Atlas Coffee — Restaurant in Charlottesville

A nice coffee house with a house blend of Columbia’s and Costa Rican coffee roasted to a high medium level. The coffee is fairly bold when hot delivering an aroma that is quite robust and ends with a reasonable bitterness. It gives the impression of a full city roast. However when the temperature comes down to the low hundred range it is quite aromatic and flavorful. Having a balanced nose and mouthfeel. The bitterness at high temperature is nearly gone and it is quite good. I like this shop and will visit again since it is very close to my home. The setting is nice, the space compact and it smells as a coffee house should smell. The pastry is very good and the staff is friendly and focused. This is a one coffee place having only their own house blend available. But that is no real problem since it is a blend...

The staff was wonderful, and this place definitely gets an extra star for them, but I am sad to say the quality of the product was highly unimpressive. Though it was on the cheaper side, my iced coffee tasted, well, tasteless really. I had some cream added that I had then hoped might blend in and at least give me an alright coffee, but it was still a subpar drink following. As a last note, I will say that I had some sort of doughnut (can't remember now) but it was fantastic, so perhaps cheap pastries are what you should get here alternatively to coffee. TLDR: the coffee flavor could use some work, but good people and...

Probably the best coffee in Charlottesville. The espresso (both the individual shot and the Americano) are my favorite in the area. Not too bitter, not overly acidic, just a genuinely good flavor. The matcha is also really food, very creamy and just all around pleasant. I really appreciate how they use local artists' works as decoration (they're for sale!). There isn't much space inside, just a little coffee bar with a few seats, so don't necessarily plan on staying there but if you can, its really nice! Parking...