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| - I've spending a lot of time with a friend who is a pretty serious coffee drinker. A couple nights ago, we stopped in at Hava Java for a caffeinated beverage before enjoying some gelato next door. Being the afternoon of July 4th, the place was empty, save for the barista and a guy who was in there chatting her up. I ordered a cafe au lait, he an iced coffee of some sort. After asking me if I preferred skim milk or 2%, the barista handed me my cup of milk and foam and told me the coffee was self-serve and pointed me in the direction of the three coffee dispensers on the other side of the bar. Really? $3.75 for a cafe au lait and I have to pour the coffee myself? I suppose that wouldn't have been entirely terrible if it had been any good. It's amazing how much difference whole milk makes, but even beyond that, the coffee was weak and flavorless, and since it had to be pumped over the weak foam and milk, my drink tasted like little more than a drip coffee with milk. Lame. Sorry, Hava Java - a repeat customer I will not become.
P.S. - A $0.25 "service fee" is charged to all credit/debit transactions. Again, lame.
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