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    Lavazza Espression

    3.9 (17 reviews)
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    James B.

    Having lived in Ireland for 5 years, I'm very familiar with Lavazza Italian coffee. Their espresso has a lovely crema, giving a basic espresso or Americano a wonderfully smooth, rich taste and texture. The staff here seem to care very much about the timing when pulling a shot. I have waited patiently on certain occasions while they tweak the machine to get the perfect shot. This is a welcome practice to see that I've only witnessed at one other local coffee shop in the Lafayette-West Lafayette area (see K. Dee's Coffee). Lavazza Espression sells a nice variety of tasty treats including freshly baked chocolate chip, peanut butter and snickerdoodle cookies. They also have fruit and yogurt parfaits and even pastries I frequently ate in Europe such as butter croissants and maple braids. A few nit picks: they do not offer butter or jam for the croissants and I often have seen the queue stacks up as half dozen staff seem to be looking at each other in a somewhat confused manner. I imagine this just a result of the shop being so new that they haven't quite found their rhythm with a workflow. Also, the shouting out of drink orders has been a bit annoying as I've been relaxing with a cup of coffee. As far as international coffee chains go, this ranks number one and blows the doors off the likes of Starbucks and Seattle's Best. Lavazza Espression has brought the true feel of a high end European coffeehouse to little old West Lafayette with its modern furnishings, strong Italian coffee and rich pastries. If your'e a tea lover, they even serve tea properly in a steel pot. Take some time to drink and eat in, enjoying your treat in a ceramic mug while watching through the massive plate glass windows as the students pass by. Finally, try a bicerin if you dare. It's a chocolate/espresso/cream overload. Lavazza Espression opened at the beginning of Fall Semester 2011 in Marriott Hall at Purdue University. It is a definitely a refreshing addition to the assortment of campus coffee shops. I expect to see the European study abroad and graduate students flocking here for a taste of home.

    Bicerin. Espresso, drinking chocolate and whipped cream. YAH.
    Sharon R.

    Took me very long to try this place. Why? a) It's inside of a Purdue building that I have no reason to go to (I live in Kran area); b) because it's inside a building it is very sterile looking, very bright and while not actually very loud it does have many people walking about. To Lavazza's advantage, it's about half way between my office and my bf(f)'s office and so it has become a sort of break/meeting spot. Great espresso drinks that don't have the burnty flavor that both Starbucks and GH sport. AND DRINKING CHOCOLATE This is the only place I know of in Lafayette that has drinking chocolate- that is, thick decadent hot chocolate. The best thing is that with this awesome drinking chocolate and espresso they can make combinations that none of the other places can. Like Bicerin, an Italian drink of espresso, drinking Chocolate and cream (the cream is cold, btw). Definitely has taken the spot of best coffee on campus for me.

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    3 years ago

    Best coffee on campus! Great prices and friendly employees. They also offer a variety of baked goods.

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    15 years ago

    Coffee is great, personal ?, actually, no personal 5-6 sleeping persons. Not a Lavazza style of service: flies on jam on summer day

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    Far better than Starbucks/ Greyhouse/Vienna.

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    11 years ago

    Love this place! The coffee is great and so is the service. I wish it was a little closer to Chauncey though!

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    Their coffee is gross to me, as well as the drink options. Personally, chinese five spice, lemon,…read moreand other weird flavors are not the best for coffee lattes, but to each his own. Somebody obviously likes it. Staff are nice enough, no issues otherwise, just weird coffee flavors. Never had anything else, so the other stuff may be good. Thats why I rated it 3 stars.

    After a few hours of working hard in Lafayette to get that bread, I needed to find a place that…read morewould sell me some bread with some stuff in between it. The Eleventh House seemed like the perfect stop for elevenses, because they are a coffee shop that also sells sandwiches (bagel sandwiches). The food menu consists of basically just bagels and bagel sandwiches, but that's fine, because The Eleventh House makes a great bagel sandwich. They also offer random little nibbly things, like hard-boiled eggs with dijon mustard, kimchi, citrus slices and "half of an avocado with a crazy amount of Old Bay," which I'm going to have to try to make at home sometime. Some of their sandwiches have exciting things in them, like pickled daikon, burnt pimento cheese (why does that sound so appealing?) and onion jam. I opted to keep my lunch rooted in the quotidian, so I got a Ranch BLT (bacon, iceberg lettuce, tomato, avocado, ranch seasoning, Kewpie mayonnaise) and the Turkey & Havarti, which is mostly just that. Maybe my choices were a little basic, but sometimes the classics are where it's at. These sandwiches were very tasty! The coffee shop / restaurant feels very open, with natural light coming through a skylight window and plants everywhere. It's a nice place to sit and chill for a while. When you dine in, they give you a number on a tarot card to place at your table. My tarot card was the Three of Wands, which I've learned represents the threshold of adventure, a call to leave your comfort zone to seek enlightenment in the world. (And, perhaps, an invitation to live deliciously?) How appropriate.

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