Coffee Shop:
Pablo's Coffee (6th and Washington location)
https://www.pabloscoffee.com
630 E 6th ave
Denver, CO 80203
Date Visited:
Monday, May 30, 2016
About 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Purchased:
12 oz Iced Almond Milk Latte: $3.65
(.50 cent charge for almond milk)
I wasn’t that impressed with Pablo’s. I have pretty high standard’s when I visit a
place advertising themselves as a craft coffee place now, so maybe that’s a
factor. Their web site says they are one
of the first craft coffee shops in Denver and talks about how knowledgeable
their baristas are about their single-origin coffees, etc, so I was ready for
some good coffee. I was thinking I would
go for an iced coffee, but when I walked up their windows had espresso things
advertised on it and their menu just seemed steered toward espresso. Like, espresso drinks were at the top
anyway. And they had an espresso drink
size guide. It is also entirely probably
that I am just easily steered toward espresso drinks.
I asked about their cappuccinos as part of my quest to
decipher what places mean when they say cappuccino and if there are patterns of
consistency. Here, they are the same
size as the lattes, but more foamy. This
is also not what I what I thought the definition of a cappuccino was. I think it may have been very corrupted.
It was sort of a warm day and I had been feeling iced
coffee, as I mentioned. Cold Brew was
not on their menu. I checked after I
ordered and they do have it, but since I am testing things out I like to go off
of what I see and wasn’t going to order something they weren’t even
advertising... Well, not even
advertising, just listing. (Okay, later
I noticed that they had “toddy” under their iced drinks, which is probably
their cold brew. I guess I will have to
start making the connection that this is probably cold brew.) I asked if the barista thought the iced
lattes were as good as hot. He said
there’s the viewpoint that coffee is made hot so it should be consumed hot, but
he still thought they were pretty good iced.
And it’s that time of year.
Anyway, the baristas were reasonably friendly, but didn’t
seem to have strong opinions or desire to convey info on drinks. They probably would have answered if I asked
specific questions, but it wasn’t like the places that have a vision or
specialty or story that is obvious.
Iced Latte
I ultimately opted for an iced latte and I wasn’t very
impressed. It was pretty sour in a weird
way. And when I got it there was a lot
of milk settled at the bottom and it wasn’t stirred very well. I didn’t pick out many distinctive
flavors. It just wasn’t very good. They also gave it to me in the plastic cup by default.
The shop itself is pretty cool. There are quite a bit of small tables to sit
at and a couch/comfy chair area. The
coolest thing – there were LOTS of plants covering the whole area along the
large front windows. Most of the plants
were really big. And it was kind of a
quirky place, which I always appreciate.
Kind of loud colors and décor, and art outside (in the picture). It wasn’t quirky in a way I particularly
liked, but I still appreciate quirky places.
The plants part I thought was awesome.
They were all real and jungly and awesome.
Maybe it is a good place to buy really good coffee beans and stuff, but other than the plants I didn't really like anything.
THEY DO NOT HAVE WIFI.
What?? Okay, that’s it. They just don’t have it.
There is a parking area in the back and some street parking
options in the vicinity as a backup. I
parked in the lot.
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