I don't love this place as much as the rest of the East End grad school set does. I appreciate the 3.50 French presses and the homemade chocolate chip scones, but the staff always seems less than pleased to see you and the location itself is unhospitable--it's hard to drink good coffee if the table is wobbly or the person next to you is disturbing your reverie. It's definitely on the more affordable end of the Squirrel Hill coffee shops, and is much quieter than either of the Starbucks or the center-of-the-grad-school-universe Commonplace Coffee, so it has that going for it. It also has a huuuuge assortment of different coffees that they get from all over the world. The house blend, the Sumatra, and the Ethiopia are delicious, the Brazil decidedly not. I would feel uncomfortably asking the baristas (or at least the baristas I've had) about coffee recommendations, as they just seem to be trying to get through the day.