Verve
Espresso was thin and delivered a minute or so too late. I’m sure it was nicer when it was first made. Or perhaps the cup was very cold to start with.
Verve is one of the many trendy-but-not-actually-interesting-or-notable place that pervade the Canberra café landscape. It’s decent enough—though the Belgian chocolate tart was far better than the espresso I had.
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