Full Bean: Hotels for Coffee Connoisseurs

“We Brits drink 95 million cups of coffee every day, which makes us a nation of real bean geeks. We know that taste is as important as our caffeine buzz, and that’s down to the way coffee’s produced, picked, roasted, brewed and served. These five hotels have joined the revolution, bringing you café perfection…

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The Hoxton, Amsterdam
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When there are organised coffee tours available, you know you’re in a place that Gets It. Amsterdam’s Nine Streets area is brimming with artisan cafés, and it’s also home to hipstery hotel The Hoxton (that’s hipstery in a good way, if you’re wondering). It not only serves excellent coffee made with beans from local roasters Lot Sixty One, but it also employs a team of baristas who are as friendly as they are passionate about coffee. Add great food, plush sofas and a retractable glass roof for unadulterated coffee joy.

If you want to see more hotels in Amsterdam, visit our Amsterdam hotels page.

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Ace Hotel, New York
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New York is practically built on coffee culture. Ever since Italian immigrants founded D’Amico coffee roasters in Brooklyn in the forties, its coffee set-ups have continued to evolve. Continuing that evolution, Slumptown Roasters and the excellent Ace Hotel have teamed up to raise the bar for hotel coffee. Here you can relax in the hotel’s arty cafe over a brew made with gourmet beans from Slumptown’s Brooklyn roastery. You don’t even have to leave your room ‚Ôî there’s superb coffee available on room service too.

If you want to see more hotels in New York, visit our New York hotels page.

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Casa Bonay, Barcelona
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Wine, art and food connoisseurs have been flocking to Barca for generations, so the foundations of a craft coffee culture have always been there. However, until relatively recently, most coffee was made from torrefacto – beans coated with sugar to help preserve them. Step in coffee artisans like Satan’s Corner. They started off selling decent coffee from a shop front, and now have permanent residence at boutique hotel Casa Bonay, which holds ‘good coffee’ as one of its core values. Stay here for mind-blowing morning coffee and a menu that’s literally actually designed to complement your brew.

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Freehand Chicago, Illinois, USA
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The so-called third wave coffee movement is replacing freeze-dried instant with craft-style brews in more and more hotels. However, The Freehand Chicago has gone a step beyond simply catering for its guests ‚Ôî it has become a top spot for excellent coffee in its own right. After a good night’s sleep, join guests, locals and visitors downstairs in Café Integral where you’ll find coffee tops the menu. Ask for the house speciality to set yourself up for a day exploring Chicago.

If you want to see more hotels in Chicago, visit our Chicago hotels page.

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The Circus Hotel, Berlin
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Somebody should probably have stopped the cold brew revolution, because one of its key outcomes was tasty coffee at just the right temperature and consistency to mix with alcohol. But hey, they didn’t. Now we’re 24-hour coffee drinkers, even when we’re clubbing. This means hotel cafés can seamlessly turn into bars, just like Commonground at the superb Circus Hotel, right in the heart of party-centric Berlin. Put on your dancing shoes and sink a craft coffee Espresso Martini before your night out.

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