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| - I wish I could like this place, I really do. It's cute, service is good, but it's not enough to come back.
We got this coconut latte drink, and the more you drank it, the more it tasted like sunscreen. There are coconut beverages out there that taste like natural coconut, this wasn't one of them.
I got the matcha affogato and it looked appealing but it didn't taste right. The matcha sauce was off somehow and the ice cream under it clashed, so while we thought it was vanilla, we realized it couldn't have been.
I decided to give it a third shot and ordered a lavender latte. I drink many lavender drinks, caffeine and alcohol. One of my go to drinks is a London fog, I drink a lot of tea and coffee in general. So this lavender latte was different, it was a coffee latte with what I'm guessing was some lavender extract, the flavors did not blend well at all. I kept drinking it hoping it would get better, but it got worse the more I kept trying to force it. This is partially my fault for not asking if this were a tea latte or an espresso one, but at the same time I've seen places put together some really weird combos and pull it off where the flavors complement each other. I think this drink could be improved as a lavender tea latte.
Something we considered was the fact that we kept trying to order fancy things off the menu that sounded intriguing and played off the things we already liked. Their normal, non fancy, drinks might actually be alright. I kind of wish I tried something simple like a vanilla latte or a cappuccino to try this place out, since it was new to us. But 3 out of 3 orders were discarded instead of finished, despite our best efforts.
As for the decor, for a themed coffee shop it feels minimal. There are some nice touches, there is even a tardis door which was adorable (and unrelated), but I know some friends who are hardcore into the Harry Potter fandom who've decorated their own homes with more memorabilia. If I hadn't known this was an HP themed coffee shop before walking in I wouldn't have known at first glance. I would have gotten it after ordering, sitting down, and looking around for a few minutes and then going ohhh. I don't know if there are copyright rules holding the shop back, but even displaying consumer available merch would help the theme go a lot further. Also, there was no inside seating so we sat at one of the two tables outside, which wasn't so bad on that particular day, but we just reached triple digit heat this week as I write this. The place seems popular with students, or some groups of teenagers / young 20 somethings squatting in decent sized groups for a decent period of time while sipping drinks. More seating would be helpful to account for them.
1 star for coffee, 1 star for theme, it's the service that got it to 3.
I live on the opposite side of town. There's really no reason for me to come back, or stop by if I'm visiting the east side. Really, we wanted to like this place more. I'm hoping they see this review and consider these points, I hope they can implement some changes to improve their drinks more than anything, and maybe I'll give it another shot later in the future.
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