Friday, February 10, 2012

Calvin Fletchers is Great!


So I'm kinda a coffee shop whore. I rate them, judge them, and subconsciously find the dumbest things to hate. I've been spoiled by Greyhouse in West Lafayette (http://greyhousecoffee.com/#/photos), and have been looking for a replacement after moving to Indianapolis about a month ago. I've tried a few local coffee shops which I may review later, but the one for today is Calvin Fletchers.



This place is great! I've been a couple times and have been quite impressed overall. The espresso is good and they have a Nuova Simonelli machine which gives them instant coffee street cred. The baristas are friendly, and though I haven't seen them do latte art yet, seem quite knowledgeable. The coffee is single origin, fair trade, organic certified and, though they don't french press it, is still quite good. Coffee from a fetco tastes like coffee from a fetco, though CF's is still oodles better than the cigarette char the green mermaid place passes off as coffee.

The biggest drawback to this place is it's so small! Luckily plans for expansion are in the works, as CF's will be moving down the block to a new location triple the size of their current digs. Though I can't walk to CF's, this very easily may become my regular place.