Black Rock Coffee Bar — Restaurant in Oregon

I haven't had the coffee or bought anything. I used the outlet under the drive thru window to charge at night. When your homeless. Your not allowed anywhere. There is no place to charge your phone to keep track of what day it is or know what is happening in the world. Homeless people are constantly kicked out of everywhere and our rights are violated while there are no services or money to help anyone. No one has kicked me out of there so far and that means a lot. I don't give good reviews unless they are deserved. This Black Rock didn't chase me off or call the cops to report me stealing electricity. Everyone should have access to electricity. No one should go without anything when others have everything. Everyone should be equal. Everyone should have a home, a car and be healthy. No one should be treated like a slave or lesser because of race or how much or money they have. Everyone deserves to be free from prosecution of laws that are written by false Gods. ...

Alright, 24 hours later, time to reflect on the important things. It was only 20 min of my day. It was my decision to get a coffee. Sometimes in the Coffee game you can get behind and as a former shot puller, I should know this. So, with that, please, continue to read.

Drive thru. 7:00am on a Tuesday. 3 cars, I decide to treat myself to an espresso. 20 minutes later I am leaving with my Americano. I thought it must have been short handed, usually this location is much faster. But that wasn’t the problem. I was a barista for around five years(2006-2012) I have never seen a simple drink made so slow. To top it off, since she filled the cup too full she had to dump some of the coffee out (coffee I paid for) in the sink in order to add cream. I don’t usually pick out one employee causing a problem, its a bit “karenish” but damn girl you got to pick up the pace, go do some retraining...

New to OR, but love coffee and that's a big part of the Pacific NW so was excited to try the local places. Tried two different Black Rock's and had the same experience both times so this is apparently how the company does things not location dependent. Ordered an iced latte once and a hot one the second time... both with non-dairy milks, but that wasn't the issue. For me, the espresso was bitter and burnt tasting. The second time I took two sips and tossed the rest. I've heard people say that about Starbucks but never had an issue there myself. Been to Italy and all over the world/US, family roasts their own coffee... so not inexperienced with different roasts and I've never tossed a latte before. Sorry guys, but I guess there's a first time for everything. Figure 2...