip und lassen sich nicht hetzen, nehmen sich Zeit für die Zubereitung eines guten Kaffees und sind freundlich aufmerksam. Dazu passt das Interieur, dass auf moderne Art ein traditionelles Kaffeehaus interpretiert. Und wer nach dem Toilettengang einmal um die andere Ecke linst, wird eine weitere Theke des Stumptown entdecken, wo, wie man mir erklärte, auch Kaffee ausgeschenkt wird, allerdings nur solche ohne Milchzubereitung. Leider lassen sich hier keine weiteren Sitzplätze finden, wohl aber ist es möglich, sich an einer Stehtheke zu drapieren und sein Heißgetränk im Stehen zu schlürfen.

Sauberer und hipper Laden, viele junge internationale Leute, freundliche und schnelle Bedienung. Ich habe Cappuccino und Espresso getestet, beide sind mit gut zu bewerten. Hier bekommt man auch wirklich kleine Getränkgroessen (normale Größe für Europäer).