text: For the final coffeespecific stop in Montreal Myriade Coffee was on my list and featuring the most English friendly crowd and servers of the group likely due to its hipyoung clientele just steps from the Concordia College campus I found the space to be quite familiar both in selection and in style A small space on the interior with an exterior densely populated by kids who would not look out of place in Williamsburg or Bushwick Myriade manages to fit a lot of coffee and technique into a small space and with roasters and purveyors including th Parallel Vancouver Heart of Portland Squar Mile London and Ritual San Francisco all on hand along with drip press pourover and Toddy the options are well myriadnnSpending a few minutes checking out the whole beans and watching the baristas work I inevitably settled on the only roaster I would not experienced Square Mile and ordered a pourover of Rwanda Musashi a coffee I would never heard of let alone tasted that proved to be rich and balanced slightly fruity but not at all acidic and light with a lingering sweetness Noting here that this single cup was more expensive than both my beverage at Toi Moi et Cafue and Brulerie St Denis while to my mouth not as good as the former and only slightly improved to the later I certainly understand the appeal of Myriade to locals as it represents some exotic choices but as a visitor I would rather experience beans roasted locally than a selection culled from other cities at a higher price