I had really high hopes that I found an amazing little coffee gem. The shop itself is cozy, inviting, and clean. They have nice little signs about the different characteristics of each type of bean, and the staff was very friendly. Sadly it was downhill from there.
There was no descriptions of the roasted beans inside the bags on the for sale bags of coffee. The description on the bags was the same description on the signs above that just listed general characteristics of beans from that country. For such a small roaster I would have expected a description of each individual roast on the bag label. In addition to roast level and date that it was roasted.
Since this shop is very proud of roasting their beans in house. I found the staff’s lack knowledge of the roasts they had very frustrating. Any place that roasts its own beans should train their staff coffee drinks and not just espresso based drinks. The simplest way to do this is with a pour over. Because a well made pour over highlights the unique flavors of the roast. Coffee is about the experience as much as the taste, and without being able to experience a freshness made cup of coffee. That tastes as the roaster intended it to taste. It’s no different than going to grocery store and picking a bag of beans based on the label.
Since the only option for hot coffee was an espresso based drink or premade drip coffee. I got a medium roast drip coffee. It was very meh, and tasted like average you can get anywhere drip coffee. I was hoping to buy a couple of bags of beans since I’m running low on beans, but since all I had to go by was an unimpressive cup of drip coffee. I decided not to get any beans.
I travel all over the Western US, and it’s hard to fun good coffee in UT, so when I find it. It stopped to get a coffee and a few bags of beans.
If this was just a coffee shop and not a coffee roaster I would have given it 4 stars, but as a coffee roaster and coffee shop. It gets 2 stars because it didn’t set itself apart from places that don’t...
Read moreI was needing my coffee fix while my boyfriend and I were out driving and exploring- this seemed to be the only place that popped up so I asked him to pull over and run in for me. I got a large caramel iced coffee; it was pretty smooth and satisfying, not overly nor under sweetened, and took me a good few hours to finish. I asked him how the vibe was in there since he was the one who went in, he said it was pretty chill and friendly. I also asked him what he would rate them and he said 5 which is my rating as well. I forgot to mention the incredible price, my large delicious iced coffee was only about $3. It honestly makes me sad because it’s so far away from me so I can’t give them more business. Maybe sometime they can open a location up in Lehi. For now though, I can only recommend HCH to anyone in the area seeking a solid...
Read morefirst off, location and atmosphere was great!!! it is quite the lovely quaint little shop. upon reading other reviews and discovering they roast their own beans, I am even more disappointed in my lackluster white mocha. my first sip was akin to that of a failing 24 hour convenience store who's double brewing their coffee to save a buck. lacked flavor and was very watered down. would definitely recomend driving 20 minutes north to Joe's in Payson. just shared a sip with my sister to get a second opinion about my coffee and she described it as "bland and kinda yucky 🤮." idk may be willing to give them another shot, but definitely won't be going out of my way to...
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