Posted Thu Feb 10, 2005, 11:36pm Subject: New York City: Sicaffe
New York has everything but a decent espresso. However, there could be a solution for those of you who work/live in the Upper East Side or around the Well Street area. On my way to work I get my morning coffee at "Sicaffe" on 26 John Street(for more than a year now). In my opinion they have the absolute best coffee in the Wall Street area (or even in the city). Their coffee beans are freshly roasted right in the store (there is a large roaster that you can see in the back at their Upper East Side location). If you’re at their downtown store ask Joseph to make you Tristino Dopio (at the upper east side store ask for Alan). It’s a drink worth trying. Tell them that Armen sent you and they’ll take a good care of you.
They currently operate 2 stores: 964 Lexington Ave and 29 John St
nyc_crema Senior Member Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 1,597 Location: New York City Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Fri Feb 11, 2005, 8:57am Subject: Re: New York City: Sicaffe
1morecup Said:
New York has everything but a decent espresso. However, there could be a solution for those of you who work/live in the Upper East Side or around the Well Street area. On my way to work I get my morning coffee at "Sicaffe" on 26 John Street(for more than a year now). In my opinion they have the absolute best coffee in the Wall Street area (or even in the city). Their coffee beans are freshly roasted right in the store (there is a large roaster that you can see in the back at their Upper East Side location). If you’re at their downtown store ask Joseph to make you Tristino Dopio (at the upper east side store ask for Alan). It’s a drink worth trying. Tell them that Armen sent you and they’ll take a good care of you.
They currently operate 2 stores: 964 Lexington Ave and 29 John St
I'll be the official judge of this and check it out this weekend or week. I live really close to Wall Street. If they have fresh roasted beans, then I'm there to spend my money!
Gypsy Senior Member Joined: 1 May 2005 Posts: 21 Location: on the road, searching for good coffee all over the US Expertise: I like coffee
Posted Wed May 4, 2005, 3:49pm Subject: Re: New York City: Sicaffe
I was in the upper east side branch a few months ago. Their coffee was indeed very good. Their employees (I think I was talking to the manager, or someone from Sicaffe corporate - a Ukranian woman who had come from Italy to open stores in NY) were very enthusiastic and interested in chatting, too. She insisted on giving me (not selling me) their signature drink, after I'd finished the coffee I bought - I think it was the Tristino Doppio mentioned below. It was indeed delicious.
They seemed awfully corporate, though! I'll admit to having a bias towards places that are owned by people who care about coffee, rather than by corporations.
No wifi, either - a major drawback in coffee houses, IMO.
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Posted Thu May 26, 2005, 6:18am Subject: Re: New York City: Sicaffe
nyc_crema Said:
I'll be the official judge of this and check it out this weekend or week. I live really close to Wall Street. If they have fresh roasted beans, then I'm there to spend my money!
I posted the above back in February and here I am at the end of May finally posting a review about SiCaffe. My first visit to SiCaffe was indeed back in february and I ordered a double espresso and was sad to see it was 4 or 5 ounces. The barista did grind and tamp, but I was really suprised to see him serve me so much espresso since you'd think he'd know that an espresso isn't nearly 5 ounces (it had no crema either). I didn't want to post a bad review - usually I give cafes two or three chances - and SiCaffe is closed on the weekends, so it took this long for me to finally get there.
I was really happy to come there again. First off, they are like 10 minutes from my house (door to door) in the World Trade area of Manhattan two blocks from where the WTC buldings were. Second, they have a huge advertisement for themselves outside that shows (on one side) an article in some newspaper that praises their milk texturing and (on the other side) pictures of latte art. Latte art is practically unheard of in Manhattan - I only know of three places in NYC (SiCaffee, Gimme Coffee, 9th Street Espresso).
Okay, so for the review: I ordered a cappuccino something - basically a "stronger than normal cappuccino" is what the barista told me. The barista was the same one that was there back in February and he pulled two of the best cappuccinos I've ever had (one for my girlfriend, one for me!). The milk was the best ever and I realized the mlik I try to texture at home comes no were near close. I can't say too much for the espresso shots themselves, but the cappuccino was excellent and I highly recommend this place.
I also bought a 1/2 pound of their Opera blend which is for espresso. Their blends are $12/lb, which is kind of expensive, and I'll let you know later this week how the Opera blend went in my home machine.
SiCaffe is truely coffeegeek approved and I will have to come back and test their espresso, but their cappuccinos are excellent. The only downside is that the downtown store would be probably impossible to get to if you plan to drive into lower Manhattan. They have a store on the upper east side that would probably be better to drive and find parking. I take the train so parking is never an issue. If you're a tourist, then going to lower Manhattan is filled with a million things to do and stopping at SiCaffe would make a downtown Manhattan sight seeing day REALLY fun.
26 or 29 John Street, east a block or two from Broadway.
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