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This is the DRINK that makes me to open the OR account, i have tried so many iced drinks in HK but this Coffee base has so much taste and no watery at all. First of all, coffee aroma is great and have a smooth full-bodied taste. so Smooth u wouldnt notice any ICE, and so rich and creamy! And amount of syrup is so balance. And the staff is lovely and sincere :>
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I had been meaning to try the coffee at Zambra for a while, as I have seen the bags of beans in a few locations and it looked interesting.BAD DECISIONSo, for the everage Hong Kong price of about $35, I got a caffe latte. It came to me very quickly from relatively friendly servers. After adding my sugar, I took a sip and my face puckered up like I had sucked a lemon. I nearly spat it out.The coffee was super bitter and yet managed at the same time to taste of nothing. Amazing - almost a miracle. There was no real coffee flavour and it was mouth twistingly bitter. It has to be the worst coffee I have drunk in HK. That's saying something, because (while there are good places), there are a lot of terrible coffees to be drunk in this city.Needless to say, I will not be returning.
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自从 Cafe Zambra 撤离湾仔之后，就没有再光顾过这个品牌了。在对面吃汉堡包的时候发现了这 Zambra 的柜位，当然不可以放过这个机会，所以吃完之后便过来喝咖啡。这里有自家的 blend，单品咖啡也有，见到外籍咖啡师姐姐在忙著，我也懒得太多要求，要杯普通的 Americano 便好了。在吧位看著她工作，感觉更 cozy。其实出来又不差㖞，沿用旧店的咖啡杯款式，咖啡油脂样子不俗，浓浓的够甘香，不算酸，好喝也醒神。店员（甚至连超市内的婶婶）的礼貌可是非常之好的。
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I have recently fallen in love with this coffee bar which is situated at GREAT in Pacific Place. Not any other Zambra, but this one in particular. In fact, coming here on Sunday has become my weekend ritual and I do it religiously. The first time here I tried cafe latte. I was impressed by its layer of perfect foam. The bubbles (if you can notice any air bubble) cannot be finer and this helps the taste and smoothness of the drink. The expresso beans gives out a balanced flavor without being too bitter, yet leaving a light and fragrant after-taste. Gaining confidence after drinking this five-star latte, I ordered an expresso. It came with a caramel biscuit, which I find very useful as the expresso has a strong bitter taste towards the end.This last weekend, I decided to try their blue mountain. I thought it would be served french press, but it was done expresso. I guess it's my fault for not mentioning how I wanted it The coffee is totally worth the value, I drank half cup without milk and half cup with milk. Both were delicous. I'm thinking of trying Kopi Luwak one of these days, it's quite steep, around $200+ a cup, but I am confident that at this shop and with its barrista I would get the best experience in coffee drinking...
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Zambra在香港有三所分店，之前试过湾仔的总店及尖沙咀的Coffee Corner，还记得在总店的经验只是麻麻，反之在尖沙咀的小店反之不错，但感觉都只不过是好，而不是突出，但今天的经验都真的教人振奋。在金钟的分店都是如老尖的分店一样，只是一个有数张吧座的Coffee Bar，但已经是要比尖沙咀的那一间大得多了，至少部咖啡机体积更大，而且又有两部磨豆机，但基本的装潢也很类近，又是一筒筒垂直装咖啡豆的摆设，这个方法在Barista Jam都是如此，这可是储存炒过的咖啡豆的其一最佳方法，足见此店其实是有料的。此分店用的咖啡机比起其余两店的更棒，是用了源于一九零五年在意大利起家的Victoria Arduino咖啡机，就连Holly Brown也有一台，设备精良，看来不错，但是我今天喝的咖啡其实不关它事。皆因本人一坐低，就见到店家正在Promote麝香猫咖啡及牙买加蓝山，前者一杯二百元，后者五十五元，前者收费合理，后者简直就低于市价，二话不说，即着店员要了杯蓝山，店家可应客人要求，用Espresso机冲煮咖啡或用French Press也可，本人虽然喜欢喝意式咖啡多一点，但要喝高品质的单品豆，当然选了French Press。店员预热了French Press壶，同时也预热了之后用来盛咖啡的杯子，之后即磨咖啡豆，店家用了二号磨豆机来磨豆，一号机刚好在Espresso Machine旁，二号机则相反，看来是两部机调校了不同的研磨度所致，慷慨的店员冲的这杯咖啡，也真的用了不少咖啡豆，磨出来的粉相当多，之后店员加了热水，然后跟我说要待上三分钟左右才好喝，可见此店的店员真的细心。在等喝之时，也听见咖啡师跟其他客人谈起蓝山，此店其实有一款咖啡豆名为Blue Mountain Blend，听店员说是用了廿五个巴仙的牙买加蓝山，再加上七十五个巴仙其他非洲高原产区出的阿拉比卡豆，而本人喝的，是百份百的牙买加蓝山，也很快的过了三分钟，店员来帮我压下咖啡粉，我杯咖啡就可以享用了，杯咖啡真的好热，那个杯盛满了咖啡之后是烫手的，对版！都是先嗅一下这杯咖啡，是真的很清秀的咖啡香，不是如喝Espresso般那么Striking的Smell，嗅起来柔软中更带点近乎花香的味道，那咖啡表层有很薄薄的一层油脂，是咖啡豆炒过之后，被热力由豆内到了表层的油脂，为咖啡增添醇厚的胶质，喝了一口质感丰润有浆力，酸度低而带来近乎果浆的香甜，咖啡味道不浓，但收尾扎实，残留在口中的芳香有近乎香甜的感觉，真的很是好喝，记忆中上回喝过的单品蓝山，是在冈田咖啡喝的，那次的表现其实已经很不错，但今回更是比那次更棒，味道虽没有那边的浓，但个收尾更完满，完全正正是蓝山咖啡的精髓。再度值得一赞的是店家用的这个French Press壶，用了Pyrex超耐热的玻璃来制造，非常适合要用上过九十度热水的规格，再者那个Press的泸网真的是一点儿咖啡粉也没有漏，在壶边近乎没有丁点的咖啡渣，真的想买个回家慢用呢！另外也提一提跟来的一块曲奇，入口香脆而有一阵薄薄的焦糖味，感觉用来下咖啡都算不错，毕竟本人一向朝早喝咖啡都是要有曲奇相伴的。边喝咖啡都跟店员谈咖啡，说到了本人在菲律宾喝过的疑似Kopi Luwak，慢慢的喝，喝完就结账回家用膳，在回家之后，即都近喝毕近一个小时，口内还有着一份咖啡清幽的甜美，这个余韵真的是比起喝Espresso的回甘有过之无不及，知道什么是齿颊留香吗？来喝一杯牙买加蓝山吧，令人满足感爆灯，可能要找天再来试试Kopi Luwak及Espresso等咖啡才行。所以某天后，又重临喝咖啡，是次只是轻轻的喝一杯Espresso，用了此店最基本而大路的Blend “Northern espresso”，今回由一位香港人女仕冲煮，看上去杯啡是不错的，浓稠而深棕啡色的Crema，嗅起来也蛮富焦香的感觉，感觉是很Dark Roast的感觉，所以店家说这是Medium to Dark Roast的豆，我是有点怀疑的，又或可能刚好这一批豆真的是Dark Roast了吧。喝一口Espresso，果然Body很重喝起来那香味及醇度也很实在，这本来是不错的，可是在结尾中带出颇为明显的苦涩味，不是Espresso应有的香甜，不知是否店家Tamp得太大力了，因为我睇住那店员按压的时候，真的是用了整个人的力来压，可能真的是有丁点Over-Extracted，又或是店家的咖啡豆由于是重度烘焙，稍为不新鲜的重烘焙豆，是很易出事的。所以本人有理由怀疑，此店是日的咖啡的瑕疵是归究于这两点了，不过总括而言，都是要要之前在湾仔总店的经验要好，所以值得重新评估。
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