The Tipsy Muse Cafe — Restaurant in Fredericton

Review of new location/ownership - nice spot, great view out the window towards the river, great place to sit in the afternoon and get some work done. I really want to love this place, and I love supporting friendly local businesses, but unfortunately the espresso has gone downhill since moving locations. Now it tastes bitter and there’s a lack of nuance—the bitter taste takes over. Also, they serve it in a plastic wine cup, which is really off-putting. I want to keep coming here—I have tried several times, but it’s the same bitter roast every time, and drinking from plastic is a bummer. This will not be a usual stop for me anymore.

People think because espresso is strong that it should be made with really dark beans or something—adding to this misconception is that often the generic darkest-roasted beans are sold as “espresso roast”. But this should not be the case!

For people who love espresso as a wonderful drink, please offer a different roast! If they want to keep doing the bitter one, go ahead, but I wish they would also offer a feature espresso for those who prefer medium/med-light roast (as espresso should be!), with nice brightness and acidity and round, balanced flavour that allows one to pick up the notes of the bean. I think they could, because I’ve bought Freddy Bean beans (medium roast) before and made espresso at home, and it was very nice! So, my thoughts: please serve espresso in glass or pottery-ware, and definitely choose more appropriate beans/offer choices!

1-2 stars for the espresso, but giving it 3 overall to account for the nice location and...

My friend and I went to this place. Clean, busy, friendly staff. My friend had cheesecake and coffee, I had oat cake and hot chocolate. My friend said coffee was good - cheesecake was fine, nothing special. Oatcake was dry, brittle, fell apart - was sealed in plastic so i was surprised. No flavor. The hot chocolate was neither hot, nor chocolate. It's from a bland powder - as they showed me. I told them it was not hot, so they made me a new one, which sadly, was just hot milk - there was no taste of chocolate at all - it was also the color of beige milk. The staff seemed puzzled - but once you have a good hot chocolate, this won't do. No offer to make yet another one or offer of reimbursement. Hot chocolate should be both hot and chocolate - this was neither.

However - it was very lively. It was clean. The bathroom was also clean, but could use a paper towel dispenser as if your hands are wet, you will get the "stack" of paper towels wet retrieving one.

I would go back and have coffee and something...

Snug, cozy licenced coffee shop with live music in the evenings (they have the schedule up on the wall). Coffee served in mugs made by local potters at the craft college. When there isn't live music, there's vinyl spinning, and you can buy it if you want. They serve tea, hot chocolate, and coffee roasted in NS (drip, or espresso-based drinks like lattes and cappuccinos). They also have bottled pop from PEI, canned iced tea from NS, and local beer, wine, cider, and spirits. Photography from local photographers lines the walls. My one complaint would be that I find the chairs uncomfortable, but I won't take a star off for that. The vegan treats must be tasty, because they were sold out by the time I got there! Will be interesting to see how this place evolves - it's great to see a new music venue in the city, especially after the...