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| - I think it's safe to say that the IDEA of the this place is much more than what the REALITY turns out to be. Sure, they have really nice merchandise from vac pots to manual grinders and even one off sets of tea or whatever. It's expensive so I'm hoping it was hand-made and people died in the making of the damn thing.
I've been here several times, they do have fresh roasted coffee, which is a plus. But, the one time I got a fresh roasted bag of beans I was pleasantly horrified at the flavour. So, suffice it to say I haven't purchased any freshly roasted beans from there since. I've tried to make it a private goal of mine to find the best espresso in town. Manic is still #1. Bulldog is alright and Broadview Espresso is not a very nice tasting espresso, although the owner pulls a great shot. Anyway, about Green Beanery's espresso/coffee - it's pulled by lazy looking hipsters who ignore you while they stare at their monitor than take the next person who's loudest with shouting their order as opposed to the next person in line. The way it's laid out, people think there's more than one "till". So, we wait, I order an espresso that looks like crap and - surprise, surprise - tastes like crap.
How could they get so much right, with the merch and fresh roasted bean offerings and than butcher the product by having employees working there that could care less about coffee - or so it seems.
A place like that needs people who love coffee and will be the barista people WANT to have an espresso from. Go to Manic and you hear those guys talking about the great colour in the latte art or how good the Black Cat their pulling tastes today, etc. Those guys love coffee.
Stay away from Green Beanery if you love coffee and are in search for the best espresso in town, because this won't even come close.
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