Friday, February 11, 2011

Sumiyaki Coffee

Scant aroma; and even less acidity: just the way I like it.

The presentation is like that in the menu.
Sumiyaki Coffee
$52.80 ($48 + 10% service charge)
Suzuki Cafe (Vicwood Plaza)

I generally can't tell the difference between good coffee and bad coffee. On this occasion, however, I could taste the difference in acidity between this coffee and others that I have had recently. This coffee was verily mild: no pretentious aroma. Although this coffee is the second most expensive siphon coffee on the menu, (Blue Mountain is the most expensive.) the coffee, I believe, is worth the price because it occupies that coveted low acidity niche on the menu.

2 comments:

  1. wow I think that is a 7 dollar cup of coffee? Once you drink really good coffee, it is hard to go back, there is just nothing that compares. The best coffee I have had in the states was at a place called Cartel in Tempe while I was in grad school. The owner had his own roaster and he flew to Guatemala to personally meet the farmers and purchase the beans. It was fair trade on steroids.

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  2. Yeah, now that you pose the price in US dollars, I can more easily feel the pinch in my pocket. I suppose that is why I gave Suzuki even more of my money so that I could buy a membership. With the membership card, I can get one refill each time I visit: so I can get a cup of premium coffee for $3.50, but I have to consume two! I hope my body can take all this caffeine. (I don't think it can.)

    Suzuki is a nice place to study in the mornings: spacious; well-lit; non-intrusive music.

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