Carbon Café

Deeply missing everything this coffee shop used to be as Sense Appeal. Went in here today for the first time since the switch over. The Americano was bland and watery. The beans which used to be a complex roast bursting with flavour is now weak and uninteresting. I was expecting the chocolate and cherry notes that the roasters promised me, but only found it to be bland with no real substance.
The service by the barista was awful. She was grumpy and barely looked at me. She took forever to make my Americano, and had very little knowledge of the coffee she was serving. They were out of a few of the drinks on the menu, but she was unapologetic and didn’t willingly offer exactly what they did have still in stock on the menu.
This place used to be an everyday staple for me — but my return is very unlikely now. I’m very disappointed.

A hidden treasure on Spadina. Definitely one of my favourite café to go on a cozy weekend!

Great espresso. Convenient location. Awesome cookies. Place is a bit hard to find… Look for it just next to Dollarama. Cosy and recommended overall.

Since Peter Adamo and his business partner split up, there has been a few shake ups at Sense Appeal Coffee. He’s now changed the café to be called Carbon Coffee Roasters.
Pros: Still the god damn best coffee in Toronto. I found this place after I had headache and walked into a promising place for my daily fix. I tried the Turkish Latte and entered Nirvana. I have been hooked ever since. Some of the names of the coffees are pretentious, but they are all delicious, well except the Squash latte (which uses 4 different types of Squash). I buy my beans from here and they are perfect. My family of caffeine addicts now only accepts these beans. But…
Cons: The Customer Service here sucks. I get that Peter was remodeling but it would have been nice to put a notice during the weekends that was going on, so that we could know why the store was closed. A bit of courtesy to your clients, no? Like I said I religiously make my way here nearly every week to stock up on beans for the week. It sucks that there is no number I can call to see if the store has sold out of beans, or if they have any still available. The baristas here are such a grumpy lot. Plus I heard one complaining to her client about how tedious Peter was for making such a complex recipe for one of the lattes. Alrighty.
I also saw some mini flies in some of the baked goods today. Honestly if the coffee beans weren’t so good here, I’d switch to another place in a heart beat. I went by Jimmy’s Coffee for the first time. What lovely people. Now only if their beans were as good too.