Coffee Shops

Coffee culture has been fairly new to arrive to most of the post-Soviet space, but has spread and developed rapidly. Most coffee shops here are local players that are either building chains or, sometimes, which have turned themselves into local cultural institutions.

Explore your coffee options for: Moscow; St. Petersburg; Irkutsk; Vladivostok; Bishkek; Kyiv; and Warsaw.

August 24, 2022

Dona Bakery in Batumi, Georgia

One of the most popular bakeries in Georgia is called Dona Bakery. It was founded in 2003 and there are now two locations in Batumi. The first is at 41 Gorgasali St., located in the Old City with outdoor seating. I lived in the apartments above this location while studying abroad with SRAS in Georgia. […]