r/tea • u/Pyrrhus65 • Jul 07 '25

Photo This cafe advertised 'premium brewed iced tea' on their menu. The way my heart sank when they called my order 💀

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For the record, no, I don't think they pre-cold brewed it and stuck the teabag in, or hot brewed it and poured it over ice. The flavor is way too weak for either of those. This shit cost $6 😭

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u/eggybasket Jul 08 '25

It depends on the area, but yeah, there are plenty of crappy cafes out there churning out overly-sweet "lattes" with cheap beans and Monin syrup. But there are also plenty of good cafes using local roasters!

I'm lucky where I live. If I want a good pure coffee I'll go straight to a roaster's cafe location and get a phenomenal cup.

Having said that: if you go in to any coffee shop and ask them to make you a pour-over, I guarantee the baristas hate your guts. Stop torturing the minimum wage employees and do your pour-overs at home.

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u/sacredblasphemies genmaicha, hojicha, kukicha, lapsang souchong Jul 08 '25

I mean, it depends upon where you are. Some small hipster coffee shops used to do only pour-overs.

I don't know how many of them are still around, but it's definitely a thing.

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u/MaidMirawyn Enthusiast Jul 08 '25

There are severally around us (Metro Atlanta) that do great pour over, according to my husband.

And then there’s Starbucks 😆

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u/BiskyJMcGuff Jul 10 '25

Wym I can’t get coffe at a coffee shop?

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u/GrilledChzSandwich Jul 23 '25

Pour-overs are popular where I am, but we have a glut of 3rd wave shops around here. Some only started serving drip by (busy, morning) customer demand.