Never Coffee

Love trying weird latte flavours! All of which have turned out to be amazing (and not too sweet!!) so far. I'll come back during my stay in Portland and I'm gonna try them all!

I used to pass the Belmont location all the time, but never went inside. I needed caffeine before an event at Powell’s, so I stopped in. The barista made me a yuzu and salt iced matcha that was really unique and really good! I drank the whole thing in one sitting! I love that they have cool colorful art for sale.

I asked for one of the special lattes as an espresso tonic. The baristas gave me a healthy dose of "please reconsider" due to the botanical flavor of the tonic not being designed to work with the more licorice-forward flavor of the midnight oil latte. I respected their opinion and took their advice. The midnight oil latte was so nice. You might like it too if you like Swedish black licorice candy. Very smooth latte, fragrant, complex licorice-forward flavor. Delicious. I went back to the counter, saying I was still curious about the tonic now that I knew what I was working with. To my surprise and delight, they made a tonic version just for me to try. Being an oddball myself, I enjoyed it also! Tasted woodsy, like the forest itself in my cup. Genuinely cool people, thank you for that extra bit of kindness and humoring my little experiment!

Great quality coffee beans and really fun, seasonal drinks. I love the hyper-local flavors they come up with here, especially since I love lattes and milk-based coffee drinks. I tried the iced yuzu-salt latte and the coffee itself was good but the yuzu salt didn’t come through very much. I suspect it’s because it was iced so I’ll try some hot drinks next time.

Small but fun coffee shop with unique drinks as well as traditional. We did not try any food but the drinks were very good! Prices are in line with other places but slightly high for the specialty drinks however they tasted delicious so overall was worth the cost to try out new things. Limited indoor seating area so definitely not a coffee shop to try and pull out a laptop or stay for extended lengths.