Leaves 'n Beans Coffee — Restaurant in Morton

Review Date: September 20th, 2019

Leaves ‘n Beans, round three!

At long last, I have finally visited the third and final Leaves ‘n Beans. Does it contain the same feel as the Peoria Heights location? How about the same menu and good tasting coffee? Yes and no. (Should you be interested in the 3rd and closed location, you can read about it here.)

Upon arriving, I noticed the feel and look of the place was of one that wasn’t like the Peoria Heights location. This had more of a restaurant/basic feeling to it. There were some sparse autumn decorations on the tables and furniture. My friend sat on a couch and I sunk deep in to this cozy red chair. The area where they had products for sale had a nice look to it and everything looked well organized. I was looking at a coffee cup with their logo on it and was surprised at the price tag. $7.99 for a local coffeehouse cup is really cheap compared to other places I’ve been.

With it nearing fall, I decided to look over their seasonal menu. Being a sucker for lattes, I decided to get the Maple Vanilla one. I took a seat in the aforementioned red chair and instantly felt relaxed. Before I could settle in too deep, the barista was setting my drink down in front of me.

As my friend and I conversed, I took small sips to savor the latte as I knew we would be there for awhile. The blend of vanilla and maple was decent, if a bit lacking on the maple side until the very end, when it was all maple. I am not sure what my friend ordered as she was already there and had her drink by the time I walked in the door… plus I forgot to ask.

During the 2 hours we were there, the barista/cashier never once stopped to ask if we needed anything. I thought that was a bit odd, as almost every other coffeehouse (and most places that serve food/drinks) will check in and make sure you are doing okay or if you need anything. Luckily, we didn’t need anything but it still struck me as odd.

Should you need to grab a coffee while on the go, they have a convenient drive thru. We witnessed quite a few people utilize that service. If you decide to go in, there is a public parking lot to the right of the building.

If I had to recommend which of the two remaining places to visit, I would highly suggest the one in Peoria Heights. It just has this unique feel and atmosphere that this location is lacking, but you have to remember that one is in a house and this one is in a business location. If you don’t need or care about any of that, you can’t go wrong with either place for that burst of caffeine. Some day, I will try the food and update the blogs accordingly.

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This was my first time visiting leaves 'n Beans Coffee in Morton. I moved just outside of Morton 2 years ago and have been visiting different coffee shops. I don't know why it took me so long to visit this one ( besides not knowing it was there) because the coffee that I ordered here was fantastic. So I recently visited the leaves 'n beans in Peoria for the first time which led me to finding this location in Morton. When I first walked in I was surprised at how cute it was and also how large it was too! Looks like they were doing some remodeling and had a lot more seating in an additional room off to the side. So far I've been there twice and I was able to try the banana bread, a blended Java freeze salted caramel, the blueberry muffin, and the Blended Java freeze Maple caramel. Everything was wonderful. The banana bread was probably my favorite! They served it to me warm on a plate, and I quite enjoyed that. When I went back the second time I got the blueberry muffin. She just handed to me in the package so I didn't have the option of having it heated up but I bet that would have been great also. The employees were all doing a great job, getting everybody their coffees in a timely manner. They were pretty quick about it and definitely seem like they knew what they were doing, great job ladies! This is probably the closest coffee shop to my house which I'm pretty happy about! I will definitely be returning in the...

There's a reason I come here 5 days a week for coffee before work. Every morning they have four different varieties of drip coffee ready to go: light, dark, flavor, and decaf for you to grab at their Drive-Thru (the best thing to happen to an always-late local coffee snob in her life!) They also do a lot of different mixed drinks which I've heard people rave about, although I only drink my coffee dark and bitter, I can say their iced Americano hits the spot in the summer. Also, I love the staff. Staff, I love you, but you already know that because you see me every morning. I know there are 3 boutique coffee shops in this little town, but don't sleep on...