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| - Several years later, I'm forced to edit this posting. I also edited a posting to google plus. New owners... things haven't been going so well.
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Sadly I have to retract my previous 5 star review. This is tough, but I can't really recommend this place anymore after new ownership came onto the scene. There are some reasons for this and I'll elaborate further now:
1) New ownership immediately reduced the hours they are open. Which, immediately reduced some of my favourite times there.
2) The quality control went into the toilet. I measure a great cafe, notably one with 'crema' in its name by their ability to pull a good espresso (1) and by the quality of their traditional cappuccino (2). Velvety wonderful smooth coffee became burned milky monstrosities.
--- Please keep in mind that #2 was only with new staff. The old staff, which is mostly gone now, still made excellent drinks (miss you guys, hope you land in a great new place. --
3) They close at random times through out the day and at random days. Frankly, this was the deal breaker - if you are closed update your website, if your online hours say you are open, bloody be open. My last 3 times attempting to come (mid-day), they were closed, this is pathetic.
So yeah, I'm pretty disappointed by this turn of events. Cafe Crema had the best coffee in deep-south west Calgary for a few years (and it was wonderful). Alas no longer.
I strongly recommend Analog coffee at the Calgary Farmers Market (Blackfoot & Heritage) if you are looking for people who care about every cup they make.
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