Orlando, Florida
The best coffee in Orlando
Six Orlando cafés and roasters, none of them anywhere near the theme parks.
6 places
Orlando's coffee has nothing to do with the tourist corridor, which is the single most useful thing to know about it. The scene is neighbourhood-driven, and the two that matter are Mills 50 and Audubon Park — the densest cluster of independent roastery cafés inside the city.
Colonialtown, the Milk District, College Park and downtown all hold worthwhile single stops. Winter Park is where Lineage runs its roastery and classroom.
1.Lineage Coffee Roasting
Audubon Park
The flagship sits inside East End Market on Corrine Drive, with the roastery and a craft coffee classroom out in Winter Park. The most serious coffee operation in the city.
2.Lobos Coffee Roasters
Audubon Park
Roasting on the same Audubon Park stretch, which makes pairing it with Lineage the obvious morning.
3.Framework Craft Coffee House
Mills 50
Quality coffee with a rotating lineup of seasonal drinks, and the most consistent room in Mills 50.
4.Qreate Coffee + Studio
Mills 50
Inventive tea and espresso work with add-ons most cafés would not attempt — pistachio, lychee, charcoal mocha.
5.Haan Coffee
Mills 50
Korean-inspired drinks, and a genuinely different tradition from everything else in the district.
Order: the Seoul Iced Coffee
6.Easy Luck
Mills 50
Rounds out the Mills 50 cluster and the easiest of them to sit in for a while.