A passport for DC's coffee shops.
Check in at local shops, collect a stamp for every one, rate what you drank, and find your next favorite cup through the people you follow.
Join the beta How it works
Collect the city
Every shop you check in at stamps your passport. Finish a neighborhood, earn titles, and get a postcard each month.
Know what to order
Rate the drink, not just the shop. See what's best at each place, the bean it was made with, and whether people would order it again.
Follow your people
See where friends are drinking, cheer their check-ins, and trade favorites.
Independent and local
Coffee shops anyone can walk into, from corner cafés to local chains. No big national chains.
Every block is up for grabs.
Coffee in DC is a friendly competition. Check in more than anyone else and the titles are yours, until someone takes them back.
CHAMP
Area Champ
Stamp more shops in a neighborhood than anyone else and you hold it, from Shaw to Southwest. Your name goes on the neighborhood.
LEGEND
Local Legend
Be a shop's most loyal regular over the last 90 days and your name shows on its page for everyone to see.
DC
Finish the map
Complete a neighborhood, then another. Every month brings a postcard of where you've been, and the leaderboard shows who's covering the most ground.
Titles move. If someone out-visits you, you'll get a heads-up, and a reason to go get it back.
Take a look.
Search the way you actually choose
Filter by what you're drinking, find a quiet study spot and see how busy it usually is, check accessibility, and support Black-owned, women-owned, LGBTQ+-owned and other local businesses. Or open the map and see what's close.
Beans, roasts and tasting notes
See which beans a shop is brewing right now, how each drink rates with each bean, and the tasting notes people agree on. Take the taste quiz and get picks made for your palate.
What's happening this week
Cuppings, latte art throwdowns, seasonal drinks and new shops, all in one place, posted by the shops themselves.
Badges, streaks and crews
Earn badges as you explore, keep a weekly streak going, team up in a crew, and get a monthly recap of where your coffee took you.
Your shop, your page.
- Claim your shop and keep your hours, details and photos current.
- Post events, seasonal drinks and specials that show on your page and the Board.
- Import your menu from a photo, a PDF, a link or plain text, and check it before it goes live.
- List your beans so ratings name the right one, and see which your regulars love.
- See how your drinks rate, what people would order again, and how you compare across DC.
Email hello@districtofcoffee.app to get started.
Good to know
Is it free?
Yes. No ads, and we don't sell your information.
Where does it work?
Washington, DC, for now: about 177 independent and local coffee shops, chosen by hand. Big national chains aren't included.
iPhone or Android?
The beta is on iPhone through Apple's free TestFlight app: tap Join the beta, install TestFlight if it asks, then install District of Coffee. Android is coming; email us if you'd like to be first.
Can I keep my profile private?
Yes. Make it private and only people you approve can see your activity. You can block anyone, and delete your account any time.
My shop isn't listed, or something's wrong.
Tell us at hello@districtofcoffee.app, or use "Something wrong here?" on any shop page in the app.