text: This is hands down the BEST coffee in AZ If you like good coffee ie light roasted and you know what an Aeropress Chemex Hario is look no further I am a big fan of lightmedium body with fruit or caramel notes I highly recommend the Arada or the Aricha Those have been my faves since going regularly for the past months I ordinarily will get a bag of beans for my athome morning Aeropress They run about ish bucks a bag While I have had some excellent quality coffee beans for a little cheaper the price is well worth it Sometimes I will also stay and treat myself to a manual Aeropress or Hario and service is excellent I recommend a manually brewed cup because it is much purer and it feels like the barista makes the cup just for you personalized usually with a fun coffee cup my last one was an old school mug with Bambi on it haha Staff is really down to earth cool friendly and helpful If curious about what kind of beans you may like ask them and you will get superb recommendations The quality of this coffee is premium It may very well be the best I have had I also love that they roast in house and also have beer on the other side of the barnnI really want to give this stars If I am going off purity of coffee alone this is easily BUT you also need to take into account atmosphere when you go here If you are going to hang out with friends or people watch it is great A little hipster but I admittedly enjoy that in a place However if you are looking for a quiet and relaxing coffee house getaway this is not the place for you If you do not study or read or write well in crowds get your coffee to go The place is usually bustling and they play music loudly I get the feeling the employees just plug in their ipods to speakers This is my only criticism Sometimes I want a relaxing quiet coffee shop experience and Cartel for all its excellent coffee quality does not provide that I think once a weekday afternoon when they were playing Arthur Russells SoonToBe InnocentLet us See kuddos to the employee who had that on their ipod it was lovely and chilled out but that was a rare exception