Starbucks

First time at a Starbucks reserve. They accept Starbucks gifts here. One of the cool things they have are the flights and experiences. I would highly recommend trying the flights. They gave little tasting cards to go with the coffee you're trying. They have food here too including fancier sandwiches.

To be clear - this is for Starbucks Reserve inside same building as Starbucks headquarters. It doesn’t actually show up on Google maps as a reserve store. It usually has pretty good available parking. The coffee of course is delicious from all over the world. There is a nice food selection. You just can’t be in and out as fast as a regular Starbucks but that’s not what this is. And I think it costs a bit more for the premium experience but I don’t really pay attention to that.

Friendly staff and excellent service! This location is clean, spacious and rarely crowded so it my favorite place to just sit down, relax, and enjoy the coffee. They also helped grinding two bags of unopened Starbucks whole bean according to my filter's spec so bring your filter if you plan to do this.

This is a Starbucks Reserve - more menu items, wine and beer, and, special brewing methods. Staff are great and knowledgeable, and the barista doing the brewing explained a lot of details to us and answered questions very thoughtfully. We tried the "siphon experience" which uses the oldest method of brewing - siphone method or vacuum method - with some beautifully designed modern looking gear. It's a cool show, worth seeing from the water boiling and coming up to the upper compartment, to coffee going down -- and the resulting coffee is pure and super light. Very cool!