Open daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., this one of the best places to hang out or work remotely in West Seattle. There’s upstairs seating that gives you a great view of the mural, Sea Wolf pastries, and some primo beans, including some from Dorothea, a small-batch local roaster that is only available in a few coffee shops.

This Ballard plant shop does exceptional stuff with espresso — Root is coffee for the proud coffee snobs. They use beans from well-regarded but far-flung roasters like Sey (in Brooklyn) and Manhattan (in the Netherlands, confusingly), and though they do excellent seasonal flavored drinks, the flavors you get from the unadulterated espresso are powerful enough — often floral and fruity, a glimpse of what the cutting edge of coffee tastes like.

There are more places than ever to get Vietnamese coffee, and this Fremont spot does it right. They also do it traditional, with phin-brewed coffee paired with condensed milk, the combo that makes Vietnamese-style coffee so powerful and sweet. The drinks here mostly lean into that sweetness, like the sesame latte or the salty vegan peanut butter latte; drinking one of these is like inhaling a candy bar, in the best possible way. Drinks are on the pricier side at around $6, but honestly you don’t need more than one.

Elm Coffee Roasters is a perfect place for stellar coffee, geeky yet approachable in a way that invites you to learn more about the finer points of brewing as well as harvesting and processing. With a rotation of seasonal coffees sourced from countries like Peru and Columbia and a solid, streamlined menu of coffee drinks, this is a haven in Pioneer Square.

Hood Famous is a hip cafe and bakery in the Chinatown-International District built on the success of chef and co-owner Chera Amlag’s delectable Filipino treats, including a famed bright-purple ube cheesecake. On the coffee side, the pandan lattes and iced calamansi espresso tonics are distinctly Filipino takes on specialty coffee drinks. At night it turns into a cocktail bar serving pulutan, a.k.a. Filipino bar food.

This Capitol Hill coffee shop is the best of all the worlds. The Camber beans are excellent and the baristas know their way around a shot; the food from neighboring B-Side Foods is the kind of healthy-ish breakfast fare that makes you feel good about yourself (think avocado toast and rice bowls); and it’s a comfortable place to hang out. Maybe you’ll meet some fellow misfits and have a bunch of heartwarming adventures throughout your 20s, who knows?

This South Park coffee shop quadruples as a wine bar/community/all-purpose hangout. It serves funky wines and beers as well as natural wines by the glass and bottle — you can also grab a bottle next door at Left Bank Wines, which shares an owner with Good Voyage. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights Good Voyage hosts a New Mexican soul food pop-up from Cocina Barelas, and an English muffin brunch pop-up appears on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from Drury Lane. Any day of the week it’s an extremely chill place to post up and work and enjoy some beans from local roaster Dorothea.

One of the oldest shops and roasters in the Seattle area, Cafe Allegro has been serving up espresso in the University District since 1975, and some of the posters on the walls have been here at least that long. You enter in through the alley and you’re back in the grunge era. Don’t be a cob nobbler, put on your wack slacks and kickers and post up here with a laptop, away from all the lamestains.

This operation offers what very few Seattle roasters can: Ethiopian coffee sourced from and imported by Ethiopian roasters. Many of its offerings come from Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia, known for rich, chocolatey flavor with explosive berry notes. Co-founder Solomon Dubie observed the Ethiopian coffee ceremony from an early age, and has an instinctive feel for taste.