Xavier A.
Yelp
My favorite shop in Clinton Hill, hands down. Great specialty coffee, their own custom blends of loose leaf tea & amazing local pastries from Saraghina in Bed-Stuy. The real seller for me though is the vibe. The owners are a pair of kind, sweet, extremely personable artists who have a unique, contemporary point of view and exquisite taste. A constantly changing, well-sourced selection of small-run art books, novellas & magazines anchors the retail offering. The space is also dotted with beautiful hand-made pottery, accessories and home goods (I just bought some gorgeous hand-fired ceramic bowls actually ).
The décor is knowingly minimal but warm. The esoteric mix of music they play complements the overall grown up cool-kid aesthetic. If I can manage to snag the one table they have, I find I can sit there for hours, sipping 'head-hi' blend tea, reading my new purchase, snacking on a croissant and inevitably reaching for my phone to look up and save every third song that comes on their little sound system. What can I say? I Head Hi.