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June 2024

A tale of 1 city by 2 perspectives
+ a secret 🤫
A new era for Filter
It finally happened. 😮
Kitesurfing & cafe hopping in Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷
Along the west coast of France where the river Garonne spills into the Bay of Biscay lies the wine region of Bordeaux with that city at its center.
London with Alex from Workshop Coffee 🇬🇧
Originally from Leeds in northern England, Alex McFarlane moved to London to join the production team at Workshop Coffee, which has been a fixture in…
Washington, DC: A walk through Eastern Market with Cam’s Kettle 🇺🇸
Each weekend in Washington DC’s historic Eastern Market you’ll find the pop-up cafe by Cam’s Kettle, a member-based subscription offering coffee sourced…

May 2024

In small town Czechia, ‘an amazing place to start a business, to have a family, and to live’ 🇨🇿
Ostrava is probably not the city you have heard of in the Czech Republic.
Tokyo: A guide by ONIBUS Coffee’s Atsushi Sakao 🇯🇵
Originally from Choshi City on the east coast of Japan, Atsushi Sakao discovered specialty coffee in Australia and opened ONIBUS Coffee in 2012 as one…
Where to get tacos in central London (& more) 🇬🇧
Ranked the 5th most popular independent cafe in the world, Ozone Coffee is a staple both in its native New Zealand and in London, where it has 4…
Kathmandu, Nepal—'An endless well of creativity' 🇳🇵
It turns out the most fascinating thing about the Filter guide below is not the in-depth exploration of one of our world’s most colorful cities—though…
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