On a recent trip
to Old Town Alexandria, VA, I ventured into a humble looking café
called Misha’s in search of the perfect cup of latte - not to much milk,
absolutely no foam, and always a good dose of properly roasted and blended
Expresso. Upon entering I immediately realized that my fears of paying
$4.00 only to be handed another cup of luke-warm milk with a few drops
of brown food coloring that they have the nerve to call coffee, were over.
This place was a true coffee lover's heaven. I have found a home
for my first love - coffee.
Skipping the non-smoking traditional small café area of tables and
chairs I took my grande, skim, flat (no foam), extra shot, latte and my
not quite extinguished cigar and headed to the smoking friendly roasting
room. The roasting room contained, obviously - the roaster, large
burlap bags of green coffee, and a large communal table with several of
that day's news papers spread out and being shared by everyone. As
I sat down at this wonderful table I was amazed at the verity of
life before me - the college couple that looked as if they rolled out of
bed with yesterday's clothes and came in for a quick caffeine fix, the
grandmother talking to the 20 something guy who had the grunge look perfected,
and much to my surprise, to my left was a certain supreme court judge,
who had the problem with the hair on his can of Coke (I checked out his
cup of coffee and all was fine) wow, what a group.
The young woman, Andrea, who was roasting that day's coffee approached
me and my now dead stogie, and let me know that the owner was a cigar fancier
and I was welcome to light up. I sat back, re-lit my Montesino #2
and enjoyed my fine coffee, my fine cigar, with fine folks around a unique
table in old town. I found a home for my second passion - Cigars.
If you are a lover of fine coffee and near the Washington D.C. area, a
visit to Misha’s is well worth the trip. If you are a lover of coffee
and a lover of cigars a trip to Misha’s is a must!
Misha’s
210 S. Patrick Street (corner of S. Patrick and King)
Alexandria, VA
Phone: (703) 548-4089
Internet: http://www.hypercafe.com
Hours:
Sunday - Thursday 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday - Saturday 6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
