A&E.
Iced and Easy The Bell reviews five local coffee shops.
Reported by Jennavieve Carmoney For many LHS students, Starbucks, Dunkin’ and Caribou are go-tos for a morning pick me up. For those looking to shop local and support small business, we have plenty of smaller coffee shops right here in Liberty. I ordered
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a vanilla iced coffee with half & half creamer at Hammerhand, Overflow, Huey’s on the Square, Barista de Casa and The Nest to find out which local café has the best cup of iced coffee in town.
Rating:
/5
H a m m e rh a n d
This iced coffee was the strongest out of any I tried. You don’t get a ton of vanilla flavor with this coffee, but instead you can taste the notes listed in the coffee roast. After taking a sip, you get a strong moment of bitterness that sticks to your tongue. This coffee is one that you’ll taste long after you finish drinking it. The minimalist setting of Hammerhand makes for a great place to study, meet up with friends or chat with the knowledgeable baristas behind the bar. For the coffee connoisseur in your life, this will be a favorite for sure. Senior Abby Geier can often be found studying with friends in the comfort of Hammerhand’s walls. “I like Hammerhand the best because it has the best atmosphere out of all of them,” Geier said. “In my opinion, it has the best coffee. They make it their own.”
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O v erf l o w
This drink was super mild, and almost a little watered down. The vanilla flavor was tame, but pleasant. Once I added half & half, though, it lost almost all of the coffee flavor. It was really easy to drink, it just didn’t really have a coffee taste to it. Overflow is known for their coffee and crepes, and this is definitely the mild coffee drink that would pair well with one of their sweeter crepe options. Between the seating, charitable donation bookshelf and friendly staff, Overflow felt welcoming. Sophomore Gabriel Baldaia attends the
church which owns the café, and knows many people that work at Overflow. “I don’t typically go to coffee shops, but I do find myself going to Overflow more often,” Baldaia said. “Journey Church owns Overflow, they have a lot of different things there. I really like the atmosphere. I know the people that work there, and they’re kind to everybody. I also have a lot of friends who enjoy going there. Not just for me and the people at my church, but I think it’s a really nice place for people to go to.”
R at i n g : 26
the bell February 2020 A&E
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