Independent, unsolicited coffee shop reviews from baristas with craft coffee experience who love espresso and know how good it can be! You get one shot...
Mokah Coffee & Tea, Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX
Ambience: ✅ art gallery attached; homey space; graffiti; lounge chairs; mini library.
Coffee: ✅ balanced; foamy; flavorful medium roast; clean finish; slightly too much foam.
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Civil Pour, Dallas, TX
Ambience: ⛔ cardboard boxes greet you on the way in; big empty space; tons of seating; humming fridges.
Coffee: ⛔ well-balanced; dark roast espresso; acrid aftertaste.
The Merchant, Dallas, TX
Ambience: ⛔ well-designed space nearly entirely dedicated to merchandise; sparse seating; good music.
Coffee: ⛔ Cortado tastes of stale cardboard and milk; weak underextracted shot.
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Café Victoria, Victory Park, Dallas, TX
Ambience: ✅ Miniscule space with light teal/gold themes; light and airy; comfy seating.
Coffee: ⛔ bitter shots from good, medium roast beans; lingering burnt flavor on extraction; can be better.
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Opening Bell Coffee, Dallas, TX
Ambience: ⛔ 90s vibes; live music stage in a cluttered space; filled with merchandising; flies;
Coffee: ⛔ sour shots from good beans; possibly fixable via a better morning dial-in.
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Fiction Coffee, Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX
Ambience: ✅ Industrial space; exposed red brick and weathered wood; bar and roundtable seating.
Coffee: ✅ Expertly brewed; Ethiopian medium roast; berry notes; worth a trip!
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Window Seat Coffee, Dallas, TX
Ambience: ⛔️ Stark furnishings aim to make this space feel like an airplane cabin. Cute picture frames, though.
Coffee: ⛔️ Dark-roast shots deliver a lingering acidity. Espresso can be so much more.
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