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• Would be great if their coffee wasn't so bad.
  Zombie Chow (49 reviews), March 27, 2008

  I went to Mission City Coffee today, and had to come back here just to complain. I am very displeased with the service I got, and the lack of knowledge the employee possessed. I thin the fact that they screwed up a simple drink 3 times in a row says volumes.. And to add, I tink either they decided to give me decafe, or their coffee just tastes bland and flavourless now...

  I worked in coffee for a long time, I even went to competitions and was a semifinalist in the national championships... I am humble however(lol) and typically am not a dick. If I get a drink served wrong, I think I am in my rights to ask for a new drink, and if I am given a different drink that's also wrong, I am again in my rights to request the drink I ordered and paid for. If I order a double 12oz. latte, it's pretty easy to assume I want a 12 ounce cup with a latte made with 2 shots. Not rocket science...

  In more detail, I came in ordered a (verbatim) "Double 12oz. Latte and a paistry." asking if all the pastries are the same price. I was told they were. All was well. then I got my drink, it was a 16 ounce cup. And I kindly told her I ordered a double 12 ounce latte, to which she responded "yeah, that's a double." I asked her if I could get the drink I asked for and just get a "small latte with 2 shots". She then made me a single 12oz. latte... Now the easy thing here, is that she could have just added another shot, instead she got aggressive and remade the drink a 3rd time, boiling the milk, and giving me attitude. I thanked her and went on my way.

  Looking back now, I am very glad the ATM machine was broken today, I was actually trying to figure out a way to tip before hand. Now I am glad I was robbed that pleasure. You make an Italian blooded man pissed to the point that they don't want to tip, you've done something horribly wrong.

  Original Review:
  That's not fair I know..

  This place was my first job over 15 years ago. It was a decent and fun place to work, but I didn't agree with how they "baked" their beans. The roaster at the time roasted at too low of a tempurature for too long, resultign in "baked" beans. They tasted fine, but had hints of rancid peanut butter and wheat.

  I hope that they have since improved. They must have, they're still there!

  I learned not too long ago that teh original owners had also moved on, so that may have improved things too. Having Dad taking care of his two middle aged babies didn't lend to a successful business template.

  Aside from the two bumbling idiot children, the rest of the staff was awesome! As is the location and environment. The food ain't too shabby either.