Nov 16, 2011
Via twitter: “Sweetleaf, Long Island City – Just had one of the best shots of espresso of my life on their new La Marzocco EP.”
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Long Island City’s Sweetleaf wins Krups’ ‘Cup o’ Joe’ coffee contest for Queens

Apr 28, 2011
A Long Island City java joint has taken top honors in a competition to see who brews the best coffee in Queens…

Apr 27, 2011
Even though Verve [Coffee Roasters] has a national following within coffee circles, it was nearly impossible to find in New York. Which is why I was excited when Rich Nieto at Sweetleaf in Long Island City told me last month that he started to stock it at his coffee shop. Santa Cruz has come to Queens…

Escape NYC (without leaving town)

Sept 6, 2010
Speaking of things that are super: Sweetleaf, that rustic-chic café further down Jackson Avenue, uses every New York coffee nerd’s current favorite, Stumptown. The New Orleans-ish space is alluring and the iced java is near the top of its class…

Sweetleaf Cafe in Long Island City (Photos)

Oct 24, 2010
Sweetleaf Cafe in Long Island City just expanded into the adjacent space, adding more seating and more room for staff (Oliver Strand wrote about it in the NYT Diner’s Journal a couple of weeks ago)…

Sweetleaf Coffee Expands

Oct 15, 2010
Sweetleaf is entering a new weight category. The Long Island City, Queens, coffee spot tripled in size after taking over the storefront next door and adding a pour over bar (where coffee will be brewed by the cup), and single origin espresso – right now it’s Stumptown Coffee Roaster’s Ethiopian Mordecofe…

Best coffeeshops for doing work

Dec 7, 2010
The only purveyor of Stumptown beans in Queens, Sweetleaf recently tripled in size, opening up plenty of room for customers to settle in for a day’s work…