East Crema Coffee Diego (Specialty Coffee Madrid) — Restaurant in Madrid

I went into the empty café and ordered the simplest drink on earth: an Americano to-go. Ten minutes later, I was still waiting, watching the coffee machine like it was doing quantum computing. No chaos. Just pure, majestic delay. I eventually had to leave without my drink although I paid because apparently, brewing hot water and espresso here requires a visa process. If you’re looking for speed, forget it. This place treats making coffee like an epic art project. Absolute comedy, if it...

Great spot, which is set-up like a work cafe… lots of people with laptops, and it’s losing major points because it’s been designed with zero plug sockets. I don’t understand that. I’ve never seen that, even in a Starbucks. Especially against the reality of Apple Pay, taxi apps, etc. If they don’t want laptops they should make that a policy, but loads of people are clearly working there… so why not put a few plugs...

I was in Diego de León a week ago and found this café. Nobody was inside but decided to try it out anyway. No regrets! The barista at the time was really nice and patient and explained to me the specifics of what I wanted to order. Amazing ambience and environment! Totally recommend if you want a place to read a book or work peacefully. I recommend getting the matcha :) I hope...