Brewed Expressions - Drive Thru — Restaurant in Van Wert

This is a hole in the wall, privately owned coffee shop that's the size of my kitchen and entryway. It's a small place. Drive-up only. My husband swears by it and it is indeed good. It's no Starbucks BUT for all you coffee lovers out there like us, it's worth a shot 😂 Their red velvet coffee and the buckeye coffees are our favorites. Sweet but not too sweet and their portions are worth the price. Coffee sold only. No sweets or pastries. Good for on the go. Check hours before you come but they fit an early...

Very inexperienced baristas (though at least they're sweet) and the drinks are just plain bad. I asked what coffee they use and the barista couldn't even tell me. I strongly suspect that they have a poorly maintained grinder or machine (or they're using stale/frozen beans). There are no other reasons to pull such bad shots. I have driven to Celina 30mi away just to get a decent espresso instead of coming here. As a barista, I have never wanted to crawl through a window and teach a business more. Please...

I'm from out west and my family just moved to Van Wert. The espresso here tastes awful. It's very obvious that they use a cheap coffee bean and since there's no competition in town, why wouldn't they? I asked the barista to remake my americano and the only thing that made it better was adding cream to mask the taste. If you're not from the Midwest, I promise you will be disappointed. I'd even violate my own rule and choose starbucks over this place. The extra star is because the barista...