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| - This place is sexy; subway tiles, exposed brick, mosaic panted floor tiles, rustic wood panels and of course all of this is dressed up with industrialized chick furnishings and decor. Yes, this is a place to hang out for hours... only if their coffee game was a little stronger -- okay, a lot stronger.
This place is a cafe-at-home person's paradise! With so many house blends and flavoured coffees; they even have flavoured coffee additives! Prices are reasonable and packaging is pretty. They go as far as offering a handful of specialty teas!
Now, on to the real stuff. Their coffee is dismiss-able at best. When I asked for medium roast, I don't mean a watered down dark roast (a-la-Starbucks). Coffee was reminiscent of Starbucks at best I would say; lacked body, no complexity, zero acidity, you don't really taste the beans as they are obviously over-roasted. One glance at the grinder and you will see a sight all too familiar - pitch black, oily beans. Beans of this darkness are best kept for espressos, cappucinos and the French press NOT drip coffee.
So from a self pro-claimed coffee affectionado, home barista and coffee roaster's perspective...this is a Starbucks alternative; which is really not coffee for a true coffee connoisseur but it is for the masses though.
1 star for excellent decor with style and for having great pastries!
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