I was originally planning to turn December into Review Month. Because no matter how some other bloggers frown upon year review posts, I love them. I love looking back and being nostalgic. And I love pretending that my life had a certain theme in the past year.

December overwhelmed me though, and I never got around to writing those “best 14 things I ate in 2014” or “best 14 Instagrams of 2014” articles. (Don’t even ask about when I bought and wrapped my Christmas presents this year!). But despite missing out the grand review time frame in the blogosphere, there is one annual post that I could never ever leave out, because I look forward to writing it all year: My annual coffees from around the world round-up!

I cherish this little tradition of mine so much and I adore how my life’s perception changes when told through the tales of the prettiest and most delicious coffees I had throughout the year.

I drink a lot of coffee, though naturally, I don’t take a photo of every single coffee I drink: Every morning, I have (at least two cups of) coffee in my favorite polka dot mug on my kitchen table while spending way too much time on social media. At the office, I have a post-lunch cappuccino (I’m sorry for this horrible habit, Italy!) with my co-workers. Sometimes, if we feel fancy, my boyfriend and I have an espresso after dinner. I need a lot of coffee to get by (yup, I’m an addict), but I don’t usually photograph my everyday coffees.

I don’t usually photograph my morning coffee, but I loved the November light on my kitchen table here!

My year retrospective in coffee is my favorite post to write all year, because it makes me remember the little special moments I took my camera with me — on market days, on a domestic weekend getaway, or on the eventual international trip. Even though coffee photos are never really those epic travel photos, they symbolize the little moments I love — at home and on the road. And these were my favorite coffee moments in 2014:

January: Hesse and Lower Saxony

Coffee with an oriental touch on a very cold day in Göttingen 

February: Lower Saxony

Window seat in the warm on freezing February days

March: Lower Saxony, Berlin, Hesse, Rome, and Madrid

Lattes in Göttingen before spending most of March on the road 

Pre-sightseeing cappuccino in Berlin’s hip Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood

Solo afternoon flat white break in Berlin 

Starting every single day in Rome with a caffè cornetto

Post-pasta coffee with a side of biscotti

Espresso while looking at the Foro Romano 

Learning how to drink coffee like an Italian during my food tour with Walks of Italy

First coffee in Madrid!

Drinking so much coffee with the #GirlsGoneMAD  in the cozy kitchen of our GowithOh apartment in Madrid 

When in Madrid: Café con leche, churros con chocolate 

April: Madrid, Hesse, and Lower Saxony

Flat whites and glimpses of hipster Madrid

Café con leche on a sunny spring day in Madrid‘s Retiro park

May: Lower Saxony

Coffee at the farmers’ market while strolling past peonies and strawberries 

June: Lower Saxony and Hamburg

Breakfast on a summery getaway to Hamburg

Espressos after a traditional fried fish breakfast (!) roll at Hamburg’s famous Sunday fish market 

July: Lower Saxony

Coffee in a beach chair after a very stressful month

August: Lower Saxony, Berlin, Hesse, Vienna, and Bratislava

Coffee and cake in Neukölln, Berlin 

Breakfast and the best coffee I ever had in Prenzlauer Berg 

The cutest breakfast in the Berlin morning sun 

Window seat espresso in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin

A flawless sunny coffee moment in Vienna

Cappuccino and the most expensive chocolate cake of all times in Vienna 

Sipping coffee with a view of Bratislava‘s main square

Hiding from a sudden summer storm in Bratislava with a pretty cappuccino 

September: Lower Saxony, Berlin, and Hesse

Introducing my international guest Jessica to German breakfasts in Göttingen 

Flat whites on a day trip to Berlin

October and November: Hesse and Lower Saxony

Latte art on the most beautiful November day in Hannover

Spending the shorter days in cute cafés with sweet treats

December: Lower Saxony, Bremen, and Hesse

Cappuccio while exploring the Hanseatic city of Bremen

Post-college reunion coffee in my old home town Gießen in Hesse

Pretty cappuccino in rural Hesse on a perfect snow day 

And in 2015: Hopefully more coffee, more stories, more travels!

Which is your favorite coffee photo from 2014?
And what was your favorite coffee moment this year?