As unfortunate as it is, I have come to learn that there are more bad coffee shops than there are good coffee shops.
I have stopped critiquing each place I visit because it was getting rather pitiful. This place serves bitter espresso, another place steams their milk wrong, so and so place over roasts their beans, etc.
Going to bad coffee shop after bad coffee shop ruins the entire coffee drinking experience. Thus, I have decided to create the Level of Sucky-ness scale. This way, it makes it fun to get bad coffee, because then it can go on the Level of Sucky-ness scale.
Stay tuned for the scale. Over the last 2 weeks, several coffee shops have made their lasting mark on the Level of Sucky-ness.
Crema Espresso 