Full disclosure: my partner and I are from Australia so we are spoilt with the best coffee in the world by a long shot, but I'll review anyway.

Ube Taro latte is delicious. My partner got it, it's her first time in America so I tried to steer her away from an espresso for her first drink. It was a delicious drink.

I am an espresso drinker. I had heard good things about coffee in HI so thought I'd give espresso here a shot when I usually would never have espresso in America due to the significantly lower quality than Australian espresso.

If I have to be honest, the beans were far too over roasted. Coffee culture is meant to focus on the unique properties and flavour of each beans, to bring out their unique flavour profiles. If you over roast the bean, all you taste is burnt caffeine pretty much which is typical of American espresso. This was reflected ib my espresso too so needless to say I was really dissapointed with my drink, particularly since after conversion it was about $7 Australian more expensive than our 7/11 espressos which are far nicer.

It's just a reminder for us exactly why Americans add so much other stuff to their "coffees". I'd recommend barristas to try train with Australian trained barristas to understand what elevates an espresso.

Cute store, clearly hard working staff but their espresso isn't at the quality I'd expect from a cafe being used to Australian Cafe culture.

Service was also quite slow. I'm used to 3 minute turnarounds for coffee in small cafes.

Summary: 5 stars for the ube Taro latte, gorgeous looking drink with a great flavour. 1 star for the espresso. Average 3 star between both drinks.