Moscow Cafe Crawl

The Argonaut today has a smattering of quotes about coffee around town. I’ve added my own comments.

My guilty pleasure is a hazelnut latte from One World Café. The foam is amazing, and if you’re lucky, you get a good barista who creates some art on the top.
The coffee flavor is incomparable to any other place you can get a latte in Moscow (and I have tried pretty much everywhere as I am openly a coffee addict).
Besides, they have doors hanging from the ceiling and confusing rope and neon-light art. Thought-provoking atmosphere and caffeine fix in style?
Count me in.
— Sydney Boyd

One World’s coffee really does have a unique flavor. A little more of an acidic bite (which isn’t a bad thing at all), but not too dark or bitter. Many of the baristas are quite good. Unfortunately my provoked thoughts are often interrupted by the indie-rock and such being played on the stereo. Sometimes it’s good, but the last few times I’ve been there, they have been playing Björk much too loud…

Aside from my love for Chai tea or Earl Grey lattes, Bucer’s Cuban café con leche is amazing and by far my favorite hot drink in Moscow.
Their café con leche is the closest thing I can find in Idaho to the caramelized sugar sweet taste belonging only to the café con leches in Spain.
— Christina Navarro

Oh yes! Bucer’s Cuban coffee is THE primo coffee drink in town. I think more people are beginning to realize this.

My favorite coffee shop in Moscow is Sister’s Brew Coffee House on Main Street.
The coffee is good, but it is all about the mood they set.
The walls are an earthy burnt orange color and there are comfy chairs and loveseats to sit in and enjoy a warm drink.
Two in-house computers and wireless Internet make this a popular homework spot for students looking for a relaxing place to get things done.
For the fall, the shop is decorated, giving the already warm feel a little bit of harvest-time feel.
The coffee is served in large mugs, like the coffee house on NBC’s “Friends” and they bring it to customers, which is good for anyone too comfortable to get up and get it.
— Jason Hess

Sister’s Brew has really done a good job making a cozy place to come and study. My wife really likes all the comfy chairs and couches. We were there last night and the place was packed. Nice and warm, the drinks were good, and they DO bring them out to you. Super!

For anyone who wants to chat over some coffee, listen to some live Jazz on the weekends, or have some privacy in the smoker’s room, Bucer’s is the place.
The Culatto con leche or Cubanos are two of your best bets now that the cold weather is here. And they have an excellent selection of novels, plays and poetry at low prices.
— Alfredo Barnaby

Oh! There’s the Cuban coffee again! Consistent music schedule there too. Jazz is more fun to play than to listen to though…

One World Café does the job of combing a thoughtful, comfortable atmosphere and exceptional coffee and food as well as any other place in town.
What makes the place stand out to me is the actual layout of the establishment.
The raised stage is every bit as useful to the café’s intriguing music acts as it is for the daytime coffee drinkers who want to enjoy their café mocha in a well-dressed building with a character of its own.
The artwork and interior design warrant curious exploration for when you’re just milling around with your cup of espresso.
The service is welcoming and efficient, and the lattés don’t ever disappoint.
— Kevin Otzenberger

Hmmm, sounds like a prepared written statement, not an off-hand comment.

I don’t drink coffee, so I can’t really say I have a favorite coffeehouse, which is unfortunate because Moscow is home to so many cute ones.
My favorite place in town is one that serves Fruit Punch flavored Snapple.
That used to be WinCo, but they don’t seem to anymore, so now I wander around aimlessly searching for my favorite purple flavored drink.
— Meagan Robertson

Snapple? bleh… Oh well. To each his/her own. At least you save $$$ that way.

The Common Grounds.
Delicious, mediocre drip coffee.
Nice price.
Close to class.
Recipe: one splenda, small amount of half and half, pure coffee bliss.
— Padrhig Harney

Mediocre = pure coffee bliss? Eh, not quite. Can’t beat the location though!

I like the Starbucks in the Sixth Street Marketplace. It’s close to where I live and they have the best smoothies ever.
— Saida Razaee

The “Starbucks” next to the new dorms on sixth street is one of the nicer shops on campus. However, it’s not actually a Starbucks, they just a have a deal to use their beans and promo material. The menu is the same as the other Sodexho run shops on campus, which use Seattle’s Best. You can’t use a Starbucks gift card there. Also the chocolate syrup (for mochas) is NOT the same stuff.

Filed under: Bucer's Coffeehouse Pub, Links, One World Cafe, Sister's Brew, Starbucks, UI Campus Shops on November 9th, 2007