The directory
How we choose cafés.
Remembrew is a curated shortlist, not a phone book. It is independent and never pay-to-list. Every café earns its place by clearing the same five-point bar, no exceptions and no shortcuts for anyone willing to pay.
2,480 cafés across 89 cities, each checked against this standard.
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Specialty-grade, third wave
Transparent or direct sourcing and a real espresso or filter program. We leave out generic chains and places where coffee is an afterthought to the food.
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Real and currently open
Every café is a verifiable venue with an address we can confirm from a reputable source. Permanently or temporarily closed spots are dropped, not parked.
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Truthful data only
Real names and approximate factual coordinates. We never invent opening hours or ratings. If we cannot confirm hours, we leave them blank rather than guess.
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One entry per location
Each genuine specialty location counts once. A roaster with several cafés earns a listing for each real, separately worthwhile site.
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Well regarded
A café has to show up on credible best-of lists or carry strong consensus across reputable coffee sources. Reputation is a gate we apply quietly; we do not publish star ratings.
Independent by design
We make no money from any café in this directory. There are no affiliate kickbacks on listings, no rankings for sale, and no hidden sponsorships. Remembrew is a free iOS app for logging the coffee you drink; the directory exists to help you find cups worth logging, and that is the only job it has.
Questions about the directory
- Can a café pay to be listed or ranked higher?
- No. There is no pay-to-list, no sponsored placement, and no advertising in the directory. A café is included only because it clears our bar, and nothing changes its position for money.
- Where does your data come from?
- Each city is researched against reputable specialty coffee sources such as Sprudge, European Coffee Trip, Time Out, The Infatuation, Broadsheet, and the cafés' own sites, then cross-checked for a confirmable address. We list factual details only.
- Why don't you show ratings or review scores?
- Aggregated star ratings are noisy and easy to game. We use reputation as a yes-or-no gate during selection instead of publishing a score, so the directory stays a curated shortlist rather than a leaderboard.
- How do you keep listings current?
- We re-check cities in batches and remove places once a closure is confirmed by a reliable source. Coffee moves fast, so if something looks wrong, the report link on every café page comes straight to us.
- How can I suggest a café or fix an error?
- Use the report link at the bottom of any café page, or email [email protected] with the name and address. We read every message and update the directory directly.
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