Friday, February 20, 2009

Fair Trade Coffee House in Madison

In one fell swoop, PC has come close to evening up the trendy coffee shop computer challenge. It turns out that UW-Madison students are a bit more PC oriented than I've seen so far. Here's the totals for today: 9 PC's and 5 Macs.

Running Total: 13 Macs, 11 PC's

As to the coffee shop itself, not too shabby. I should come clean right now and tell you all that despite my wine glass swirling and sophisticated background (growing up in a luxurious double wide), I do not have the most discernible palette in the world. So you are almost always going to hear some variation of, "The coffee was good." I just don't really know - especially after I load it up with honey and milk. So pretty much just count on a score of 4 for regular coffee from here on out.

That said, Fare Trade's coffee was good and pretty reasonable at $2 for a medium sized cup.

The atmosphere was also tolerable if you're into a bunch of hot co-eds sitting at tables all around you. The only problem was there were too many of them. I had to stand around for a couple of minutes and wait for someone to leave before I could get a seat. It was also pretty loud with a lot of students working together. Lastly, I got gypped on the whole barista thing. I was served by a middle aged man, and about 5 minutes after I found a seat he was replaced by two leggy brunettes. Damn my timing!

In conclusion, if you're looking for a nice, quite place to sit and work, skip this coffee house. However, if you're looking to meet a study group or a date, this is a pretty decent spot to go.

Atmosphere: 3, Price: 3, Coffee: 4, Overall: 3 (0-5 point scale)

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