Coffee House Rundown – Where to Get a Caffeine Fix in Orlando

So, you’re in Orlando and you want some delicious (non-Starbucks) coffee. Here’s the rundown of your hotspots. I’ll share my winner at the end. 🙂

1. Credo

(College Park Area)

Credo Coffee — Delicious coffee. Open until early evening.

You really feel like you’re in some hipster section of Seattle when you enter this coffee shop. You pay “what you’d like” for your drinks. They take whatever you feel the coffee is “worth” here. Gazing at pictures of Free Trade beans & Central American farm children, however, I always seem to pay more than if they’d just charged me.

There’s a delightful array of indoor plants and tables of various heights. The local iOS devs gravitate towards this place, I’ve found. It’s a bit of a local techie mecca—in a nice way. Always enough seating.

No food, except for delicious (quite sugary) raspberry bars or one or two random cakes. Around the street is a cool vintage clothing store called D’Echoes. Worth a look!

Winter Park ~ Oak Trees, Bricks, and Culinary Delights

About 15 minutes Northeast of the high-rise buildings on the Downtown Orlando skyline is the charming town of Winter Park. It’s full of elegant oak trees and red brick streets. Winter Park feels like a genuine piece of colonial history and charm, hidden amidst masses of cookie-cutter Florida suburbs.