SORRRRRRYY!
So, my phone is practically dead right now.. Literally. I've been having so many problems with just trying to take pictures it's a little upsetting. So I've been using Sun's phone to take photos and getting the photos from her have been a tad difficult because of conflicting schedules ):
So, here,
사과를 받안줘
Please accept my apology/apple (apology and apple, same word, different context)
Hehe, I learnt that from Boys Over Flowers HEHE
BACK TO THE POINT:
FINALLY!
I've been to a handful of coffee places to be able to start talking about
So here's how I'm gonna do the reviews...
1. Coffee taste.
Rating 1-6.
1 = too bitter aka I like to call it Starbuck bitter (sorry Starbucks, your coffee isn't my cup. But I like your green teas though! So don't kick me out please?)
6 = Too sweet aka here, take some coffee with the sugar please!
2. Free trade/organic
Where is their coffee from? Is it free trade? Are they encouraging free trade?
3. Service
Service is SO SO SO important. Having worked in retail, being a promoter handing out flyers, and having parents in the food industry, and being a food junkie myself, I appreciate good service. I mean, who doesn't? (Assholes who sit 5 at a table to eat one slice of cheesecake, have 5 glasses of water and ask to split the bill are definitely not included in this mesh because y'all are evil and need to be sent to HumblePieCookingSchool and learn a thing or two about how to be human cause at this rate you're the devil's spawn)
So service very simple:
1 = awful (okay, this is for shop owners who also needa go to HumblePieCookingSchool cause you talk down to your customers and all. What reason? Maybe business is good and you forgot how to care for customers anymore)
2 = Not bad, but more work needs to be put in here. Okay, I'm not a fire breathing dragon (or crazy passive aggressive customers who send complaints the company's way even though in front of the server, I act like everything is dandy). This means there are one or two things that could have been better (maybe it was too slow and there was a huge hold up for no apparent reason or whatever it may be)
3 = Excellent. Nuff said.
4. Price
1 = Too expensive. With the taste of the coffee, price is too high.
2 = Just nice. Not too expensive
3 = CHEAP ERMERGERD (okay overdramatized here but you get the gist haha) I mean who doesn't like to pay less for something right?
5. Miscellaneous
Extra stuff worth mentioning. Like service? (service in Korea means free stuff. I didn't know what it was til I got here. Koreans are pretty generous with service actually. Surprise!)
Let's start with..
They're at a bunch of locations, but at select places.
This specific one was near the City Hall.
I also saw one in Shinchon (which by the way, you HAVE to check out when you go to Seoul, ESPECIALLY if you love drinking and eating, AND shopping. Their mall is kewl. Hehe. Not that I could shop much anyway but yeah!)
We went there because we heard that their coffee drinks were cheap.
I don't think the price we got was on the list (psst, it was cheaper)
What I noticed was cafe price lists are for sit in customers (though this clearly wasn't suited for sit in)
And to-go is usually bout $1 cheaper depending on where you go
coffee aside, they had a TON of other drinks that looked so yums!
these were our cafe lattes (they're double shots no extra charge woot!)
[check out the drink in the photo behind our coffees. Unlike some places that dramatize their photos of their food, the real thing looks JUST like the photo -]
here's a size reference.
Because they had bigger cups, they usually have 2 shots of espressos in their cups.
Coffee taste: 2. More on the bitter side, but not too bad. I think it's also cause I drank it over a period of like 2 hours? It was a busy busy day and we barely had time to stop and take a drink haha.
Free trade? I've no idea. I really wasn't thinking about it when I was ordering it but tbh, I highly doubt it is :/ You know how usually if a place is free trade, they'd make it super obvious? Not this one I guess.
Service: 2. They were not as friendly (I guess cause they had some malfunction at the back) and was a little slow but nothing big to complain about (:
Price: 4! It was SUPER CHEAP. Exceeded the ranking haha.
Misc: double shots... uh, yes please? Plus, they're located in a few areas (: So plus!
NEXT
Apparently the CEO used to work for an NGO
and gives out free coffee to the NGOs nearby (that place is surrounded by NGOs)
they're at the Gyeongbokgung station (though you have to walk a little, really, a little)
Free Trade? YES!
Cafe Latte ^^
Syrup, sugars, and chocolate.
FRIGGIN TRUFFLES UH YES PLEASEEE
Coffee taste: 3. For those of you who are familiar with Papa Palheta (famous for its CSHH store) in Singapore, then you'll know what I'm talking about. I guess in the US, a comparison that I'm able to make is that to Peet's coffee? I think. Coffee flavor is delishhhh. Not too strong (sugar added according to preference).
Free trade? You betcha! Place is packed with displays of it!
Service: 3. Not bad. Served, instead of having your mini UFOs and self pick-ups. It's a small store, so they know who ordered what (: And place had a pretty chill vibe.
Price: 3. A little bit more on the pricey side (sorry I forgot to take photos of it) but it's not at break-a-limb-expensive
Misc: FREE CHOCOLATE! One truffle for one drink. Hells to the ye! but if you take to go, you get 1,000 won back and no truffle. Personally the truffle is worth the stay hehe.
PS- I've to split this up cause it's taking too long to write one full post (I did not anticipate it and I've been busy working) so I'm splitting it up
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