Coffee Trails — Restaurant in Sydney

Coffee: Coffee Trails Blend (Roasted by Single Origin Roasters) Passion: 7/10 Crema: 5/10

Was umming and ahhing over whether or not to include these guys, but at the end of the day the line ball decision was assisted by the passion an care of the barista who served me. While neither coffee I had here was exceptional, the combination of factors suggests that this cafe wants to make delicious coffee (and that is the first major element any cafe needs to focus on).

I started off with the single origin of the day, a Brazilian COE#6 from Siti Di Serra as an espresso and was underwhelmed by the coffee served. By the time the espresso reached me the crema was well on the way to being totally burnt. As such, I can't really tell you about the characteristics of the coffee which is disappointing.

Thinking about calling it a day, and leaving it at that, the barista came to my table and offered to remake the coffee (note... great customer service is always the right answer), and so instead I asked for a mac using their house blend. When it arrived it looked great. Not too much milk, and the crema still a light brown. That it had a paddle pop stick instead of a teaspoon cheapend the experience, but I was willing to put that aside.

As for the coffee, the only thing I can really say is that it was quite sour. Sure the acidity makes the coffee distinctive, but I am not sure how the average coffee drinker feels about this kind of coffee. They obviously get a fair amount of trade from the walk by traffic around central station, but for my money the coffee could be much nicer.

So why the 4 stars? Great customer service ticks a lot of boxes, they source their coffee from a roaster passionate about good coffee, they offer a single origin alternative and in terms of location, their are one of the better alternatives in this area. While I won't be making this cafe a regular, I think that they certainly tick enough boxes to be included on my BitterBliss Sydney Coffee map.

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I did try to ring and do this non-publicly but your number is disconected & your website is down so here it is. I was in there yesterday (1500 18/04/18) with my mum, who is a ceoliac. She had a frangipani tart that's label said it was gluten free. Turn out it wasn't and she became quite sick because of it. We hadn't been anywhere else before hand and she didn't even touch my food. Please for the love of god CHECK YOUR INGREDIENTS! I understand that there is a "trend" for people to eat "healthy" but cutting out gluten when they don't need to but please DO NOT label something as gluten free when it isn't! There was too much of a reaction for there to have just by being cross contamination and please I beg you if something is just low gluten don't label it as gluten free. Being a Ceoliac is like having a peanut allergy. It can be deadly and people have died from complications! I'm not taking about a small rash, lots of action at both ends at the same time, dehydration etc. Please check your ingredients before labeling something! Ceoliacs need to avoid gluten -wheat, barley, oats & malt extracts can severly harm...

I was trying to order a smoothie bowl which the Asian girl working behind the counter had no idea what I was referring to when in fact I had seen a pic of it on this cafes insta page. I managed to see that there was a pic of the smoothie bowl behind her and I pointed it to her and she finally came to the realisation that yes this cafe does serve that smoothie bowl. Well anyway I was hoping the plain croissant that I ordered would be toasted to perfection. However both me and my friend had found that it was so badly toasted that the crisps kept falling off and I had to try eating it with my hands. My friend was more disappointed in it than I was and she told me off for bringing her to this cafe (I do not blame her at all for scolding me) but I wish I somehow knew about how below standard...