Kevin B.
Yelp
This one stings. I wanted to like this experience sooooo much. I have had Vesta coffee via a latte made by a friend of mine using their beans. I loved it, I thought it was so good. So I was stoked to try the real thing with some flavoring, some oat milk (my buddy only uses whole). Boy was I disappointed.
We swung by here shortly after we spent a week in Maui, and the Caramac latte caught my eye, with its macadamia almond milk and Hawaiian sea salt. I had to have it! And let me tell you.. I have absolutely no idea how the barista made this into such a disaster. It tasted like an Americano. It tasted like coffee, and water. And not even good coffee. Not even espresso. Like McDonald's coffee. I have never, ever seen someone botch a latte so badly. I cannot emphasize enough, I truly cannot overstate, just how downright awful this thing was. To say I was disappointed wouldn't capture the full breadth of my frustration with this experience.
Everyone has an off day. Granted, I have never seen a baseball player step up to the plate, take a big cut at a slider and drive the ball directly into their groin and end their season on Opening Day before. Which is the baseball equivalent of what that latte was. But whatever, I will try it again. Same thing, round two. Run it back. Shuffle up and deal. And let me tell you...
It was still bad. It was borderline cold. Not even room temp. It tasted like it had been sitting on the counter for 15 minutes before it was given to me. Again, it had absolutely no flavor to it at all. I wasn't even sure it had espresso in it, honestly. Is this just a bad drink? Is this a known issue? And if so, why on earth is that thing on their menu?
I have no explanations for this. The drive thru is nice, but the product that you get at the window is, apparently, unpredictable at best, and downright awful at worst. These must be exceptions to the typical experience, but as you know from my above analogy, I am a baseball guy. And in baseball, it's two strikes, and you're out. Sorry Vesta, I won't be back. If you do venture here, avoid the Caramac latte. What an absolutely disappointing, frustrating, annoying couple of experiences these were.