Thou Mayest - Nelson-Atkins

the pour-over is the move here. thou mayest has built a reputation in kansas city for taking filter coffee seriously, and if you're the kind of person who actually wants to taste what's in the cup, that's where to start. the cafe sits on oak street in the museum district, which puts it in easy reach of the nelson-atkins museum of art, so the foot traffic tends toward people with a slower pace and an actual interest in being somewhere. that's good company to keep. the espresso drinks hold up too, and the whole operation carries the confidence of a roaster that's been doing this long enough to stop explaining itself. come mid-morning when the rush has thinned. get the pour-over.