Freddo Freddo

We checked out this place because I was craving an affogoto.

The barista was great. She gave us free samples upon eneterinf, and she understood English (and what an affogoto was). The flavor I ended up getting was a hazelnut gelato. Would come back here (and my stomach didn’t get upset after this).

Syra Coffee

We went to this place for the first round of coffee in our 2nd day in Madrid.

I was about to get an iced mocha, but the barista insisted I get an iced latte so I could taste the actual flavor of the coffee. He also weighed the grinded coffee. Would come back here again.

Green Flash

Tried out this place for a caffeine pickup.

This place is pretty comparable to Kona Coffee and Tea (ie it is a bit watery). But what turned me off about this place is the service. The cash register person seemed like she really wanted to rush me out (ie I said I would be ordering several drinks, and she wanted to check me out when I just ordered one drink). For this reason I wouldn’t come back to this place (although the mocha I ordered was acceptable. Also, the green flash smoothie that someone else ordered was pretty good).

Kona Wave Cafe

Came here for a second lunch, since a friend recommended that this place had the best Açaí bowl in Kona.

I ended up getting the Kona Wave Bowl, which was really good (I don’t usually have açaí bowls, so it’s difficult to make any comparison. However, I would get another here again).

HiCo

Needed to grab coffee, and this place was recommended by a friend.

I definitely liked the ambience of the place (could go there to work). I ordered an iced mocha, and thought it was great. They also have musubi. I ended up getting the crab musubi, which I thought tasted pretty good. Overall, liked this coffee place.

Update 11/29/2020: I tried the soak musubi this time, and because of the hot sauce they added on top, the crab musubi was way better.

Kona Coffee & Tea

Stopped by this place to get an espresso (as this is Sam’s go to cafe in Kona). Got an espresso shake (which is vanilla ice cream with 2 shots of espresso). Definitely did not regret it. I’ll grab a latte and mocha next time (and update this post).

Kona Haven

We bit up this coffee shop after brunch. Was thinking of getting an afogato (since the place also had ice cream, but there was a lava latte (basically an iced latte with ice cream and Oreo cookies).

Blue Bottle (Hudson Yard)

Same great taste as the SF locations. I got a mocha, of course. In addition, I tried the caramel chocolate chip cookie, and it is by far the best cookie I have ever had. In the center was basically a hard layer of chocolate. But combined with the Carmel, the sweetness was just right (somehow it was not overly sweet). Need to check if this cookie exists in the SF location.

Cafe Vergnano

After arriving at Old Town San Diego, we headed to this place for a caffeine boost.

This place had a really interesting coffee menu, with most of choices for lattes and mochas. I ended U.K. getting the iced hazelnut latte. Too be honest, I would get one of the mochas next time, but I still enjoyed the latte.

The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf

Tried a Mocha at this place. And I have to say, it tasted better than Starbucks (apparently there is also two shots of espresso, although I didn’t exactly feel it). The taste is almost like a chocolate milk.