West Village Latte Tour and Optional Bakery Stop

What separates a great latte from a good or a bad one? That’s the question at the heart of this new Coffee Hunters event with frequent guest co-host (and Coffee Hunters attendee) Neil Andrews. It means we'll be talking about how espresso is made, how milk is steamed, and much more!

Neil is a good person to address that question – he’s visited 281 (!) and counting coffee shops in NYC, putting their lattes to the test and posting reviews on his website. Having already co-hosted many latte tours for Coffee Hunters, he’s always excited to be back for more sequels.

For this tour, we’ll be visiting three excellent cafes in the West Village: Rhythm Zero, Do Not Feed Alligators, and Oslo.

By the end of this tour, you’ll have a sense of the many variables that affect the making of a latte, where and why things tend to go off the rails, and what absolutely has to happen for a latte to receive a high score.

After the tour, there is an optional stop at L’Appartement 4F, a great bakery that "brings the essence of a Parisian bakery to Brooklyn Heights and the West Village with our hand-rolled croissants, slow-fermented sourdough breads, and artisanal pastries."

I claim that the West Village is the best Manhattan neighborhood for coffee in NYC -- let's see if it lives up to the test!

NOTE: The cost of the tour will go entirely to the lattes and barista tips. There are no refunds if you can't make it, but please cancel your RSVP so someone else can get in!