Jack's Stir Brew

There should be an award for the strongest cup of coffee in New York. And it should be coveted as obsessively as my personal search for the potential winner. In the meanwhile, there's Jack's Stir Brew (138 West 10th Street West Village). The stirring apparently lends a creamy palate to the coffee, and helps the water absorb more of the psychoactive components of the bean. However it works, this is a cute little place, serving a monster of a coffee. It's worth going to just for the atmosphere, but they really might be on to something with this brewing technique.