Day 2 - Corvus Coffee, Denver

This is a classy coffee shop.

Coffee Shop:

Corvus Coffee
Flagship Roastery & Espresso Bar
http://www.corvuscoffee.com/pages/1740-s-broadway
1740 S. Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80210

Date Visited:
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
About 12:15-3:00

Purchased:
9oz almond-cashew milk latte: $4.40
**For real, 9oz.
[10 oz (? I think*) almond-cashew milk latte: $4.40]
*I am not sure...I just ordered "a latte"
*Edit: I originally put 12 oz, but I am pretty sure it was 10 oz based on their menu, which I saw later, and emphasized now by getting a 12 oz latte elsewhere and it seeming noticeably bigger
**Edit again - upon returning I saw that on their menu their lattes are listed as 9oz!  It was other drink that were 10oz.
--Preserving for posterity because this is funny.

I decided to go with a latte.  They have a cashew-almond milk, which they make in-house, and that is very cool (it was 50 cents extra).  The first drink was a surprise because it was not quite like any latte I have ever tasted before.  It almost had this sour background to it (not sour like bad-taste, it's just the best description I can come up with).  It grew on me, too.  Most of it seemed to be in the foam.  I liked the foam - I don't always like latte foam (maybe because this was a unique latte experience).  The latte was really creamy, not sweet, and kind of thick.  I thought it was very good, and it just seemed like a very high-quality, classy latte, but it ended up not being my favorite, in the sense that I was pretty slow to finish it.

My creamy almond-cashew milk latte. And water.

They gave me the in-house cup by default.

I liked the space inside, but it was a little awkward to find a place to sit.  A lot of it is long tables, so you have to decide how close it is okay to sit next to a stranger and juggle the awkwardness, but since it is set up that way it felt normal to do.  There were only four chairs with backs and they were at the only low table.  Most of it was bars and barstools.  So it seemed to me like the kind of place to stop in for a bit, or to meet someone for coffee, but not to hang out for a long time.  I was ready to leave a bit before I did, but I was finishing something.  I would say it is more of a place to go be productive for a little bit than to chill and relax and await inspiration.

Their web site said that you can view them roasting coffee on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and some Fridays, so I made sure I went on a Wednesday.  While I was there they were just bagging the coffee in the back.  The storage area of the store is blocked off, but visible, I presume so they can show stuff like the roasting, so some of it is probably cool to see or talk to them about.

It seemed like a place that makes high-quality coffee all-round.  Like...if you think you don't like coffee, try this kind of coffee before you assume.  And if you can taste the many flavors of coffee, you can rely on these guys.  (These are assumptions, I have only had the one latte from them, but I'm just saying they have a purposeful style.)  I would still like to try their cold brew coffee (I am obsessed with cold brew...that is probably the only thing I can intelligently comment on - and shout out to Commonplace in Pittsburgh, PA for introducing me to the many tastes of classy cold brew coffee) because they take it seriously and it is probably really good.

They have a parking lot.

The wi-fi was a little slower than some places, but I didn't have trouble.


**EDIT: I returned on 4/23/16 and saw that their lattes are 9oz, not 10oz!