With a very tight writing timeline to finish my dissertation, its extremely important that I find the right Portland venue in which to work. Unfortunately, the coffee shop with the best coffee isn't so comfortable to work in even though the atmosphere is great for just hanging out. The coffee shop with the best hang out and work for hours atmosphere has horrible coffee, and the place with the yummy vanilla black tea that I switch to in the afternoon so as not to disrupt my precious sleep is different from the other two. I am missing Cafe Kopi, that comfortably provided all PhD completion requirements without an ounce of pretension.

although I should mention that despite my complaints, Portland is still awesome.