Jessi's Coffee Shop

new york city has more specialty coffee than almost anywhere on earth, and the sheer volume of it means most shops blur together fast. jessi's coffee shop on bushwick avenue doesn't. brooklyn's bushwick neighborhood has spent years building a reputation for the kind of independent food and drink culture that takes its audience seriously, and jessi's sits right inside that current. the regulars here are loyal in the way that only comes from a place that consistently gets the fundamentals right, not because it's trying to stand out, but because it isn't cutting corners on the basics. if you're moving through that stretch of bushwick ave, a morning espresso here is worth building the rest of your route around.