Olmo in New Haven — specialty coffee cafe

the regulars at olmo know something the rest of whitney avenue hasn't figured out yet. this isn't another coffee shop trying to be everything to everyone. it's a place that cares about the fundamentals: properly extracted shots, milk steamed to the right temperature, beans that taste like where they came from. walk in and you'll smell it immediately. fresh grounds, not the stale burn of coffee that's been sitting too long. the baristas move with intention, not speed for speed's sake. they're pulling shots that won't make you wince or reach for sugar to cover up mistakes. 1,040 google reviews averaging 4.8 stars tells you what the neighborhood already knows. consistency matters. so does giving a damn about what goes in the cup. olmo gets both right, which is rarer than it should be in a college town full of caffeine-dependent students and faculty who've tasted enough mediocre coffee to…

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