Look no further for the top cafés to grab a cup of joe, a creamy latte, or a freshly roasted bag of beans in the Hudson Valley.

Are you still drinking first wave coffee? If you're not sure what that even means, this primer will bring you up to speed.

Organic? Fair Trade Certified? You shouldn’t need a Ph.D to figure out what that label on your beans means (but it wouldn’t hurt).

Dear coffee lovers, you deserve more than bland beans in the a.m. – and you'll notice the difference once you make the swap.

Did you know coffee loses 70 percent of its flavor in just two minutes? Or that decaffeinated coffee isn't actually free of caffeine?

When it comes to scoring the perfect cup of coffee in the a.m., these three spots are worth going out of your way to visit.