Coffee Lab15 Silverfield, Wairau Valley, Auckland, NZ
As a traveller and explorer of great cafes/coffees, we are open-minded to having mediocre coffees because it is just part of it, but Ben is one of those barista’s that we are always hopeful to meet; but we know this kind of expertise and friendliness is a very rare encounter! We ordered one of every bean going for the espresso machine and Ben was happy to do so, and demonstrate different flavours by altering the extraction times, dosage, and tamping for an espresso, then experiment with subtiles of flavour with piccolos (cortados). Ben has a passion for coffee, including latte art that you can taste consistently over and over. And with his passion and expertise exposes, perhaps opens the beans that are obviously roasted to perfection by Anna, all the much better. We like the space, and the food is excellent.
