(chocolate chai) at Barrington Coffee Roasting Co. on Newbury

At a glance:

303 Newbury Street, Boston, MA

Price: $

Stars (out of 5): 3.2

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Minimalist coffee bar with a modern, techy feel. The steampunk coffee comes out of these iPad-operated coffee machines. The wi-fi is supposed to be hella fast but when I went, it was barely working.

very cool
very cool steampunk coffee

I got a hot chai with chocolate. It was quite rich, the chai was good, but the shot of chocolate made it bitter. Maybe just get the chai by itself. And what happened to my latte art :*( ? I worked there for a little bit because I had such a nice view of Newbury Street from where I was sitting

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view onto Newbury
view onto Newbury

I heard great things about the bacon gruyere scone so decided to splurge on one. I’m sorry to say it was kind of disappointing 😦 The bacon tasted old. And the gruyere was not good with the stale tasting bacon. The scone itself was too dry and hard. Maybe I just got a bad one of the batch, but it didn’t taste freshly baked at all.

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I’m willing to give them another shot though! The chai really was quite good. And the steampunk coffee seems so exciting!

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Eat on!