Is it possible to get a decent Espresso in SLC?

**Gunder** · 05-20-2009, 10:31 AM

I have just about given up. Is it even remotely possible to get a decent espresso here? and dont mention beans and brews.... that shit is so bad that it probably would make the great salt lake taste good.

**Buzzworthy** · 05-20-2009, 10:39 AM

/Cough cough Coffee Snob /cough cough

**pechelman** · 05-20-2009, 10:41 AM

yes it is

buy a machine, grinder, and roaster and roast, grind, and brew your own.

**hoarhey** · 05-20-2009, 10:42 AM

Salt Lake Roasting Co.???

**leroy jenkins** · 05-20-2009, 10:42 AM

I dunno, but if you pronounce it "expresso" you can get a slap in the face.

**Parvo** · 05-20-2009, 10:48 AM

no, there is no place to get a decent espresso in salt lake you fucking coffee snob bitch. just drink your drink and keep your trap shut you poof.

**jrredho** · 05-20-2009, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Gunder

Is it even remotely possible to get a decent
espresso here?

Gunder, try:

Canyon Coffee & Cafe
6522 South Big Cottonwood Canyon
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
(801) 947-0848

It's in that new(er) shopping center off of Wasatch Blvd on the way up
the hill to the Fort Union 7-11. I thought they had decent espresso,
and I am a self-confessed coffee snob.

Good luck,
john

**Skidog** · 05-20-2009, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by whorehey

Salt Lake Roasting Co.???

Im with this

+1

**Boissal** · 05-20-2009, 11:25 AM

Make your own. If you don't take the time to make it yourself and rely on some random barista to make coffee the way you like it then you deserve to have your taste buds dipped in the piss he's gonna serve you.

And no, there's no good place in salt lick for good coffee.

**pechelman** · 05-20-2009, 11:33 AM

and if you think its too expensive to do what Boissal and I are telling you to do

Gaggia Color or Pure - generally can find new for 199$
you can sometimes find used stuff for cheap cheap cheap.
Zassenhaus hand crank burr grinder - new from 70-100$ depending on model
Fresh Roast8 Roaster - ~100$ with 8lbs of beans from sweet marias

not to mention that green beans are more than half as cheap as store bought beans and infinitely fresher and you can roast them how you want...
then you also dont have to pay some idiot 2-6$ to make the drink you want

**Gunder** · 05-20-2009, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by pechelman

and if you think its too expensive to do what Boissal and I are telling you to do

Gaggia Color or Pure - generally can find new for 199$
you can sometimes find used stuff for cheap cheap cheap.
Zassenhaus hand crank burr grinder - new from 70-100$ depending on model
Fresh Roast8 Roaster - ~100$ with 8lbs of beans from sweet marias

not to mention that green beans are more than half as cheap as store bought beans and infinitely fresher and you can roast them how you want...
then you also dont have to pay some idiot 2-6$ to make the drink you want

I got $2k in espresso and coffee makers on the counter at home in Bham.... not really interested in droping in on more coffee machines for my month stay in SLC.

**DrGonzo** · 05-20-2009, 12:08 PM

If you don't mind the hipsters, I think Coffee Garden at 9th South and 9th East has the best Espresso in Salt Lake.

**Skidog** · 05-20-2009, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by DrGonzo

If you don't mind the hipsters, I think Coffee Garden at 9th South and 9th East has the best Espresso in Salt Lake.

Good as well.....

This might even be better than SLC Brewing.

**the webguy** · 05-20-2009, 12:15 PM

found one of these at a garage sale and it changed my life.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Jura-Capresso-Im...3%3A1|294%3A50

**sconniestyle** · 05-20-2009, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by DrGonzo

If you don't mind the hipsters, I think Coffee Garden at 9th South and 9th East has the best Espresso in Salt Lake.

plus great harvest is right there too, and they have bomb ass bread, and are always willing to give samples of anything.

**pechelman** · 05-20-2009, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Gunder

I got $2k in espresso and coffee makers on the counter at home in Bham.... not really interested in droping in on more coffee machines for my month stay in SLC.

for travel get yourself an aeropress travel kit and just deal with it

pansy

**Goatski** · 05-20-2009, 12:29 PM

wrong fowum jong where are you???

he might say that coffee upsets your zen balance

and that coffee (excuse me, crappuchino) threads in the ski/snowboard forum are worse than UT dust on a CO snowpack

**dk_alaskan** · 05-20-2009, 12:45 PM

I heard from good authority Starbucks is where ALL the hipsters go for the, gulp, best caffee around, cuz you pay SOO much it MUST be quality, right?

**smuggs** · 05-20-2009, 01:27 PM

salt lake roasting company as said above.

like 350 e 400 s

**salida** · 05-20-2009, 01:46 PM

Alchemy Coffee Co
390 E 1700 S

**Grizzly Adams** · 05-20-2009, 01:49 PM

WONGFOWUMJONG!!

couldn't have said it better myself.

**Boissal** · 05-20-2009, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by salida

Alchemy Coffee Co
390 E 1700 S

I would have to agree with alchemy, their coffee is good and cheap. Never tried espressos there, but the food is ++.
Beware of the owner, he'll call you bro 179 times while filling up your thermos, I know it tends to get me in a foul mood if it's before 6am

**ryank** · 05-20-2009, 03:27 PM

To those of you talking smack on Gunder's coffee snobbery - you don't even realize that Gunder is from near Seattle (Bellingham). Coffee snobbery is practically required in Seattle.

They'll even slash your tires if they spot you with a cup of coffee from an 7-11 or an gas station.

**Johnny Deep** · 05-20-2009, 04:22 PM

I'm partial to Mill Creek Coffee Roasters.

**JoshP** · 05-22-2009, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Boissal

I would have to agree with alchemy, their coffee is good and cheap. Never tried espressos there, but the food is ++.
Beware of the owner, he'll call you bro 179 times while filling up your thermos, I know it tends to get me in a foul mood if it's before 6am

Another vote for Alchemy. Live a block from there. Cool place.

Agree with the bro comment too. So true.