America's Best Coffee Shops

The Daily Meal listed "America's Best Coffee Shops" a few days ago. Seattle didn't get No.1... but we had a few ranked in! Is your favorite coffee shop in your city in the list? 

This is how they made the list. "We scoured for the best independent coffee shops and chains that have changed the way we drink coffee. Our criteria? The best quality in coffee and food, atmosphere, customer service, and the "unique" factor."

Here is the list. (Click here for slide show)

1. Ultimo Coffee, Philadelphia

2. Gimme! Coffee, New York 

3. Barista, Portland, Ore. 

4. Courier Coffee Roasters, Portland, Ore.

5. Café Grumpy, New York City 

6. Lamill Coffee Boutique, Los Angeles

7. Stumptown, Various Locations

8. Ritual Coffee Roasters, San Francisco

9. Joe the Art of Coffee, New York and Philadelphia

10. Intelligentsia, Various Locations

11. Commonplace Coffee Co. House and Roasters, Pittsburgh

12. Milstead & Co., Seattle

13. Everyman Espresso, New York City

14. Peregrine Espresso, Washington, D.C.

15. Artifact Coffee, Baltimore

16. PT’s at College Hill, Topeka, Kan.

17. Victrola Coffee, Seattle

18. The Wormhole, Chicago

19. Caffé Medici, Austin, Texas

20. Boxcar Coffee Roasters, Boulder, Colo.

21. Ipsento, Chicago

22. Verve Coffee Roasters, Santa Cruz, Calif.

23. Spyhouse Coffee, Minneapolis

24. Panther Coffee, Miami

25. Happy Coffee Co., Denver

26. Blue Bottle Coffee, Various Locations

27. Kaffe 1668, New York City

28. Abraço Espresso, New York City

29. Condesa Coffee, Atlanta

30. Zoka Coffee, Seattle

31. Octane Coffee, Atlanta

32. Sola Coffee, Raleigh, N.C.

33. Town Hall Coffee Co., Merion Station, Penn.

My recent favorite Milstead & Co. is ranked No. 12. If you live in Seattle area and never been there, you should try. They want you to focus on good coffee so they don't serve larger than grande size and decaf.

_{Resource: The Daily Meal, America's Best Coffee Shops}