Took a drive out to Council Bluffs, IA this weekend for a Frosted Pine Coffee Co visit!!!! This…read morelittle drive through brings the taste of WA to IA & is veteran owned!!!! We took a trip to Seattle this fall & the shop definitely gives that same vibe!!! They have coffee, lotus/Red Bull infusions, & dirty sodas. I've had every single kind, and they haven't missed. Zach says it might just be the best coffee he's had!!! What we got: - Iced Blondie: caramel & vanilla latte - Red Bull with cherry & coconut + cream topper This place is so good; I don't mind making the 25min journey from Omaha!!! Check it out!!!!

I love that they have two drive-thru windows as this place is pretty popular and gets busy. We…read moreordered the iced fruity pebbles lattes. While they didn't taste like fruity pebbles, the drinks were delicious. They were really fruity as the raspberry flavoring was definitely there. The drink had the perfect balance of fruitiness and coffee flavor. The staff member who helped us was super kind, and our drinks were made very quick. I will definitely return when I find myself in the area again! I may even make the drive just to get another latte.

Got the west coast drink! See my coworker get this drink and had to go try it out. This will last…read moreyou the entire day! Definitely did get a lot of energy from this drink. They have a variety of flavors to choose from and you can get without caffeine as well. Service was nice and quick. Inside was clean.

Tried the Blend Nutty Bowl today and it is delicious! Love the freshness of the bowl and the…read moreingredients. Perfect for breakfast or any meal/snack. As always, the service was wonderful and the staff are so friendly. This was a good recommendation and I imagine all the Blend Bowls are just as delicious. The shop is always cozy, welcoming, full of natural light, and happy faces. 10/10 recommend Blend CB.

I love this adorable coffee shop. The aesthetics are so my vibe, but the coffee is to die for. I…read moreloved the previous owner, but absolutely love the new owner. She's very sweet. Get here! It's in an odd spot, but there's off the street parking!

LOVED the building and owner:)…read more This place has an unmatched rustic vibe. It has charm and character, and a story to it. What was so sad was the rave reviews, and stellar experiences listed had my expectations through the roof! The matcha tasted like close to nothing, more like a sweet milk. I don't recommend grabbing this drink if you stop by! The coffee was robust, and quite interesting. It's a fun stop for the vibes and chatting, not for me taste wise! Thanks for the amazing experience though:)

This is my favorite starbucks. They have the really good nugget ice and have always made my drink…read moreperfect.

Very great and amazing staff at this location. My lemonade refresher drinks were freshly made and…read moreprepared just right. Be sure to download the Starbucks app to catch some deals and earn reward points on every purchase.

I had a breakfast bagel sandwich ..Ryan was very nice..he made my special request for "egg whites"…read moreonly, avocado and Gouda cheese..on a Asiago bagel! He's dirty chai was very yummy (I am really alert now too) nice quiet place for our Teammates Meeting this morning...comfy chairs was a plus...so many drink options (for after work time) Ryan was very attentive and patient with our requests ...Peach smoothy was delicious! Thank you so much for accommodating us this morning! We will be back for evening beverages

Soooo.... A friend and I decided to come to this spot for coffee and a light breakfast. Coffee was…read morepretty good, but the breakfast sandwich on the English muffin was not good. The muffins were burnt and rubbery. While we sat there and ate and drank our coffee the two workers started playing Mario kart at the bar with their backs turned to the customers. It was odd for sure. They did pause their game to look over their shoulders occasionally to ensure more customers weren't coming in or their current customers didn't need anything. Never seen this before. The ambiance felt more like a bar that happened to sell some breakfast items and coffee. Not a lot of comfy seating. It was interesting to stop in. If I came back, I would grab coffee to go or maybe stop in for a quick beer.

Tried a frappe this time and it was not my favorite - very icy and lacking flavor! But maybe that's…read morewhat you're looking for. As always the ambiance of the location is phenomenal and the lines are normally pretty quick.

Conveniently located in the downtown Council Bluffs area on Broadway, this woman owned business is…read morejust celebrating its first anniversary. J's is located inside the Chamber of Commerce visitor center offering tea and slushies in addition to some cool looking gourmet donuts. This location opens early and closes mid-afternoon. Hours vary so check out their web for daily operating times. Metered street parking and dedicated parking behind the building is available but can be a little tight. This is an order at the counter and take it to your table casual environment. The ladies at the counter were super friendly and walked us through the variety of options on their menu. The service was quick and cost is reasonable. The seating area offers many tables, reading materials on local color, board games, and just a really nice place to hang out and meet with others. Recommend that you stop in and get your caffeine fix at J's. A really nice place, with really nice service, and high octane beverages!

Stopped in this morning to restock on some coffee beans. We pretty exclusively use archetype beans…read morefor our espresso machine at home. I love that they roast them themselves so they are always fresh when you buy them. It truly makes a world of a difference in taste. We also grabbed a drip coffee and a cortado to enjoy on their patio- great as always. We love the peaceful patio surrounded by the plants. This is truly one of the best coffee shops in town if you care about quality.

Loved this café! The ambiance was really nice--kind of industrial-esque but still modern and cozy…read more The service was great too, everyone was friendly and helpful. The coffee was delicious. I can't remember exactly which latte I got, but it was one of their seasonal drinks and I really enjoyed it. I also love the beans they use; you can really taste the quality of the coffee. Their menu has a great selection of breakfast items and pastries too, and from what we tried, they do them really well. We got the cinnamon roll and chocolate chip cookie and both were delicious. Definitely want to come back and try some of their breakfast items next time!

Let me lead off with the fact that this is probably the best multi-roaster shop I've ever been to…read more I've loved specialty coffee since before it was cool to love specialty coffee, and I've hit hundreds--if not thousands--of coffee shops all across North America looking for golden pourovers. This place is absolutely IT. They have a rotating selection of specialty roasters such as DAK and B&W, and the experience and expertise to do them justice. The ambiance is warm and amazing, and I feel incredibly welcome here. If you're looking for an amazing place to get a true cup of specialty coffee, and you happen to be in Omaha, you don't need to read anything else--just give them a try. However, if you aren't really sure what I mean when I say "specialty coffee," or why this is such a big deal for me ("It's just a cup of joe!?"), please read on. WARNING: Coffee geek out ahead! "Coffee" is a berry, much like a large, firm cherry, that grows in equatorial climates. The seed of this berry, when the "meat" is removed, is dried, stored, shipped, roasted, and ground; water of the appropriate temperature is introduced for an appropriate amount of time to achieve a partial extraction of the acids and oils that make up the structure of the seed. Every step of that process, from the nutrients in the soil of the growing region to the precise duration of the pour / the partiality of the extraction changes the flavor substantially. Coffee, roasted until it dries and its proteins have just begun to undergo the mailliard reaction, ground evenly to a consistency somewhere between table salt and ground pepper, combined with 94-95°C water at about a 17:1 ratio by weight, and then filtered to remove the partially-extracted ground coffee, will yield a cup with remarkably wild flavors--berries, flowers, and explosion of floral aroma. It can taste like strawberries and cream, or blueberries, or caramel and peach, depending on any or all of the factors above. As a crop highly subject to the variation of its growing season, however, sometimes those flavors can trend to less pleasant, or not mix well in milk, or dominate a beverage that they're mixed into. Further, the coffee harvest season is not a single time of year--you need to follow the coffee calendar around the world to know what's in season at any given time. For large coffee shops, or roasters that specialize in "coffee beverages," or even specialty shops that exist in a market that requires them to maintain a consistent base espresso or blend for their regular, non-specialty customers, or who are subject to a pricing cap that rotating lots will exceed, that level of variation is often undesirable, and the cup results will likely be unappreciated by the body of the clientelé. So it can be desirable to "unify" that wildness to focus on round, caramel notes and big body. The one thing that unifies the flavor of coffee, more than any other single factor, is the roasting process. When you want to use coffee as a beverage base with a "generic coffee flavor," you want to reduce the wildness of the flavors and enhance the body flavor, and so you subject the seeds to a more prolonged roasting process that results in the evulsion of oils, and gives you a body that milk settles into for that "roasty toasty bold rich" flavor. People like me, who are looking for those wild, sweet, floral, mind-altering cups refer to all of these as "over roasted," although we can appreciate roast variation and coffee blending for espresso beverages. With the preamble out of the way, 99.9% of coffee in North America is what specialty coffee enthusiasts refer to as "bad." That includes Dunks, Folgers, Horties, Chock full, and so on, ad nauseam. Worse than that, for us, is what we consider "gross"--Starbucks, Peet's, Philz, and so on, that is roasted so dark that it tastes, at its best, like bitter, undrinkable char. If you like any or all of these coffee brands, that's totally ok--I enjoy the "bad' coffee as a nice, warm beverage with milk and sugar. (I can't drink the "gross" coffee, though). And as I said, it's almost certain that, despite the exhortations of people you know about how "good" their favorite coffee is, that you've never had true specialty coffee. That's something I'd like to help change--even if people try it and find that they prefer sweetened milk drinks, I think everyone owes it to themselves to try a pourover from an epic coffee shop. Astute is such a shop. These guys absolutely rule.

I really wanted to love this spot. Astute Coffee is absolutely beautiful inside -- clean, warm,…read morethoughtfully designed, and somewhere you actually want to linger. The branding and overall vibe feel intentional, and I genuinely appreciate their mission and what they're trying to build in Omaha. That part really stands out. That said, the coffee itself didn't quite hit for me. I ordered a seasonal latte and was excited for something distinctive, but the flavor felt pretty muted. It tasted more like a standard latte than something seasonal or layered. Not bad by any means -- just not memorable. I'd still come back to try something else because the space and concept are strong. I just hope the drinks lean a little more bold next time.

This Starbucks location is located inside the Target store and the employees here are very nice and…read morepolite to customers. I ordered my dragon fruit lemonade refresher and cran merry drinks. Both were definitely great with no complaints at all.

the workers are so nice and me and my 6 friends pulled up on our scooters it was an awesome time…read moreour drinks were delish thanks love ya

Oh man, I love Juice Stop. I just discovered this place a couple months ago and have already gone…read moreabout a half dozen times. There aren't a lot of all natural smoothie shops in the Omaha/CB area. They don't add any sugar into their smoothies and generally only use unsweetened fruit juice. Every smoothie that I've had there tastes natural and fresh. A large smoothie is $7.50 currently, which I think is a great price. The employees are always super nice as well. I love this place and will continue to come here for a mostly natural, fresh fruit smoothie.

I always get the butterfly. Sometimes it tastes sweeter than other times. It just depends on who is…read moremaking it, but it's never bad. Service is fast; it's smoothies so it never takes long.