The city that never sleeps has a new favorite caffeine cafe.
A coffee shop in NYC’s West Village was recently named one of the best in the world according to a recently released list of the 100 Best Coffee Shops in the World.
Arcane Estate Coffee, a Panamanian-focused cafe on Cornelia Street, is ranked number 12 on the list – making it one of nine US cafes to make the global list.
Fame is an amazing feat – especially when we consider that they opened their doors only nine months ago.
“We opened nine months ago with the goal of creating a cafe that can show what makes Panamanian coffee special,” the coffee shop wrote about the difference on Instagram.
The small cafe has built its reputation on its rare coffee beans sourced directly from family farms in the Chiriquí highlands of Panama, a region known for its volcanic landscape and the Geisha variety.
According to the coffee shop’s website, their founder, Edgar Acosta-Masferrer, realized that his family’s place was in the middle of the specialty coffee production area in Panama.
Arcane Estate has a rotating menu of micro-lots that “better express the uniqueness of the current season,” with a focus on highlighting tradition and giving people access to rare coffees.
One person on Instagram even called it “the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had. The taste, the preparation, the service, the equipment… everything.”
Because coffees are rare during harvest, the supply of coffee is limited. Their limited edition bags tend to sell out quickly – and some even include two per customer.
Their profiles are “deliberately simple” and developed to preserve the natural expressions of the coffee.
“We offer coffee from our own farm and producers who have shaped the way we grow, process, and think about coffee over the past decade,” the coffee shop said on Instagram.
“Our approach has always been to make the work that takes place on the farm more visible, in an area designed to give visitors time to appreciate the details from soil to soil.”
The second annual ranking of the World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops, released on Monday at CoffeeFest Madrid 2026, looked at more than 15,000 coffee shops around the world.
The evaluation process includes coffee quality, barista expertise, customer service, innovation, environment and atmosphere, sustainability practices, consistency, and food and cake quality.
Both public opinion and expert evaluation are taken into account in the voting process, with the final results in a moderated system that sees public votes account for 30% of the final results, while a panel of experts contributes the remaining 70%.
The top spot went to another US-based coffee shop, Onyx Coffee Lab in Arkansas. Tim Windelboe from Norway took second place, followed by Alquimia Coffee in third place.
Other USA coffee shops listed are BlendIn Coffee Club in Texas (No. 20), Domestique in Alabama (No. 43), Prevail Coffee in Alabama (No. 66), Push x Pull in Oregon (No. 72), Savaya Coffee Market in Arizona (No. 77), Story in Illinois in Soil Connecticut (No. No. 95).
The list highlights the different regions that grow coffee capitals. The United States leads the way with nine points, followed by Australia, Peru, Spain, Honduras and Taiwan.
