Seattlest: Liberty: Now with Mediocre Coffee

Katelyn

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:52:13 -0800

Oh I totally knew that. *cough* Thanks Audrey

Audrey

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:42:32 -0800

Andrew and Katelyn: this post was written in November 2006, well before Liberty starting serving Stumptown the following March.

Katelyn

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:37:03 -0800

Andrew, if it makes you feel any better, I love Liberty's coffee.

LIbertybar

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:58:53 -0800

Well. Hmm. 'Unremarkable'. Not a good review. First, my name is Andrew, and as owner of Liberty, I have to say that there are good and bad experiences, it's unfortunate that you had a bad experience, and I'm sorry about that. To let you know, we were the second cafe in town to serve Portland's awesome Stumptown espresso which makes a bad espresso drink all the more tragic. I'm not sure what the problem was the day that you came by, but I hope that you'll give our espresso another try. The main baristas, Ian and Doug, are easily two of Seattle's best, so I'd like to hear what you think if you come by and try again. In terms of some of the other comments, yes - we only at one point had four flavors but are now serving the best flavors available, the Monin syrups and have seven available. We did at first resist having more than just the few standards because Stumptown is so damn outstanding, but have added more as our customers requested them. At least with the Monin syrups, they are made with cane sugar and real flavorings, as opposed to 99% of the rest of the syrups, which use synthesized flavors and sugars. Noisy grinders? Well, just like the Simonelli espresso machine, our grinders are one of the best one's available, and they are rather noisy. So, hopefully we now have all the syrups that you can wish to enjoy in your espresso, and I hope that you stop by again to see what's changed. Andrew

Audrey

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:10:57 -0800

Hey Snob, when the coffee's sub-par, syrup becomes that much more vital.

CoffeSnob

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:15:46 -0800

You had me. I was right there with you. Bad coffee: no excuse. There is so much good coffee to be had in this city. You had me. Right up until the part where you complained about there not being enough syrups. You can't be snobbish about coffee at the same time you are flavoring it with sugar syrups that were meant for Italian sodas.

Audrey

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:14:58 -0800

There should be. I would call and check in everyday until I was given the all-clear.

josh

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:05:35 -0800

Is there really an official "Liberty Doesn't Suck" hotline?