my name is mwd

Over the years, for some unfathomable reason, I seem to have gathered a reputation as someone who drinks coffee, and nice coffee at that. One side effect of this is people often ask me to recommend coffee shops that might provide them with nice coffee.

At the moment it seems a particularly good time to be trying to find good coffee out there – the standard of coffee shops seems to have shot up in the last couple of years (or, perhaps, I’ve only just noticed it). So using PlaceWhisper I’ve put together a little collection of places I like to go at the moment:

There’s a bigger version on its own page over here.

Some people might point out I’ve missed some obvious places, and indeed places they might expect me to recommend. The choice is limited to places I’ve been in the last year or so – I knew lots of great places in Glasgow when I lived up there, but it’s been so long since I hung out there I have no idea whether such places are still open and what the coffee is like now. I know my taste in coffee changes over time, so these are places that I rate today. In particular, most of these places are third wave coffee joints, which is what I like to drink at the moment.

If I’ve missed somewhere out, do let me know, and I’ll schedule a trip :)