Well I was very pleased to learn this week that one of the guys in my bible study is equally as obsessed with coffee as I am. He is the only person I have met other than Dad that roasts their own coffee beans. So we got talking about where the good cafes are around Vancouver. I mentioned my favourite 2 places, the Elysian Room and JJ Bean at Granville Island. He could not believe that I had not been to any of the other JJ Bean stores, so today I set about changing that. I jumped on the 99 B-line bus to Main St a part of town I don't visit very often but home to a rather popular JJ Bean cafe. Now the Granville Island store usually serve a pretty good latte, but they only do takeaway which I find is never as good as coffee served in a quality porcelain cup. The small latte I had at the Main St store was absolutely fantastic, possibly even up to the level I get when I make myself one at home. I also ordered a pumpkin bran muffin that was also very nice, not too dry and with a rather nice pumpkin flavour.
After reading my book in the cafe for a while I decided to try a few more cafes out on my way home. There was one just a few blocks down that looked interesting but unfortunately they were too busy and had no free seats so I kept walking. Wicked Cafe on 7th and Hemlock is a cafe mentioned favourably a few times on CoffeeGeek and was on the way home so I decided to stop off there. I have only been there once before back in September and was a little unsure of where it was, but I managed to find it OK, only to find that they were closing early today. Bother. Fortunately my regular coffee shop was only another 5 blocks away so I stopped in to the Elysian Room and ordered a latte. Ordinarily the lattes I get at the Elysian Room are really good, but today I came away a little dissapointed. The latte was a little on the week side although the milk was textured very well and the latte art was up to their usual high standard.
Right well that is enough typing for 1 day, I am off to the kitchen now to make myself a french press coffee with the awful beans I have at the moment, JJ Bean Christmas blend. It is such a shame it came in 1 pound bags, I will be stuck drinking it for several more days yet.
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I'm not really one to sit around in cafes, but if I were, Soma (Main & Broadway) would probably be my favourite. Finches (Pender & Homer) isn't bad, though they only do vegetarian food, it doesn't taste bad.
But the above I'd only go to for the fun of sitting around. Tea or hot chocolates would be ordered.
My best latte has come from Cafe O, by a barista named Ira. He knows his stuff.
Look Paul - you have a coment!
Truly a coffee Geek
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