 Mugs from Beanfruit Coffee, PT's Coffee, Epic Bean Coffee, Hoka Coffee, Black Dog Coffee House, The Roasterie, Second Best Coffee, Kaldi's Coffee, Bespoken Coffee Roasters, The Filling Station, Jittery Joe's, Scooter's Coffee When I can I get a mug from roasters or coffee shops I like. Here's the current class.
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 Went by Kaldi's on the Plaza and decided to get something cold for a change. I picked out the soda but I know to ask the barista's opinion. Any good barista will tell you if something s good or not. If they don't know then find a new coffee joint. Why go someplace where they don't know coffee? Anyway, he told me that he added a shot or two to it when he drank it. I asked him if it was just sugar water without it and he said it kind of was, so I took his recommendation. It was foamy and good. The espresso kind of rose to the top sot he coffee taste was strong at first. Then when I added the leftover soda it really got foamy. I like foam. It's one of the reasons I like root beer more than other sodas.  The kid tasted the soda without the coffee and she said it was kind of like coke. I didn't taste coke at all, but then I had espresso in what I was drinking. It was a great drink for a warm afternoon. I don't often do the cold coffee - I like my brew hot, but this was soda so it was ok. :-) I'm going to have it again.
During a slow moment last weekend some of the baristas at Kaldi's tried a blend of a couple of the beans. One was Sumtara and the other was something I cant' recall. I do not like Sumatran coffees as a rule, so this was going to be interesting.
One barista said it smelled swampy, like grass but in a bad way. One (who likes Sumatra coffees a lot) said it smelled like jasmine and honeysuckle and one said it smelled like puppy breath. I didn't care for the smell at ALL but the coffee itself was not so bad. I can see it paired with a spinach salad. I couldn't place the smell until a few days later when faced with a tray of mushrooms. I like mushrooms about as much as I like Sumatran coffee. That is to say - not at all. That's what the the smell was. It had a mushroom overtone. Even with my allergy addled sense of smell that's what came through. Might be interesting to try when I am not so stuffed up, though I might need nose plugs. I still don't like mushrooms and I still don't like Sumatran coffee. :-) |
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