Surprise As New Haven Misses Out On Coffee City Rankings

Grab a cup of Joe and get ready for a lack of national respect New England, a new study has just been released ranking the Best Coffee Cities in America for 2025 and although we gave the world Dunkin' only one in our part of the world made the list.

I've been a steady cup-a-day man for close to twenty years and my allegiance has shifted over the decades due to the above-average variety of coffee retailers we have in Connecticut. My love has shifted from Dunkin' to Starbucks to Aroma Joe's to a nice Green Mountain Roasters hazelnut from the Four Corners Shell. I also love the brews from local coffeehouses like Cheshire Coffee, Quin Brew in Watertown, and Batchy Brew in Torrington. We are the inspiration for the coffee-obsessed Gilmore Girls of fictional Stars Hollow, Connecticut, yet once again, we sit in the shadows of Boston and New York City.

Where are the Best Coffee Cities in America for 2025?

Portland, Orlando, and Long Beach, California, according to WalletHub's Best Coffee Cities in America (2025). In fairness, WalletHub only compared the 100 largest cities in America for their study, but I have to imagine that Stamford, Hartford, Bridgeport, and especially New Haven would have done well.

To arrive at their rankings WalletHub compared the cities across 12 key coffee-friendly metrics: Average price of coffee and cappuccino, share of households who own coffee makers, coffee shops per capita, donut shops per capita, and Google search traffic for 'Coffee'. The only city in New England to make the rankings was Boston at #19, Jersey City at #27, and New York City at #36.