Malone Specialty Coffee

This is a cozy local coffee shop in the sweet Wells Branch community. Family owned. The coffee beans are well sourced and coffee is roasted in-house, small batch. The staff is always friendly. It's a great place to study or work, but could also be a great place for families! There's a baby/toddler play area, a pacman machine, and a foosball table. We love this shop so much!

It's a nice space with some decent offerings. But, all the ambience, service, and seating aside, what matters the most are the beverages. Just felt a bit short changed on my drink. I think the cup was about 40% filled with the rest just being foam. If they could provide better value per drink, this is quite a decent place otherwise. Seating was comfortable and every group can be spaced out. There was a pacman arcade box with nice decor overall. Friendly service.

A delightful neighborhood coffee shop with relaxed seating, board games, and Pac-Man. Food is fun, with good ingredients and bagels daily from rockstar bagels. Specialty coffees are flavorful rather than just sweet, and their drip coffee rotates through local blends. The one I got was solid, and I had it black. Cardamom bun (5/5) - cardamom is like cinnamon in that its a spice that goes in sweet things, but isn't sweet. It was fantastic - soft and chewy on the inside, with crisp baked strands on the outside. Brancher bagel (4/5, shown) - the everything bagel is 5/5, and dense and chewy like a bagel should be. It's not sweet at all, which is good. Theres a stack of meat and a thin cream cheese holding it all together. The cream cheese could be thicker, but the flavors mesh well. Avocado toast (5/5, shown) - appealing to look at, tastes great. Good ingredients make for good meals. It's a good spot.

Ordered a large decaf iced coffee and basically got a cup of creamer (see pic). I was then kicked out by the ignorant employee who has zero customer service skills for asking about how they thought this was an acceptable drink. The customers around me pointed out that my drink didn't even look like weak chocolate milk and they said they would've been pissed. I've never been here before and this was the worst experience I've had. I've managed multiple stores both big and small box and this crew would never have made it in my stores. I asked for the owner's name and they refused to give it to me and they wouldn't even give me their names. I was told to leave and i wasnt welcome there. This was a disgusting start to my day and I do not recommend wasting your time or money on these immature, inconsiderate, rude people. I have never been kicked out of any business and I've never felt so humiliated as I did this morning.

The lavender matcha recipe is… unfortunately not good. It doesn’t taste like lavender, despite being sweetened with torani lavender syrup. The matcha was extremely clumpy and not well mixed at all and they used too much water and not enough milk. I ordered the medium iced lavender matcha with soy milk and I would suggest adjusting your recipe to the size of the cup maybe? Sometimes the barista blends of milk need to be steamed ever so slightly to incorporate the proteins and that might help? I think one more pump of syrup, less but maybe slightly hotter water to mix the matcha, more milk would have made this better. Other than that, atmosphere and wifi are great, good seating, not too cold or hot in here, and music isnt overwhelmingly loud- good for studying/working. Thanks!