Klekolo World Coffee

Didn’t enjoy my experience here. The barista who served us was cold and impatient, and didn’t even make a decent mocha. There was a line behind us and only that one barista working. He rung up a customer and then went to make his/​her drink. And then returned to ring up the next customer and make his/​her drink. This will guarantee slow service. A faster way of doing this is ringing up all the customers and then making their drinks (source: personal work experience in a coffee shop.) I usually like hole-​in-​the-​wall places because they have some sort of charm to them, but this shop didn’t have any. Will not return.

Great townie coffee spot.
I love the space which is decorated often by cops and punks, local art, and hospital employees. Small local shops like this create a great place for disparate groups to mix and mingle. This is good for society as a whole, and ships like this should be supported!
I love that they offer a very small coffee for times when you don’t want a lot.
My only complaint is that I find even medium and light roasts to be more on the harsh acidic and dark side. Still, ten times better than a Dunkin, and although I like sweet harmony, their coffee kinda sucks.

Extra points for the quirky experience. Good coffee and cool barista. If I’m in Connecticut, I’d go back.

My first time here and they were very helpful. My only wish is that there was more room for a little privacy. It is very small. Great selection of coffee and teas. Definitely not you average coffee shop.

Tried this coffee spot today for the first time. It’s absolutely phenomenal. I’m almost ashamed that I’ve lived in Middletown for the past two years and just now visited this place. Coffee, pastry, and the faint sound of Led Zep in the background. There gonna know me by name pretty soon…

Best spiced chai I’ve had since I lived in Europe! And the chocolate peanut butter brownie was TO DIE FOR.
Only thing I would love to see is a much better sense of style/​cozy environment in the shop. If the owners are reading this, I am happy to offer complimentary design services and affordable suggestions to make the shop far more cozy and welcoming. I think it could help take the brand up a few notches.

Delicious & complex coffee from around the world served by friendly and down-​to-​earth people.
It’s a great place to get some work done using the free wifi and they usually have some pretty funky tunes playing in the morning!
Get a «pony» if you need the kick of extra caffeine…

Cannot say enough good things about Klekolo – the staff is so friendly, the drinks are so effing delicious (dark hot chocolate, white hot chocolate, llama mama [our namesake!], and other flavored lattes are favorites), the desserts are yummy, and the ambiance is fun and laid back.
Such a unique local institution where wonderful memories are made!

Some of the best tasting flavored lattes with really unique flavor combinations. Love the coffee ice cubes. Llama mama is my favorite!
Same as everyone else says– annoying they’re cash only and the staff/​customers/​ambiance is a little off putting, but oh well who cares, get it to go and it won’t really matter. Or you could always get a few tattoos and dreadlocks before coming…

Friendly staff and folks.
Dynamite espresso!
This has been here for twenty years and is a Middletown institution.

Awesome coffee but–
1. The staff uses an iPad as a register — an iPad which is somehow incapable of accepting debit/​credit cards in 2015. However, there is an ATM in the corner by the bathrooms which looks like it doubles as a urinal.
2. The the creepy mustached man «joking» about masturbating under the counters doesn’t help with my first concern about the ATM… :/​
3. I’ve never felt such an urge to wash my hands with holy water as I do after leaving this place.

Are they too hip to sell good tasting coffee? Got a small iced coffee with a pump of coconut and it tastes spicy and undrinkable. Don’t know if the barista accidentally put something else in it but it’s undrinkable. However, the hot Mexican roast coffee is decent and the price was fair.

OMG this place rules.
+ COFFEE ICE CUBES bzz bzz bzzzz!
+ at least three (and I think there were more) options for iced coffee roasts! Awesome!
+ iced ESPRESSO too for cold drinks!!!
+ extremely good coffee
+ outdoor seating
— cash only :(but! they have an atm in the corner!
I would definitely come back here when I’m in Middletown.

Usually I don’t like lattes but this had to be the best I ever had. Awesome atmosphere with cool people and equally interesting wall art. I wish I lived closer because this would be my new fave place.

The iced coffee was good, the pastry I had was amazing, but the service was horrible. The barista seemed annoyed that he had to come in from outside to serve us, almost as if we had disturbed his time with his friends. Then, because we chose to sit inside (again, all the tables outside were being used by what appeared to be the barista’s friends), he seemed annoyed that he had to stay inside with customers.
Also, they don’t take credit or debit (in this day and age I don’t really understand why) which he conveniently pointed out by saying «no cards» but didn’t bother to point out the atm that was sitting in a dark corner, almost too dark to see the buttons, until I asked about the closest atm!
I love quirky hole in the wall places that have a lot of character, but they have to still offer a level of professionalism and service in order to make the experience a good one!

This works best if drink is ordered to-​go.
+ Damn good coffee
+ Varieties of chai besides hot and cold
+ Beverage sizes a reasonable. A small is a small, not a medium
+ Efficient service
— Does not take credit or debit cards
— Seems stuck in the 90s. Like when I used to go there and listen to really bad poetry getting recited. The paint seems perpetually chipped. There’s got to be some way to update the place so that it feels more comfortable and looks more like it belongs to this century. Or if not this century, pick an era and play that up. It’s the accidental «left in the wrong decade» thing that’s the issue.
— The «maproom». .. actually, everything where customers would be seems a little dirty.

I did not like the vibe of this place at all. Customers stared me and my husband down from the moment we walked in. Customer service was not good. They do
Not accept debit or credit card. We left without ordering. Not worth it

Here it is: Middletown’s perfect cup of joe,
If you need a pick-​me-​up this is the place to go.
The welcoming staff will treat you like a Coffee King,
You’ll be caffeinated, will walk out the door, and will sing.
Klekolo draws a diverse crowd, but their coffee is top-​notch. They rotate their four flavors of coffee daily, but they always fit within four categories: Flavored, Light Roast, Dark Roast, and High Caffeine. The first time I ever went here I was drowsy and got the Pony Express (which fit into the High-​Caffeine category) and I was off the walls at work. I couldn’t stop fist-​pumping and hopping around, and I was just waiting for a coworker to call Animal Control to come tranquilize me. The coffee did its job, but since then I’ve just stuck with Dark Roast or a Flavored coffee. I’m a caffeine lightweight. Yesterday their Flavored coffee was Strudel Cake, and it was absolutely phenomenal.
Coffee prices are competitive. Staff is down-​to-​earth and always very personable. They also offer assorted pastries, which are a little pricey but they taste good. Klekolo also supports local artists and hangs artwork on their walls for sale. Sometimes the artwork is a little eccentric, and one time a piece of art had a fetus on it. However, it’s cool that the local community supports Klekolo and Klekolo, in turn, supports local artists.
This is my «go-​to» spot. Grab a coffee and walk around Middletown’s beautiful Main Street!

I will forgive Klekolo for being a little short on food after the seventeen snowstorms we had in the three weeks prior to our visit. Nothing like an old, independent coffee shop in a college town. Not being Starbucks alone scores points for this place in my book.
It makes me laugh a little at what passes for mild coffee at places like this. I ordered the mild coffee of the day, some sort of «Peaberry Madagascar Aloe Vera Echinacea Koala Sweat,» or whatever. And it was darned good, but mild it was most certainly not. Now Dunkin’ Donuts has mild coffee.
Had a nice large scone with my coffee — couldn’t even finish it. And the price was exceptional. Two coffees and two bakery items for 8 bucks and change. That’s probably less than Starbucks, come to think of it.
Bring your laptop and your plug earrings.

This place opened twenty years ago and probably hasn’t updated their décor since then, but that was okay with us!
Jason M. and I wanted something sweet and coffee after our anniversary dinner at the nearby Forbidden City Bistro. Since our beloved NoRA cupcake was already closed for the night, we stopped there when we passed there on a whim and recognized the place from Unilocal.
With the cool looking baristas and college co-​ed hipsters working on their Macs, this was clearly a hangout for Wesleyan University students. Though I’m older and not hip, I still felt welcomed. I loved that there was a whole menu of different coffee and non-​coffee drinks. Above the register was a board with the special brews of the day; one of which was an Irish Crème flavor. I asked the guy if there was a decaf version, he offered to make a plan coffee with a shot of Irish Crème syrup.
Since it was at night, I needed decaf and went with the decaf French Roast, which was something I have never seen before. The brew was bold but did not have the caffeine explosion. It didn’t need milk or sugar.
In terms of baked goods, the barista apologized for the bare bones selection for pastries because of the snowstorm the day before. Even still, they had a respectable selection. I had the graham bar and Jason had the blueberry scone. It was good alone, but great with coffee because the pastries were a little dry.
We will be back!