Cortado Café

duke street in alexandria doesn't mess around when it comes to coffee, and cortado café proves it. the espresso here tastes like someone actually cares about extraction times and water temperature, not just pushing buttons on an automated machine. you can taste the difference in every shot they pull. regulars don't just show up for caffeine fixes. they come back because consistency matters, and cortado delivers it cup after cup. the baristas know their beans, know their ratios, know when to adjust the grind. simple things done right. with 297 google reviews averaging 4.7 stars, the numbers tell part of the story. but the real story sits in those ceramic cups. this isn't corporate coffee with focus-grouped flavor profiles. it's an independent shop doing what independent shops do best: making coffee that tastes like coffee, not like a dessert menu ran wild. alexandria has plenty of chain options. cortado gives…