Vanessa C.
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Review for Blank Street Coffee – Friday, October 24, 2025
Yesterday, Thursday, October 23, I went to Blank Street Coffee to buy five café au lait drinks (half coffee, half steamed milk) for the five cooks at our restaurant. The drinks were delicious — perfectly made, smooth, and exactly how a café au lait should taste. Our chef even authorized me to go again today, Friday, to buy more café au lait, exactly like the ones we enjoyed yesterday.
Unfortunately, today’s experience was completely disappointing. I ordered seven café au lait drinks, but what we received was nothing like yesterday’s. The coffee today was bitter, sour, and undrinkable. It was not café au lait — it was just coffee with a little bit of half and half. All seven drinks had coffee grounds floating inside the cups, and the taste was so unpleasant that we had to throw them all away.
I know exactly what a proper café au lait is supposed to taste like, and today’s drinks were far from that. I even have the receipt from today’s purchase to show how much I paid. Each cook gave me five dollars for their drink, and it was very disappointing to waste both the money and the coffee.
The same lady who took my order yesterday was at the cashier today, so I expected the same quality and service, but unfortunately, that was not the case. After today’s bad experience, I will have to look for another coffee shop where I can buy real café au lait made with care and consistency.
I hope the management takes this feedback seriously because yesterday’s coffee was excellent, but today’s was truly unacceptable.
— Vanessa Caballero