This coffee shop hates the Starbucks pretentiousness of venti/grande/tall as much as I do.
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Clarissa's Blog 
Trying to be cool by being anti cool, got it. 😉
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Starbucks remains cool in places like Oklahoma but the rest of the world has gotten over that. 🙂
Small, local places that are not part of any chain and are run by hip young people are all the rage these days.
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“Small, local places that are not part of any chain and are run by hip young people are all the rage these days.”
They also typically have better coffee, in my experience.
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MUCH better. It is made in a leisurely, chatty way and not in a mass produced hurried way. That seems to influence the flavor.
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Long live small, medium, and large!
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I once briefly worked in the concession stand at a movie theater. There were just two sizes small and large and official policy was not to explain, but to give them large if they asked for anything besides ‘small’ (if they didn’t say anything or said ‘medium’ they got large).
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I’m kind of a coffee slob. I need a couple of cups in the morning but after that, it’s hit or miss.
And my taste isn’t very refined either. It’s very unpredictable what coffee I’ll like.
I often like cheap instant crap just fine and dislike expensive boutique stuff (and sometimes it’s the reverse).
My favorite ever, ever, ever was Ethiopian (made the Ethiopian way by a colleague from there). If that was easily available I’d drink it all day so it’s probably a good thing it’s not.
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My favourite coffee is Jamaica Blue Mountain. My second favourite, 99% as good and only 10% the price, is Mexican Altura. I generally prefer the coffee I brew at home in my old Chemex coffee maker.
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My favorite coffee in the world is New Mexican pinion coffee. Have you ever had it? It’s delectable! You can buy it at Trader Joe’s!
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I’m anti starbucks because their coffee has too much caffeine, too little flavour and no aroma at all. Also they don’t pay their taxes in the UK.
The best coffee in London can be had in the Algerian Coffee Stores on Old Compton Street. You can get a lovely, aromatic espresso while you wait for your bulk order of beans to be ground to your exact specification. You won’t get a seat – there aren’t any, this is a shop not a café – but you can also buy the finest Darjeeling tea in the world, succulent nougat from Montelimar, gorgeous Turkish delight full of pistachios and wonderful Ecuadorian chocolate! I wish I lived next door instead of 200 miles away… sigh.
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Now I want to go there. It’s impossible to get good coffee in the US or Canada. Canada is the worst of the two. I always shudder at the swill being served here in lieu of coffee every time I come back from Europe.
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It’s worth a visit if you’re in London anytime. So is Patisserie Valerie which is just down the road… I used to live in London, but housing costs are far too high.
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