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Hygiene: The bar is lacking in cleanliness; coffee grounds are spread everywhere, the milk pitchers are covered in scale and grime, employees are using their phones, debit machine, handing cash, and then continuing to make beverages without any hand sanitization between.
Service: The employee who served me at the cash was quite nice and clearly put effort into interacting with the customer. The barista who served me however really through off the entire experience. He was very clearly distracted and lacking any drive to work. Upon asking what coffee he served me he answered "flat white" and stepped to the side to do something else. There was a miscommunication as I was wanting to know which beans. When I clarified what I was asking he answered "um, our own special roast" while walking away to do something else.
When a customer asked about the Hario v60 drip brewer, the employees very clearly had little knowledge about the brewer, and offered an apathetic response similar to that of when I asked about the coffee.
Both employees sat down to play on their phones for 5-10 minutes despite the dirty dish waiting on another table in clear view.
Coffee: flat white was rich and creamy, however lacked in any nuance from the espresso. Milk texture was quite nice and overall it was a reasonably good beverage. It was unfortunately under filled by about 2 millimetres.
Overall, this shop is acceptable for takeout coffee for someone that appreciates a decent beverage. I would not recommend this shop by any means if you are an experienced coffee consumer with interest in the product. This shop very clearly does not strive for excellency and by no means offers anything to the specialty coffee scene. For the price and availability, there are shops in Toronto that are making waves in the rapid innovation of coffee service, while offering amazing genuine service and unique, delicious coffee.
Please note that this is a single experience and only one drink was ordered.
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