03 Feb 2011 No Comments
Caffeination Destination: O Cafe
O Cafe is the new cafe in New York. This place is small and not just budget-friendly but so unique and delicious that it is really worth a few packed tables and a bit lighter wallet. Unlike any other coffee shops, O Cafe has many seats available. The place is cozy with a meditative feeling due to lighting and polished wood. O Cafe provide coffee brewed from the very best quality hand-selected Brazilian coffee beans. The concept is Brazilian treats and brews, although they often give you a selection of fair trade beans from Rwanda, Costa Rica and other coffeelands too. Surprisingly I have notrealized that some of the staff are Brazilian. The owner may Brazilian too, or perhaps have spent a long time in Brazil. If you need a hard money lenders good cup of coffee, opt for their pour-over Rwandan. Pour overs are becoming a bit of a trend nowadays, with those long-spouted Japanese Hario pots, but it is a trend some people can get behind. The coffee here comes out sweet, fragrant, and extremely drinkable with no usual sludge and bitterness at the bottom of the cup that you usually get with French presses and many espresso based drinks. It costs around $3.50, and it needs a few minutes to make, however as long as you limit yourself to 2-3 a week of coffee. Fine roasted coffe served and made in various styles (cone drip, french press, and the like) without having to be a lot of steadicam gimmicking involved. It is a lot like something out of Berkley or like it has been here churning out exactly the same incredible coffee and fantastic healthful bake microdermabrasion machines goods since the 70′s. O Cafe also have several really unquie looking sandwiches like a kale sandwich with tapanade that I desired to eat upon seeing but needed to get my coffee on the move. Next time I will spend on going past my East Village haunt and stay while. I am kind of a bit of a coffee-shop pastry junky,however the choices at this place are truly amazing. Little fluffy pao de queso are just like the lovechildren of cheese-sticks and yorkshire puddings: airy,instead of oily, and cheesy without having to be heavy. Another savory recommendation may be the Finnish sandwich. It looks like it came from the South American theme, with brown scandinavian ruis bread, full of herbed cheese as well as very finely chopped up cucumbers. It really is among those rare stuff that seems to taste metal detector healthy, filling as well as tasty all as well. In the sweet section, Try the small-yet-substantial pao do mel. It’s a thick nugget of spiced honey cake, coated in dark chocolate. You can probably see through it by the window, but it is much better to throw it in your maw. It’s certainly costly for such a small bite, yet again, so nice to enjoy a departure from the normal brownie, cookie and muffin. When it comes to the cafe design, the place is all ecofriendly. They even have huge signs recommending how compostable their cups and tankless water heaters covers are, and just how their counter is created with leftover scraps from their chairs and tables. It’s a friendly, light wood and green interior that is an enjoyable enough spot to spend an hour or so. If you will bring along with you your laptops, the place is really small you may start to feel guilty when deciding to take up a seat after a little while. That’s only for those with a conscience or course. There are some people that have complainted about the service. Maybe because the staff does not always carry a smile, but they are very approachable and nice. There’s nothing to really complain about their service..