Espresso Walk

What do you do on your nice relaxing day off. Your one day of rest. How about walking over 20km, stopping at pretty much every cafe on the way for a shot of espresso?

espresso walk

I think I’d already had far too much espresso by the first Dark Horse. So I kept to Queen St for most of my journey home and skipped some of the “good” cafes that I could have gone to if I’d gone north or south here and there.
I had some great shots, some ok shots, some terrible shots and even some Red tea espresso to boot. The usual suspects (Mercury and Dark Horse) topped my espresso charts, but no suprise there. I just can’t see how people can go to some places that are pulling thin, sour shots. I just can’t comprehend how they have a thriving business. I couldn’t even finish the shots in a couple of stores, they made me feel sick. All in all, I got to say hello to lots of people aloing the way and stopped by many cafes that I’ve never been to.
My last stop was Vesuvios for a meat ball sandwich, which is now helping to settle my coffee filled tummy.

Ah yeah, the whole walk took me about 6 hours to complete and I was kept company by lots of European Death/Thrash/Grind metal. Arsis, Arghoslent, Moonsorrow, Napalm Death, etc…

Matthew

Tags: coffee shop, espresso walk, toronto, ummonshadow

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