DASH COFFEE BAR — Restaurant in Pasadena

Food & Drink Order: Ube White Chocolate Cookie (Asian inspired from Cookie Chaos) Yuzu Refresher Frizz

I'm appreciative of Yelp granting me this invite to Dash Coffee Bar, & stopped by late afternoon on Mother's Day as a treat; Elites receive a coffee of choice + Cookie Chaos cookie.

I'm not one to celebrate this holiday... all I ask of my family, kids especially, is peace & quiet. Easy peasy, & totally affordable, yet it doesn't happen even though it's only 2 days out of the year (other is my birthday). Anyways, I digress.

My son joined me in this quest to Dash Coffee Bar, & he was curious about the menu's refresher bar, particularly the yuzu refresher frizz & butterfly pea lemonade, that he made a mad dash out of the car when I barely parked.

We were warmly greeted upon entering, & peruse the menu for my comped drink. I inquired that I'm not a coffee drinker & asked if I may choose from refresher bar list, which she said ok, & requested the Ube White Chocolate & Yuzu Refresher Frizz. Normally, I would prefer tea with a cookie, though I imagine coffee goes better?

Our cashier/barista was quick, & got the fizzy drink fast! I had to put a hand on my son to snap a pic & gently remind him that it's mine & that it's Mother's Day. Yeesh! ;-) I love, love, love this yuzu refresher... absolutely "refreshing" bubbly with citrusy sweet & sour notes!!! And the cookie was delish... good ube flavor & sweet chocolate... a match made in heaven! We polished both off in a minute!

The coffee bar is a skip from Old Town, & on a quieter street: Union St. just off busy Lake Ave. The dining area is bright & spacious, & designed to allow you to "hang out" &/or work, though I'm not sure how comfy the bench & chairs are for extended periods of time. Compact menu of: expressos & coffees with add-ons, crafted bar, teas & refreshers that's fairly priced (though it seems cheaper than tea/coffee shops) with excellent, friendly service.

It's a bit of a drive to Pasadena, but I'm always open to exploring the neighborhood near my brother, & sharing my finds with him (told him about DCB; he's a coffee aficionado & approves). DCB is quickie walk from his office & a short drive from home. Not convenient for me, but definitely worth a stop whenever I'm in the area visiting my big bro.

Recommended: Yuzu Refresher Frizz (a must) & Ube White...

Dash Coffee Bar is a quaint, little store that predominantly sells coffee, but also sells some tea and pastries. The atmosphere looked like it was designed for a few people to do some light studying or relax for a short period of time. It doesn't look like long term studying would be ideal due to their current chair setup. As of this review (11/22/2020), they were still in their soft opening phase.

I had their Pandan Latte with oat milk, Pandan Latte with almond milk, and cold brew with lavender. Honestly, I was surprised, but this was probably my fault, but I thought that the lattes would be a tea base rather than a coffee base because I am more used to tea shops. Regardless, the coffee had quite a different flavor depending on the milk.

The oat milk had a lighter coffee taste, but it also had a slightly more muted taste. Comparing that to the almond milk, it had a more prevalent coffee taste and was also sweeter. As for the cold brew, this was surprising. Both cold brew and lavender are known to be heavily distinctive flavors. However, you are able to taste both of them and you only have a slight lavender taste. The cold brew isn't watered down and it has a slight amount of sweetness that isn't terribly prevalent, but adds a bit of flavor.

Overall, while I am not really a coffee person, I think Drip Coffee Bar did well with their coffee. Granted that I don't drink coffee and mainly relied on my friends' opinions as a bouncing point, we all agreed that we would...

I went to this coffee shop yesterday morning to try a new matcha spot. I go in to order on the kiosk and I add to cart a matcha and it came out to TEN DOLLARS for ONE DRINK. Yes I added sweetener and cream foam but I don’t think that justifies the $10 price tag on a small cup. Anyways so aside from my cup of overpriced matcha I drink it and the cream top is delicious however I feel a clump hit my mouth and a ball of bitterness releases on my tongue, it was a ball of unmixed matcha. And I look in my cup and there are several more!!! Yes the drink was delicious however for $10 there should not be clumps in my matcha! Also I have been drinking matcha for a long time so I know how my body reacts to matcha however this one was different because not even 30 minutes later my stomach was in severe discomfort and I had to run to the bathroom where not to be graphic but it came out the exact same green of the matcha and it was solid either, I kid you not I saw balls of that unmixed matcha. Then later in my day I proceeded to run to the bathroom 3 more times to repeat the process. As I am writing this review it is the following night aka night two after the matcha and I am still suffering the bowel movement effects of that matcha and I know it’s from the matcha because it is still that same shade of green. Maybe instead of a matcha they should market it was a gut cleanser. TLDR; my $10 matcha gave me green runs and stomach...