Nor. Coffee

a short list of places on johnson street that actually pull you back, not just once but regularly, nor. coffee has quietly made that list for a lot of people in victoria. there's something to be said for a shop that doesn't overcomplicate its reason for existing: good coffee, taken seriously, in a city that has enough mediocre options to make you appreciate the alternative. you don't have to go far downtown to find it, which helps, but proximity isn't why anyone becomes a regular. the sourcing decisions, the calibration, the consistency across a weekday morning versus a saturday rush, that's where the gap shows. worth arriving early enough to settle in before the johnson street foot traffic picks up.