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As you may know, Brazil is the coffee country (it WAS also the football country, but... let's not talk about it!). So besides being a beer lover, I'm also a great coffee enthusiast (I'm a certificated barista and coffee taster - but still with a lot to learn). I grew up around coffee farms and appreciating the drink.

I'm not sure if you are acquainted with the term, but beyond the American Standart Lager version of coffee (things that you drink at McDonalds, Nescafé, Starbucks and so on) there are the "speciality coffees".

Just like craft beer, the Irish coffee scene seems to be flourishing. Places like 3FE Café, Brother Hubbard, Coffee Kiosk or Mr. Hobbs seems to be serving nice coffee with qualified baristas and nice coffee beans!

Another universe of liquid stuff to explore if you fancy it!

Each coffee has its own "terroir", its distinct character. And then you have dozens of different ways to extract it - espresso, french press, aero press, filtered, ibriq etc. - each of them producing different flavours!

Ireland has it's own branch of the SCAE (Speciality Coffee Association Europe) and you'll host a coffee and tea festival in September (unfortunately, I won't' be there in time for it!).

SCAE Ireland website: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="scae.ie/">scae.ie/
Dublin's Coffee and Tea festival website: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.dublincoffeefestival.com/">www.dublincoffeefestival.com/

Well, hope I can "convert" some of the Irish beer lovers into being coffee lovers!

I love 3FE, always try to go there anytime I'm down in Dublin.

They are great indeed!

I would like to do a full research on good Irish coffee shops! Suggestions outside Dublin?

&amp;quot;Tiago&amp;quot;:iqr4ph3z wrote: They are great indeed!

I would like to do a full research on good Irish coffee shops! Suggestions outside Dublin?[/quote:iqr4ph3z]

Idaho Cafe in Cork.

I like 3FE... Goes without saying really....

Coffee Angel get their stuff roasted in Belfast and it's also excellent.

IMO the best 'bang for buck' in Dublin coffee these days though is Cloud Picker... Roasted near Sheriff Street. 5.95 for a bag of either of their blends and it's solid coffee.

Vice Coffee in the Twisted Pepper do 3FE but also import some really too notch coffee from London roasteries.

Outside Dublin I've had some decent but not amazing coffee from Badger and Dodo (Cork?). Ariosa (Meath?) is completely over-roasted, but paradoxically may do well because that's what a lot of Irish people think coffee should taste like.

For me personally the best things I ever did was to buy a proper grinder and spend some time learning how to use an aeropress properly.

The best coffee I ever had in Ireland is from "Ponaire" I think they are in Limerick. Expensive but by far the best I've had. Had to buy direct from them or I got it in MCCambridges in Galway, but if anyone knows where to get it around Dublin let me know.

Aaron