Friday Poll (Slightly Early!)

ckeego

One for the weekend as they say!!

Where's the best place for an espresso or a coffee stop?

Here's my Top 3..

1. Best coffee in Dublin..The Italian espresso bar in the Epicurean Food Hall..Not very bike friendly (But then again, neither is Cycleogical around the corner!!)

2. The Hippy Cafe in Laragh..A nice warm shot of Joe before tackling either Gap.

3. The Happy Pear in Greystones..Probably the best value menu in the country.

Close calls..The Stuffed Olive in Bantry, Val's in Ballylickey, Cork, All Mocha beans in Galway.

kenmc

Nah. totally wrong mate on #1. 3fe on Middle Abbey st, best coffee in ireland, owned & run by Colin Harmon, the Irish Barista Champion, and 4th best in the world.

ckeego

kenmc wrote: »

Nah. totally wrong mate on #1. 3fe on Middle Abbey st, best coffee in ireland, owned & run by Colin Harmon, the Irish Barista Champion, and 4th best in the world.

My sis raves about the place, but I haven't had the pleasure yet!

Next day out in town perhaps!

Lumen

ckeego wrote: »

My sis raves about the place, but I haven't had the pleasure yet!

Probably best to keep it that way.

penexpers

3FE is amazing.

CramCycle

Barney's before it shut down, on Westmoreland St., best coffee in Dublin at the time, have yet to meet a rival. Used to give free smallcups/shots of their daily specials so you could try before you buy. I will give judgement on 3fe tomorrow afternoon.

Diarmuid

My kitchen just before a spin.

Must try out 3fe though. Butler's espressos aren't bad.

penexpers

Diarmuid wrote: »

Butler's espressos aren't bad.

Butler's are annoyingly inconsistent.

niceonetom

Coffee is rubbish.

Diarmuid

niceonetom wrote: »

Coffee is rubbish.

Rule 34

niceonetom

Diarmuid wrote: »

Rule 34

Ah, the less well known "rule 34". Usually quoting rule 34 means something else on the internet.

Anyway, coffee is indeed rubbish.

CramCycle

niceonetom wrote: »

Coffee is rubbish.

FAIL
sorry

Lumen

niceonetom wrote: »

Ah, the less well known "rule 34". Usually quoting rule 34 means something else on the internet.

Hmmm, rule 34. Does this do nothing for you?

Chips Lovell

niceonetom wrote: »

Ah, the less well known "rule 34". Usually quoting rule 34 means something else on the internet.

I thought rule 34 was something to do with banning people from playing rugby or not allowing protestants to play hurling or something.

xz

Coffee's for Yanks give me a cup of Lyons gold blend any day.. . . . . . Have to have cake of course to make up for the lower caffeine in tea.

Chips Lovell

Diarmuid wrote: »

My kitchen just before a spin.

Agreed. I never got this stopping lark. Drink the coffee beforehand.

lafors

Ah a poll without a poll, very interesting.

As Diarmuid said, the kitchen....a double ristretto, none of this americanized "espresso" lark

kenmc

xz wrote: »

Coffee's for Yanks give me a cup of Lyons gold blend any day.. . . . . . Have to have cake of course to make up for the lower caffeine in tea.

Tea =

kenmc

el tonto wrote: »

Agreed. I never got this stopping lark. Drink the coffee beforehand.

Where does it say that this question is cycling related?

Lumen

xz wrote: »

Coffee's for Yanks give me a cup of Lyons gold blend any day.. . . . . . Have to have cake of course to make up for the lower caffeine in tea.

Coffee cake is very good.

kenmc

Coffee is the most important meal of the day.
/End thread.

DirkVoodoo

el tonto wrote: »

Agreed. I never got this stopping lark. Drink the coffee beforehand.

It's not just about the coffee, it's also a little bit social.

ckeego

kenmc wrote: »

Coffee is the most important meal of the day.
/End thread.

Wholly agreed...

Not really a poll, granted but just a discussion on where the best place for a cuppa Joe is while you are perhaps out on a ride...So c'mon and "spill the beans"!

Nothing nicer than to stop and have a quick bike chat with some others of a similiar interest!

As for tea...
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Caroline_ie

Barry's... the green box.

manwithaplan

*Pushes off, clips in and shouts over shoulder*

"The Hippy Cafe's coffee is no better than alright"

*Pedals like f**k*

nak

3FE or the Bald Barista (he did the coffee for Tour of Ireland last year and the banter is better).

The Happy Pear does great lemon and poppyseed cake, not that I eat these sorts of things

petethedrummer

kenmc wrote: »

Nah. totally wrong mate on #1. 3fe on Middle Abbey st, best coffee in ireland, owned & run by Colin Harmon, the Irish Barista Champion, and 4th best in the world.

I don't even drink coffee, but I really want to go there.

alfalad

Used to go to the Bald Barista when i worked in that neck of the woods, was pretty and see he has opened a new place on Dawson Street.

TinyExplosions

+1 for the bald barista, and also Cafe De Napoli on Westland Row do damn fine coffee... 3FE is the best of the best though

Doctor Bob

Is there a correlation between good quality coffee and physically unattractive environments? Aungier Street (Bald Barista), Abbey Street (3FE) and now Westland Row- none of them would make it onto my list of great Dublin streets (though the Luas has at least made Abbey Street a good bit more pleasant).

Maybe it's time to check out the roadside vans on the national primary network! :P

I like my coffee in attractive surroundings- which is why I'm off to Simon's Place. The coffee is usually grand, nothing special, but it scores very highly on the attractiveness scale!

(Also, anyone who claims to like tea and then recommends Barry's Green Label or Lyons needs their head examined! [/bait])

snollup

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would agree that 3fe is tops though.

TinyExplosions

Doctor Bob wrote: »

Is there a correlation between good quality coffee and physically unattractive environments? Aungier Street (Bald Barista), Abbey Street (3FE) and now Westland Row- none of them would make it onto my list of great Dublin streets (though the Luas has at least made Abbey Street a good bit more pleasant).

It's not the outside that's attractive in Cafe de Napoli, but some of the waitresses are very easy on the eye

Doctor Bob

TinyExplosions wrote: »

It's not the outside that's attractive in Cafe de Napoli, but some of the waitresses are very easy on the eye

Simon's Place: grand coffee, hot staff, pleasant setting.

Cafe de Napoli: great coffee, hot staff, grubby setting.

I feel so conflicted!

I was talking to a friend at lunchtime, pondering my previous comment, and it occurred to me that places that serve great coffee can probably afford to go slightly off the beaten track, as connoisseurs will go out of their way for the good stuff- much like bike shops, specialist record shops, etc. I suppose they rely less on passing trade than the pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap still-a-bit-overpriced coffee chains. Plus, the rents are lower, and maybe there's a feeling that being too prominent might tarnish the quality of the product.

Anyway, I'm going a bit off topic. I guess I should take it to the Coffee and Tea forum... (Thanks snollup. Though I note that that thread ended in some epic bickering- it seems we're not unique in that regard! )