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Cartel Coffee Lab does it all. They send their roaster down to South/Central America to source great coffee, they roast coffee themselves in Tempe, AZ and they brew the coffee in a way that respects the chemistry of the bean and ensures the resulting cup is of the highest quality. Other AZ cafes come close, often offering great cups of coffee, but none are as involved in the process from farm to cup as Cartel is! Trust me, you, the customer, are the beneficiary of all their crazy coffee worship.
Cartel also has several cafes that all have their own unique personality. This 5th Ave location in Old Town is one of the friendliest, most welcoming and relaxing of their cafes. Great place to get work done and the baristas seem to cater to the crowd in setting the ambiance. If everyone's in with friends getting (alcoholic) beverages then the music will be turned up a bit and more upbeat, if everyone's got their laptops out or their nose buried in a book the music will be a bit more calm.
My favorite drinks are any of their hand-brewed coffees, the cappuccino, the cortado and the one-and-one (ask your barista!).
Oh, and I could rant for an hour about why complaints about price are irrational but i'll keep it short. Coffee is an agricultural product that requires an ENORMOUS amount of work to grow and process. If you take a second to think about where your coffee comes from and all the hands that work to bring it to you, you'll wonder why each cup doesn't cost $10 and each bag doesn't cost $50!
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