| CAFÉ | Simpaticos |
| LOCATION | Regional Enterprise Tower, Downtown Pittsburgh |
| VISIT | 6/26/07 8:15 am |
| BEVERAGE | Triple shot latte w/skim |
| RATING | |•••••••| |
COMMENTS
They use beans from La Prima .
Coffee booth in an office building, which is usually a warning sign, but someone had recommended I try it. Woman who prepared latte brewed the espresso first, which ended up sitting for a bit while she steamed the milk, which she did at an angle where she couldn’t have seen the milk in the pitcher (not the most important thing in the world, but it reflects the care she took in preparing the drink). She was steaming almost entirely above the milk at first, and then went in way too deep. Overall, they were working with good equipment and beans, and you could tell they probably at some point knew their stuff, but the actual preparation of drinks was more of an afterthought – and the quality thus suffered because of it. Drink wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good either. Will probably drop in sometime in the future, maybe caught it on a bad day. Bad days do impair consistency, and I would be hesitant to make this a regular stop – if a barista is careless once, they have been careless once dozens of times. One of the drawbacks of tipping after paying, but before the drink has been made. You can’t smoothly pocket your change, and then put it in the cup after you get your beverage, can you?
