Mocha Maya's Coffee House — Restaurant in Shelburne

I try hard to support independent coffee houses as they usually have great quality ingredients and take more care with your drink than the chains do. Unfortunately, despite paying just under $9 for an iced mocha latte with oat milk, I couldn't believe how bad this was. I watched the barista (very young person) shut down the machine before the shot was even finished pulling... no surprise it was bitter. And despite paying $1 extra for oatmilk (who still does that in 2025?!?), they pulled out a jug of Planet Oat which is the cheapest and worst oatmilk on the market. When I asked if they had Oatley or Elmhurst, they replied "Oh I wish! But this one is cheaper so that's why we have it." Sad! There was no measurement of the chocolate, so my drink was bitter, watery, and no chocolate flavor at all. I threw it out. It's pretty bad when Starbucks uses better quality ingredients... My wife looked over the baked goods in hopes of buying some, but virtually none were vegan friendly, so she was disappointed as well... Here's hoping they take this constructively as I'd love to see them thrive so we're not stuck with more chain...

The place is nice to come into and has a nice atmosphere. We ordered espresso, cappuccino and drip coffee plus a trail bar. The trail bar was great and the drip coffee was good. The espresso was horrible to an extend that I almost could not get it down. It didn’t help that they do not let you put your own sugar into the drinks. My mom likes to drizzle sugar on the milk foam of her cappuccino and instead she got a cappuccino with at least a spoon of sugar pre mixed into the coffee. The barista seemed very frazzled so maybe it was just a bad day for her. But if you care about the taste of your coffee and like espresso based drinks I would not recommend...

Mocha Maya's is a pretty small business which seemed to be staffed entirely by the owners. It's a really quaint little cafe right in the Berkshires. I was not super optimistic but Chris seemed like a nice small local business owner I wanted to support.

After waiting quite some time for a coffee, I tried it and was very impressed. They are pulling really great shots. While not the complex origin notes you would get at a third wave shop run by some hipster Tandem fanboys, the espresso was really great and I would recommend them to anyone...