{"id":359896,"date":"2026-09-29T16:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/359896\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:40:08","slug":"how-independent-coffee-culture-thrives-across-new-york-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/359896\/","title":{"rendered":"How Independent Coffee Culture Thrives Across New York State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your morning coffee comes from a locally owned caf\u00e9 instead of a drive through, you are in good company in New York. Just in time for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinhomebase.com\/blog\/coffee-capitals-of-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Coffee Day <\/a>today, September 29th, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinhomebase.com\/blog\/coffee-capitals-of-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new study<\/a> found New York is one of the top states in the country where independent coffee shops are doing well. The study from small business platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinhomebase.com\/blog\/coffee-capitals-of-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Homebase<\/a> ranked New York No. 5 out of all 50 states.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Local Coffee Shops Across New York<\/p>\n<p>New York has 3,487 local coffee shops, according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinhomebase.com\/blog\/coffee-capitals-of-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to the study<\/a>. That works out to\u00a0nearly 18 shops for every 100,000 people in the state. From a small caf\u00e9 in the Southern Tier to a neighborhood coffee shop in New York City, these businesses give people a place to meet, catch up with friends, or grab a cup of coffee on the way to work. They also help support local owners.<\/p>\n<p>Coffee Shop Jobs Are Growing<\/p>\n<p>The study found the number of people working at New York\u2019s local coffee shops grew by almost 10 percent from 2024 to 2025. While big chains are still part of daily life, local coffee shops continue to give customers something more personal.<\/p>\n<p>Why Local Coffee Shops Matter<\/p>\n<p>A local coffee shop is more than a place to get caffeine. It&#8217;s a meeting spot, a place to study, a quiet place to work, or somewhere they already know your order. New York was behind Washington, Alaska, California, and Ohio in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinhomebase.com\/blog\/coffee-capitals-of-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Homebase study<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Local coffee shops in New York are thriving, employing nearly 10 percent more people this year while offering personal service chain stores can&#8217;t match.<\/p>\n<p>Tell Us What You Put in Your Coffee and We&#8217;ll Describe Your Personality<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that what you add or don&#8217;t add to your morning coffee speaks volumes about your inner self? See if these coffee drinker profiles don&#8217;t match up exactly with the personalities of people that you know. These observations might help you to understand people you&#8217;re meeting for the first time as well.<\/p>\n<p>13 Reasons Why (in Moderation) Coffee Is Actually Really Great for You<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Traci Taylor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If your morning coffee comes from a locally owned caf\u00e9 instead of a drive through, you are in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50,12],"class_list":["post-359896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}