's-Hertogenbosch

[Aadje]

This weekend I've been to 's-Hertogenbosch, and in 's-Hertogenbosch is the AD award winning Bagels & Beans. I had to try it out.

I had one cappuccino and one ristretto (and ofcourse some bagels). The cappa was very good. The microfoam was good and their coffeeblend came through very nice. The best cappa I had in a shop so far.

The ristretto wasn't sour or robusta-tasting and tasted quite nice. But it was a bit too much to ask from their coffeeblend imho. It tasted a bit stale, and as concetrated as in a ristretto the flavours were a bit too harsh, but only a tiniest bit.

Overall: they know what they are doing and worth a visit.

[bruceb]

Thanks for the info! Glad you had a positive experience there. IMO it is probably unrealistic to expect a good ristretto (restretto) from a shop. It's hard enough to get them right at home with really fresh beans. I'm very pleased when I'm served a good normal espresso.

[Merlino]

I'm glad you liked the shop. A friend of mine visited it and she was very positive as well! As far as I know they use a Single Estate coffee from Panama (Janson Family La Torcaza Estate).