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[Cafe Review] Cafe Arabica | Kyoto, Japan

Getting coffee is considered a formal travel activity for us. We spend more time researching cafes that have great coffee, reliable wifi, and hip interiors than we do planning actual tourist attractions. While this is totally normal for us, it’s rare that we see coffee shops creep into the list of must-do attractions in a …

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[Cafe Review] Boundless Mezcal Café | Cartagena, Colombia

Summary // Across from the bar at Boundless Mezcal Cafe, you’ll find a long communal table. Now let me tell you: I have a soft spot for communal seating in coffee shops. There’s something about a cup of coffee that brings people together, and it’s that sense of comradery that I really notice when we’re …

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[Cafe Review] Abaco Libros y Cafe | Cartagena, Colombia

Summary // After Belle married the Beast, they discovered their love of traveling and spent a month in South America, Belle fell in love with a cozy bookshop in the heart of Cartagena’s Old City. That book shop was called Abaco Libros y Cafe, and while they don’t sell Macarons, she was happy to read a …

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[Cafe Review] Cafe Jesus Martin | Salento, Colombia

Summary // Cafe Jesus Martin is a coffee shop that stands out in a region dominated by coffee growers but lacks coffee drinkers. Salento is right in the heart of Colombia’s coffee triangle and there are coffee fincas (farms) for miles in nearly every direction filling a good portion of west-central Colombia. And while you’d …

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[Cafe Review] Toucan Cafe | Medellin, Colombia

Summary // Toucan has become a bit of a home base for us. We’ve gone on three tours with Toucan Cafe & Tours (Coffee Farm Tour, Graffiti Tour and Guatape  & El Peñol Tour), and each time we have had coffee there while awaiting our departure. We’ve also spent a few mornings working from there, …

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