Mettricks is a Southampton coffee chain (four outlets) which has a relaxed family friendly atmosphere. I really like the outlet in Woolston. They serve cask beer (no longer in Woolston, where it now keg or bottles/cans only), so I generally have a beer when I visit. When in having lunch with a friend last week I noticed they had a "guest" coffee - Ethiopia. I like Ethiopian coffee, so asked if I could have it as a filter coffee (Mettricks do espresso and filter coffee). Guy said yes. It was a while coming, so I checked the time on my receipt - it took over 15 minutes! OK. As soon as I started drinking it I realised the mistake. He had given me Ethiopian beans roasted for espresso, so it was quite disgusting. The closest approximation of its taste would be, as my friend said, Maxwell House instant coffee. It was "coffee" flavoured, but with no character or definition. It was watery. It was bitter. You couldn't tell what country it was from. Indeed, you couldn't tell what part of the world. Pretty bad. I couldn't drink it. Lesson learned - check in a coffee house that the beans they are using for their filtered coffee are not the same beans they use for the espresso coffee!
Score: -1
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