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This is the Good Earth Café that made me first fall in love with Chai, back when I used to work on 17th Ave.
Don't misunderstand, I have had Chai way before that first encounter, and disliked it immensely. The overly syrupy, chalky concoction that barely resembled tea in any shape or form that I had been served in other places (even Indian restaurants! HDU!) that I won't mention now... doing so will only get me in to rant mode, haha :).
But then one day, while waiting in line in the wee morning hours, a lady walked past me with a thermos full of fragrant deliciousness.
"What is that? That smells amazing!" I asked her.
"Good Earth's Chai," she responded. And before I could accost her and run away cackling with her thermos, she was safely out the door. And I had mentally changed my order from Almond Milk Latté, to Almond Milk Chai Latté. No pre-mix Chai powder abomination in this place; Good Earth whips up their own housemade blend, and it is spicy and scrumtralescent. It's all I asked for when people visited me in hospital this summer, as Rockyview has their own Good Earth on site. It was definitely worth risking the migraine that cinnamon sometimes gives me.
Chai aside, their coffee never disappoints. It's not the best coffee in town (for that, I tip my hat to places like Beano and Bumpy's), but it's reliably good and! They have almond milk here! Vegans rejoice! They also have a variety of pastries and breakfast/lunch menu items on quell your rumbly tummy. Also, there was a hot guy that used to work at this location that promptly brought out my inner "hurrrrr durrrrr" every time he was behind the counter while I was ordering drinks. I never told anyone about that because I'm a big weenie. Yelp confessions!
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