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| - After being told that it was an hour and a half wait at a restaurant close by, we stumbled into Coffee Tree Roastery for a quick coffee/pastry to tide our hangry stomachs.
From the outside and from the tables that were all filled, we were expecting to find a little hidden gem.
I'm not sure if it was just too busy, and they were understaffed, but all the items we got at this business were just not up to our expectations.
We got the cinnamon bun pastry and two soy cappuccinos.
So....probably one of my first dislikes was how they organized the line.... without real direction, I couldn't tell where the line started/ended...which lead to someone cutting in front of me. The cashier, was also new, or training and took an extra 2-5 minutes to take our order. Although friendly, not entirely efficient. We mentioned we'd like to stay in, and I thought they would naturally offer to warm our pastry, but instead we had to request it.
The soy cappuccinos took about 5 minutes to prepare... Mind you, there was only 1 person in front of me, so it would be understandable if it was busy... once we got the cappuccino, it was extremely underwhelming... Our cappuccino reminded me of something that I could make at home with my small frother, and did not really justify the $5.00 I was charged for each. I wasn't expected some word class barista, but our soy cappuccinos were clearly made from the same froth...and so our drinks did not meet the rims because the barista was trying to ration out the lack of milk she originally frothed. I also watched her prepare....and was very underwhelmed. I guess i expected more considering this looked like a individually run coffee joint and not one of the major competitors...
Needless to say, I won't be jumping to return again, but I would like to maybe at a less busy time to see if their quality is better we had that day.
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