James Thornton

Review of Turnstile Coffee Roasters

I use the Coffee Hound in Bloomington, Illinois as...

I use the Coffee Hound in Bloomington, Illinois as the ultimate benchmark for excellent coffee when I rate other coffee shops...it's a level rarely achieved. This coffee shop has excellent decor, great marketing, and friendly staff. The LaMarzocca Espresso machine is the very same model I learned on. The espresso is good, and allow me to qualify that. It tastes like it was brewed perhaps too quickly, is slightly over-roasted, for me, and has a bit of an after taste. The roaster informed me that they did in fact start roasting the beans darker, just shy of city-plus. It is, however, very enjoyable. The baked goods are excellent. Latte art was good. The price was a bit high but it is the east coast. $15.46 for two baked goods and two lattes. 4.5/5