Coffee Heatmap: Where to Get Third Wave in Nola Now (2024)

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by Gwendolyn Knapp Feb 12, 2014, 5:30am CST

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This gorgeously eccentric gem in Central City does it right, from pour overs to espresso, featuring micro roasters French Truck Coffee and Tandem out of Portland. They also have great local pastries on hand including Windowsill Pies and other 'small bites'.

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Folks in the Quarter can get their pour over fix at this tiny joint (seats about 2 comfortably) with a sleek modern vibe and pour over bar. Miami's Panther and SF's Ritual roasters are featured prominently. They also have legit espresso drinks.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

Rock N Roller/Saint owner/third wave enthusiast Benji Lee brings the only Oji Japanese slow drip to town in the LGD. HiVolt has a five station pour over bar, serving Counter Culture coffee out of North Carolina. Lee's wife, Laura, creates a slew of breakfast/lunch small plates that are on the local and healthy side, and lots of vegan pastry are available.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

You may not have heard of Solo yet, but the secret is out in the Bywater, where this cute little pour over/espresso hideout resides. Panther and French Truck are both served at insanely reasonable prices (also, Solo delivers in the neighborhood). On top of that, they often feature food pop ups, including Wandering Buddah and Sugarmans bagels, and they sell all sorts of local pastries as well as other retail coffee/coffee-related items.

• Open in Google Maps

Former Mojo barista Lauren Fink runs her Cherry Coffee pop up out of Stein's Deli, and features a selection of roasters she rotates weekly, including NOVO and Gimme! Coffee, in all forms of drinks from pour overs to cappuccino.

• Open in Google Maps

What best accompanies a decadent Tastee-on-steroids donut than an amazing cup of coffee? 1000 Faces Coffee is served at this new LGD fave, and drink offerings include espresso, drip, pour overs, and an on-tap nitro cold brew that comes out frothy and frigid (no ice needed) and takes 30 hours to brew.

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• Foursquare

BGA certified bartista Tamara Muro was one of the first people to bring third wave to New Orleans, with her tiny espresso bar on Magazine. Intellegentsia and Stumptown are served here, and 'slow bar' offerings include the very science-lab-like siphon as well as pour overs. Spanish style espresso drinks are available, as are loads of pastries, like housemade teacakes and poptarts, and some breakfast/lunch fare.

• Open in Google Maps

It's South and Central American coffee on wheels. This converted Citroen H van can usually be found in front Goorin Bros. hat shop in the LGD and sometimes at Juan's Mid City, and also at food truck round ups around town, slinging lots of espresso drinks with their 110V La Cimbali. Follow them on twitter to get their schedule.

• Open in Google Maps

Geoffrey Meeker's roasts his French Truck Coffee to order, and because of that, it really is New Orleans' best coffee. While you can find French Truck and various quality restaurants and coffee shops—including Pagoda Cafe, Refuel, and Ruby Slipper— it's so much more fun to find them in person at the monthly Saturday Art Market at Palmer Park, where they do hand pours of their signature roasts and iced coffee too.

• Open in Google Maps

This gorgeously eccentric gem in Central City does it right, from pour overs to espresso, featuring micro roasters French Truck Coffee and Tandem out of Portland. They also have great local pastries on hand including Windowsill Pies and other 'small bites'.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

Folks in the Quarter can get their pour over fix at this tiny joint (seats about 2 comfortably) with a sleek modern vibe and pour over bar. Miami's Panther and SF's Ritual roasters are featured prominently. They also have legit espresso drinks.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

Rock N Roller/Saint owner/third wave enthusiast Benji Lee brings the only Oji Japanese slow drip to town in the LGD. HiVolt has a five station pour over bar, serving Counter Culture coffee out of North Carolina. Lee's wife, Laura, creates a slew of breakfast/lunch small plates that are on the local and healthy side, and lots of vegan pastry are available.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

You may not have heard of Solo yet, but the secret is out in the Bywater, where this cute little pour over/espresso hideout resides. Panther and French Truck are both served at insanely reasonable prices (also, Solo delivers in the neighborhood). On top of that, they often feature food pop ups, including Wandering Buddah and Sugarmans bagels, and they sell all sorts of local pastries as well as other retail coffee/coffee-related items.

• Open in Google Maps

Former Mojo barista Lauren Fink runs her Cherry Coffee pop up out of Stein's Deli, and features a selection of roasters she rotates weekly, including NOVO and Gimme! Coffee, in all forms of drinks from pour overs to cappuccino.

• Open in Google Maps

What best accompanies a decadent Tastee-on-steroids donut than an amazing cup of coffee? 1000 Faces Coffee is served at this new LGD fave, and drink offerings include espresso, drip, pour overs, and an on-tap nitro cold brew that comes out frothy and frigid (no ice needed) and takes 30 hours to brew.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

BGA certified bartista Tamara Muro was one of the first people to bring third wave to New Orleans, with her tiny espresso bar on Magazine. Intellegentsia and Stumptown are served here, and 'slow bar' offerings include the very science-lab-like siphon as well as pour overs. Spanish style espresso drinks are available, as are loads of pastries, like housemade teacakes and poptarts, and some breakfast/lunch fare.

• Open in Google Maps

It's South and Central American coffee on wheels. This converted Citroen H van can usually be found in front Goorin Bros. hat shop in the LGD and sometimes at Juan's Mid City, and also at food truck round ups around town, slinging lots of espresso drinks with their 110V La Cimbali. Follow them on twitter to get their schedule.

• Open in Google Maps

Geoffrey Meeker's roasts his French Truck Coffee to order, and because of that, it really is New Orleans' best coffee. While you can find French Truck and various quality restaurants and coffee shops—including Pagoda Cafe, Refuel, and Ruby Slipper— it's so much more fun to find them in person at the monthly Saturday Art Market at Palmer Park, where they do hand pours of their signature roasts and iced coffee too.

• Open in Google Maps

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