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Bellevue Coffee Crawl: One Perfect Morning
Four downtown cafes, one morning, on foot. The walkable Bellevue coffee crawl with what to order at each stop.
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You can do a real coffee crawl in downtown Bellevue without driving. Here's the route we use when friends visit.
Stop 1: Cafe Cesura
Start at 8:00am. Order a single espresso at the marble counter. This is the city's reference shot. Sit for 10 minutes; let the morning open.
Stop 2: General Porpoise
Five-minute walk. Get a cortado and one donut. Yes, one. Window seat if you can grab it.
Stop 3: Tea Bar (a curveball)
Three-minute walk. Skip coffee here and order a matcha — it gives your stomach a break and the powdered tea is properly grade-A.
Stop 4: Realfine Coffee
The hidden one. Smaller, less known, the pour-over is the move. Take it to-go and finish at Downtown Park on a bench.
The walk
Total: about 12 minutes of walking, 90 minutes including sit-down time. Best done on a clear Saturday between 8 and 10am.
The order, ranked
- Cesura espresso.
- GP cortado.
- Realfine pour-over.
- Tea Bar matcha.
If you want the full ranking, see the 10 best coffee shops in Bellevue. Browse all Bellevue coffee shops.
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