Blended Cafe — Restaurant in Albemarle

(Food/drink review is further down)

I almost feel bad not giving 5 stars because I can see how much effort is put into this business. I had the pleasure of meeting the wonderful couple who owns it, and their children who were keeping themselves company in the office area. Very quaint, very cute. Such a beautiful place.

Rather than writing a bad review, I wanted to leave something positive in hopes of a change in the future. When I was there, the owner was so receptive to feedback on something I asked for and she did not have, but said she’d look to see if she can get it soon. So I’m the good spirit of receptiveness to feedback, but not looking to negatively impact with a low start review, I hope this helps make positive changes if taken into consideration.

The coffee is made with some kind of powder (vanilla or chocolate base — customers choice) and tap water blended together. Something I love about my coffee, is the creaminess that comes with using dairy and even non dairy products. The water and powder combo just took away that creaminess and didn’t leave much room for pleasant taste. All of the syrups are sugar free, which is fine if your looking to have healthier options, but in an area that isn’t thriving off of healthy options and the demographic doesn’t have a high demand for it, they should be that….. optional. There needs to be options for non sugar free syrups. Sugar free syrups tend to have a horrible chemical flavor to them. If you can stomach it, more power to you, but for me, it made the coffee powder base, tap water, and syrup flavor trio hard to enjoy. I really really wanted to… but I just couldn’t. There are also no creamer options either. Just whipped cream. I feel like any coffee shop should have something like that to choose from. But maybe it’s just due to the small space in the building, they can’t keep even a mini fridge with those products? $6-$8 for a coffee just seems overpriced for powder, tap water and syrup. Food-cost wise, seems like it would just be cheaper to get a machine that brews iced coffee and purchase grounds. Most machines only need 1-2 tablespoon size scoops of coffee grounds for even an XL cup, depending on strength preference. People also can make their own at home creamer now that’s healthier than store bought creamer, and it’s food-cost (even in bulk) is also much cheaper in the long term than store bought, in the short term.

I think these changed could really make a huge difference. Everyone loves something new and exciting, but when the newness dies down…. Your left with the customers who enjoyed it and loose the customers who didn’t. First impressions make a huge difference and I want to see this business thrive. The family is so nice and they deserve a...

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