The specialty coffee map for travelers.
Know your Grounds is a map-first travel companion for serious coffee people. We don't review restaurants. We don't rate chains. We find the world's best specialty coffee shops and make it easy to visit them — wherever you're headed next.
We built this because the alternatives are broken. Google Maps treats Starbucks and a meticulously crafted single-origin pour-over bar as equals. City guides go stale. Review apps are gamed. Know your Grounds is the utility layer: curated, scored, and always map-first.
717
Curated cafés
50
Cities covered
Every city in Grounds was built by people who actually travel for coffee. If your favourite spot isn't on the map, tell us about it.
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Our scoring methodology is 100% public. No payments, no influence, no black box.
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