I was born and raised in Santa Maria but have been living in Long Beach for the past 13 years. If you know anything about Long Beach, you know Coffee Culture is huge. Every time I come home for the holidays I'm forced to drink Starbucks coffee against my will. I was so excited to see a new small business coffee shop and knew I had to give it a try.
I didn't realize that this coffee shop only serves espresso drinks. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but they do not offer iced coffee, cold brew, or even just plain black coffee. This isn't an issue for me because I love an iced latte, but my husband only drinks plain black coffee.
I ended up ordering an iced americano, an iced cookie butter latte with oat milk, and a snickerdoodle latte with oat milk. I want to start by saying these were the most expensive lattes I have ever ordered. $8.75 per latte, which is crazy because I live in Long Beach and I'm used to paying "LA prices". The iced cookie butter latte was good, but I wish it explained what was in the latte because I would have asked for no cold foam if I knew. The snickerdoodle latte was also good but it needed to be hotter, it was a warm latte. The iced americano is where I have an issue. It was obvious the barista made the americano hot and realized it was supposed to be iced so they just threw ice in the already made americano. I know this because the iced americano came in a hot coffee cup with a sleeve and all the ice immediately melted and the drink was lukewarm. It's ok to mess up a drink, but just make a new one once you realize your mistake.
Regardless of the experience I'm glad to support a small business coffee shop. Hopefully they can work on some of these issues. I'll be back for Christmas and give them another try. Happy Holidays! read more