What makes a good coffee shop
For us, several things have to come together for a coffee shop to be considered good. A good coffee shop has to, firstly, have good coffee. Our preference is for coffee roasted on site and sold within a few days or hours of being roasted. Blends of different beans are not needed. Rather, beans sourced and chosen for richness of flavour is the preference. Coffees roasted so that there is an initial flavour which changes as it rolls over the pallet is best. Fair trade and organic beans are a given. It matters that the people who did the work to grow the beans get paid for their efforts. When preparing coffee, the water cannot be too hot lest it burn the beans. Coffee should be weighed (or the barista so good that this is not needed). Milk drinks need to be perfect, and consistent. Coffee art is nice for presentation, but far more important is the quality of flavour and mouth feel. No plastic shall touch our coffee at any step of preparation. Ideally, water will be poured from a cop...