Best Coffee Guide

Worked with a tech team for a location based app myself, I can understand it takes time to update. But I have always been thinking sometimes it's good to take a portable coffee maker myself.

@latifbaluch1 👋 thanks! The app evolved from a London-only app (same bundle ID, brand new app) so we have very good coverage in the UK/London. Our NY coverage is also very good so we want to become a go-to app for New Yorkers/visitors. The idea is to comprehensively cover every major coffee city and then everything in between (currently ~1700 coffee shops, most of them visited by a journalist). We have a hand-rolled CMS to manage the content and allow journalists to contribute. The app we evolved from was a pay-up-front model, where now we're free to use with new, premium features. We've really tried our best to grandfather the original purchasers (automated granting of free year of premium, copy/messaging, outreach) but unfortunately couldn't please everyone which painfully comes out in the reviews!! The always-free version allows discovery wherever you find yourself (e.g. nearest places), with the subscription ($2.99 year) supporting location search/city switching etc - good for travellers and people planning trips.

@stevenlaw Great to hear! There was a coffee festival last weekend so you hit the city at a peak-coffee time. All listings are either cafes that have been visited by the team, or ones that are marked as pending a visit ("On Our Radar"), and under no circumstances would a coffee shop be asked to pay anything. There are some products out there that have taken the pay-to-play approach, but we will be driving revenue through in-app subscriptions to unlock premium features and/or clearly marked sponsorships within the app/website (of pan-industry products).

@jonasalmut There is a search filter for `Loose Leaf Tea` which might suit two people trying to meet in one place with two preferences!