Sidamo Coffee & Tea

DC is lacking in the cafe department. Yeah, we’ve got Starbucks and some other chains out the wazoo, but indies where you can pound away on wi-fi and smell beans roasting and write books while blustery days go by? Not so much. Sidamo, thankfully, makes up for us in this regard. Owned by an Ethiopian family, this is excellent, organic African coffee, tasty and strong as hell. There’s wi-fi, friendly staff and that right bohemian atmosphere, which, while overplayed in other parts of the world, doesn’t get enough play in the capital. On Sundays at 2pm, the family puts on an Ethiopian coffee ceremony; all customers are invited to participate.