Coffee shops that are not Tim Hortons,
Starbucks, Second Cup are difficult to come by.
I am guilty of occasionally purchasing coffee from Starbucks every so
often out of convenience, and lack of options.
Coming home from my last trip to Europe, I think I'm learning to appreciate good
coffee much more. In Europe, you don’t
see a Starbucks at every corner.
Instead, you see small independently run coffee shops, who take care and
pride themselves on their beans. After making
some small talk with these small coffee shop owners, I learned that they would
purchase only green beans, and roast the green beans in the roaster in the shop
themselves. Most of these shops have a
giant roaster in the café sitting space.
Makes for a good conversation piece.
When you order a coffee, you can order also different preparation
methods, ie. Siphon, Chemex, pour over, aeropress etc.
Seven Grams Espresso Bar in Yorkville reminds me of
those European coffee shops. I’m not
sure if they roast their own beans though.
You get usually 2 bean options to choose from. You also have different methods of drink
preparation. My coworker who introduced
me to Seven Grams loves the trifecta method.
It was a scorcher that afternoon, and it didn’t feel like they had AC,
or maybe the AC just wasn’t strong enough, so we initially just ordered a cold
brew (which I forgot to take a picture of) and an iced latte. The hubby then changed his mind and ordered
one of the roasts prepared by the trifecta method. The iced latte was so-so, nothing particularly
special. I think the addition of too much milk that diluted the coffee flavour too much. The cold brew was good (forgot to take a picture of it). I didn’t really try the hot coffee because it
was so hot outside. Hot weather + hot drink doesn't go together for me. The hubby liked it and said he would get
it again. So I’ll get it a try when it’s
colder out.
Seven Grams Espresso Bar
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