SOTE Coffee Roasters

sote knows how to roast, and the regulars on amsterdam ave know it too. that kind of loyalty on the upper west side, where you've got options at every corner, doesn't come from being mediocre. specialty roasting is a discipline that rewards obsession over convenience, and sote operates like a place that has made that trade willingly. if you're in the 10023 zip code and you care about what ends up in your cup, this is the address you'll want to memorize. the neighborhood has absorbed it the way good neighborhoods absorb the places that belong there, quietly, completely. stop in before the morning crowd thins out on amsterdam and get whatever's rotating on the single origin filter.