It used to be that new coffee places would offer staples like avocado toast and some rainbow concoction or other. These days, serious coffee places serve java, plus housemade kombucha and single origin teas instead.

One of these, Glyph at TripleOne Somerset, has become a regular hangout for me, together with Apartment in Lavender Street, which I wrote about some weeks ago. I love that they take their coffee seriously but are not obnoxious about it, and are willing to answer my pesky questions. I learn so much on my visits.