Best City for Coffee? Not Portland Says Website

Portland. You might want to sit down.

A new website survey looks at the best cities for coffee fanatics.

As expected, Portland is on there.

But not where you might think.

The website, SmartAsset.com, looked at a variety of factors for the 100 largest cities in the United States, including: number of coffee roasters; number of cafes, coffeehouses, and cafes per 100,000 people;, price of coffee; and level of coffee enthusiasm based on Google searches.

Number one on the list was Seattle. Not unexpected.

Number two? Por.... Nope. New Orleans?

Huh?

Says SmartAsset:

"New Orleans has long been one of the world’s busiest coffee ports and it remains the leading U.S. importer of java, bringing in about 250,000 tons of coffee every year. That large supply of coffee has a downward effect on local prices. Of America’s largest 100 cities, New Orleans boasts the fourth-lowest espresso price."

And then Portland.

Third.

"For coffee fanatics seeking a truly perfect cup of coffee, Portland may be the place to start looking. The city has more highly-rated cafés and coffeehouses than any other U.S. city. In total, 28 Portland coffee shops are rated as 4.5-star or 5-star establishments on Yelp, according to SmartAsset’s research," they write.

So, keep trying Portland.