We Need To Talk About This Latte, Taylor Swift

As part of her recent #viral marketing campaign to promote the benefits of moving to New York City, Taylor Swift has Instagrammed this photo of a latte with the hashtag #WelcomeToNewYork. The campaign and its widely derided socio-cultural implications aside, what the fuck is going on here?

That latte looks terrible. It looks like the froth was steamed up yesterday and reheated in a microwave, then dolloped by the spoonful on top of espresso. And is that…is that caramel? The drink looks chunky. WHAT EVEN IS THAT TAYLOR SWIFT.

We hope they taught you better than that in Nashville, but for reference, here is a far more beautiful #latte from #NewYorkCity courtesy of Joe Coffee on Instagram:

OK, OK. We aren’t haters. New York City is one of the greatest coffee cities in the world, Taylor Swift, and it’s awesome that you want to drink #lattes there. But you’re still new in town. It always helps to have a guide, and to that end we sincerely recommend Blue Crow Media’s app guide for New York’s Best Coffee (curated by Sprudge.com’s own Liz Clayton) as well as Oliver Strand’s essential app for the New York Times, which is well worth your New York time.

To make things even easier, here’s a list of coffee shops that will not pour you a chunky bleu cheese caramel WTF latte within a 10 minute iconic yellow taxi ride of your new Tribeca (“Taybeca“) apartment, which, good for you. Please note that this is a partial list because there really are so many good places to drink coffee in lower Manhattan these days.

Everyman Espresso (301 West Broadway, 136 East 13th)

Box Kite (115 St. Marks Place)