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Permalink Reply by Justin Hicks on August 8, 2011 at 8:12pm

Awesome! I think we are taking 75 south down to nashville, I haven't been to Nashville in almost three years so I forget the exact route.. but thanks! this will make a good road trip pit stop!

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Permalink Reply by Matthew on August 9, 2011 at 6:15am

Well.... Cincinnati, OH and Louisville, KY have great stops. I used to live in Nashville and would drive from there to Cincinnati almost every weekend.  I would recommend taking the following interstate routs: 75, 71, 264, 65.  In my experience this is the fastest way.

 

All of the locations below are very good.  I like some more than others, but each location I tend to frequent since I like to go to different places and every place has its own nice qualities. There are more locations you could try, but these are the places I go, these are the places with the best espresso IMO.  * = How much I like them

 

DownTown =

  **** Coffee Emporium (110 East Central Parkway, Cincinnati)

  ***   Taza (2900 Jefferson Avenue, Cincinnati) [UC Campus]

  ***   Rohs Street Cafe (245 West McMillan Street, Cincinnati) [UC Campus]

  **     Tazza Mia  (441 Vine Street, Cincinnati)

  ***   Park+Vine "vegan" (1202 Main Street, Cincinnati)

Florence KY =

  **** Windmill Coffee (7220 Burlington Pike, Florence, KY 41042) Easy Parking

 

Louisville KY =

  *** Heine Brothers Coffee (3060 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40205)

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Permalink Reply by Matthew on August 9, 2011 at 10:24am

I would say its been at least 3 years since I had Heine Brothers.     They seemed good at the time, but my tastes and companies quality do change.

 

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Permalink Reply by Justin Hicks on August 9, 2011 at 1:38pm

Mathew thanks man!, sadly Cinci is only about an hour away from Dayton so I'm looking for something more halfway.. ( picky, i know lol ) but Tazza Mia on Vine is superb! I had the pleasure of talking to the barista's for a few hours one day and absolutely enjoyed the way they convey their shop.  I'm going to check out Heine Bro's most likely.. Thanks a lot!

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Permalink Reply by Matthew on August 9, 2011 at 1:57pm

I don't live in Louisville so there may be some better places out there, but I always would stop at Heine because it was on the way.    You should really check out Windmill in Florence KY.  Its worth the extra Caffiene

 

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Permalink Reply by Justin Hicks on August 9, 2011 at 2:18pm

I'll take your word on it! I'm starting to plot our destinations and maybe stopping at the dinosaur land this will be perfect

 

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Permalink Reply by Brady on August 9, 2011 at 9:06pm

I've never been, but I've met several of the guys from Bongo Java in Nashville at regional events and suspect they'd be worth a visit. I feel like there's another big player there who's name escapes me at present.

 

PS - if you are in Louisville, you should really hit Sunergos. Great micro roaster with 2 company stores there. Their roastery is really close to an awesome donut shop too, whose name I can't recall at present (gosh, I'm helpful tonight). Nice people, good coffee.

 

Nothing against Heine Bros, though... which is a decent (if somewhat large) local chain.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Ayers on August 11, 2011 at 2:52am

Some guys from Crema in Nashville visited us here in Paris. They should have a good cup there.

 

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Permalink Reply by Justin Hicks on August 24, 2011 at 4:26pm

I have to so say that Quill's in Louisville was the best that we visited.  I'm heading out to LA in a week.. Does anyone know of some good shops out there by chance?

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Permalink Reply by Matthew on August 24, 2011 at 4:53pm

Where all did you visit?

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