![]() However, these aren’t the reasons that make Thank You Thank You so unique. The quality of McGregor’s coffee, along with its location, would be enough to draw us to this small but stylish cafe around the corner from Washington Square. We said ‘yes’ to this coffee brewed with washed Colombian beans sourced from Sey. The slightly sweet, slightly salty, orange-flavored shakerato was a delight. Mindi, on the other hand, sipped her 24 Carat Gold specialty drink with abandon. Daryl savored every sip of his pour over crafted with Colombian beans roasted by Sey. McGregor’s love for coffee was obvious both in his advocacy and his product. No neophyte, he paid his dues at Starbucks before honing his craft at Ultimo and ReAnimator. While most Philadelphia cafes roast their own beans or source beans from one roaster, Thank You Thank You’s owner Cody McGregor operates as a multi-brewer by sourcing quality beans from roasters like Sey in Brooklyn and Friedhats in Amsterdam. This 24 Carat Gold shakerato was worth its weight in gold. It may have easily cost 10 time more but that’s ok since we saved a fortune in airfare. The globally popular sandwich was remarkably similar to the numerous Banh Mi we ate in Vietnam. Though we were tempted by items like Crispy French Fries, Tangy Toast and Condensed Milk Soft Serve, we stayed true to our Vietnamese memories and ordered a Banh Mi.Ĭàphê Roasters nailed it – a crackly mini-baguette filled with pickled veggies, herbs, pâte and house mayo. Pairing a Banh Mi with iced Vietnamese Latte at Càphê Roasters is the next best thing to eating the duo in Vietnam.īeyond coffee, Càphê Roasters’s menu has various tea drinks and an intriguing food menu created by Executive Chef Jacob Trinh. But the coffee didn’t quite have the decadent dessert-like quality we loved in Hanoi at Cafe Giảng. Was it because they used espresso? Was it because they didn’t serve it in a hot water bath like in Hanoi? Was it the custard? We don’t know. Unfortunately, despite the drink’s stylish appearance, the cafe’s version didn’t quite come together for us. Similar to egg coffees we drank in Vietnam’s capital city, Pham’s Egg Coffee pairs eggy sweetened custard with bitter joe. We appreciated the look of this Egg Coffee more than we appreciated its taste. Our iced Vietnamese Latte was a treat with its sweetened bottom layer of sweetened condensed milk and top layer of espresso. She developed the cafe’s coffee program including the two drinks that we sipped. Most Vietnamese coffee is made with robusta beans and the coffee is roasted dark.Ĭo-founder Thu Pham clearly drank a lot of Vietnamese coffee too. Traditional Vietnamese coffee follows a different path than the specialty coffee we prefer to drink. To be honest, when we lived in Vietnam, we mostly drank cappuccinos and lattes. Our iced Egg Coffee and iced Vietnamese Latte were each other’s visual yin and yang. To achieve this status, Càphê Roasters imports raw beans from Asia, specifically from Lam Don, Vietnam and Pa Miang, Thailand, and roasts them on-site.Ĭrafting Vietnamese-style coffee drinks with those beans is where Càphê Roasters really shines. Beyond its beautiful space and surprising location, Càphê Roasters claims fame as the city’s first Vietnamese specialty coffee roaster. After three visits, it’s fair to call this Philadelphia coffee shop one of our favorites.Ĭàphê Roasters occupies a beautiful space in a somewhat surprising Harrowgate location (under the El at Kensington Avenue and J Street, just a few blocks from blighted K&A). We visited the Kensington location three times during our most recent return to Philly for research purposes so that we could sample the cafe’s coffee, both hot and cold, and its food, both sweet and savory. We appreciated this combo at ReAnimator’s Kensington location. Scandinavian pastries and iced lattes is a combination that we appreciate wherever we are in the world. You can sign up for ReAnimator’s coffee subscription if you don’t live near any of those locations. Other ReAnimator cafes are located in Port Richmond, South Philly and West Philly. Partnered with nationally acclaimed Eeva Pizza, it also has a sit-down cafe in the same space. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kensington is where much of the action happens now since this location houses their roastery and training lab. After roasting beans for a few years, ReAnimator Coffee opened its first cafe in at Norris and Susquehanna streets in 2013 and its Kensington location a year after that.
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