Harveys Coffee Company

This is a relatively new addition to the café scene in Clevedon. While the café has “coffee” in the name, they make no claims about their coffee in terms of its origin, roasters or speciality either inside or online.

The décor is smart, service was friendly and efficient and prices reasonable and typical. It’s excellently situation on the triangle and its large window frontage is inviting and offers a great look-out on the town centre. 

What it doesn’t have for me is character and that goes through to the coffee. To appreciate the flavour of their beans I took an espresso. It was strong with an edge of bitterness and certainly fresh. One nice thing is that it was hot enough to sip over a period of time. It appears like a good middle of the road blend that will appeal to a large number of people without having the character of an  interesting flavour profile.

Nigel’s espresso 7/10

I ordered my stock coffee of a black americano.  My feelings on the establishment itself are similar to Nigel's, however, I thought it felt like it had a nice buzz probably due to plenty of custom at the time we were in there.

My americano was delivered at a temperature akin to the sun, which is not a bad thing as far as making a drink last is concerned... plenty of time to relax.  It does worry me that this would possible scald the coffee when made and could be responsible for the slightly flat flavour.  Don't get me wrong, this was a pleasant enough coffee, but it didn't blow me away in any department.  It did maintain a nice crema throughout drinking.

Jim's americano 6/10