It's been a while since I gave a one star review... especially when I'm abroad. I want to be polite to the fact I may try something that sounds American but has a culturally different recipe. Usually, for those experiences I rate businesses a two to three star (depending on the service) because they tried and I just ordered the wrong thing. We've all been there. We've all messed up.
But this coffee shop was a coffee conundrum.
Other yelpers have such high praise for this particular stop and I don't understand it. I probably drank the worst mocha of my life. Each sip hurt my teeth. Was there even coffee? Did I order liquid fudge? I told myself, Cindy... come on. Be nice. Maybe locals here enjoy extremely sweet coffee.
After four painfully tiny sips, I just couldn't take it. I didn't want to cause a problem but I would have settled for a regular coffee at this point. Since it wasn't busy at the english market or at the coffee storefront, I explained to the lady barista that I wanted a regular coffee instead.... she then rudely asked me, "you know mocha has chocolate in it?" Yes. Lady. I sure do. I, know what a mocha is. I am thirty years old. I've had plenty of mochas in my lifetime.
She storms to her espresso machine, blasts some hot water into a new cup, pours an espresso, blasts another spray of hot water and presents my new coffee with a side of milk and walks away. Had she bothered to look at me.... maybe she would have seen the espresso residue along the rim of my cup. Their second chance was worse than the first impression followed by rude service and a crappy product. The coffee tasted watered down. If she was going to give me espresso... well then I would have just poured milk in. I took a few sips of the coffee and tossed it out. I would not come here for coffee. There are plenty of other shops in Cork. Go elsewhere. read more