Café Chez Téta
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Initially, when I was choosing a cafe to try out in Montreal I chose Cafe Replika however, when I got there they had stopped selling food because they were about to transition into lunch. However, the nice man at the counter recommended the Lebanese cafe diagonally across the street. Café Chez Téta has a warm classic logo on the sign outside yet when you walk in it is completely modernized while still fostering a warm welcoming ambiance.
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The inside of the cafe was bright and simplistic. The menus were in French but they had a QR Code you could scan at the bottom to get it in English which was a courteous touch.I chose to get a simple French
vanilla Latte with light cream and sugar and the
presentation was beautiful. When I tasted it,
cream and sugar aside it reminded me of the
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Yemen Coffee we first tried, it was smooth and had almost a caramel, mocha taste.
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On my way out of the cafe, I asked the hostess if she happened to know where the coffee came from. She said showed me the bags that they sell and they buy from 3 different places, a Colombia, Honduras, Brazil, and a small brewer in Montreal all of which are marked as "transparent trade". She went on to explain to me how close she is to the family that runs the restaurant and she explained to me that they sit down multiple times a month and try an assortment of coffees and when they like a particular one they put it on the shelf and see how it does. It is a way of keeping that tradition in their family. Its a bonding experience and the restaurant's mission statement is “To provide Montrealers with a typical Lebanese culinary experience derived from ancestral village practices by allowing them to travel through the flavors and ingredients of the culture.” Doing further research on their website I found their story and their inspiration for the restaurant. The founder states “After several years working in the restaurant and hotel industry in Montreal, the desire to have a project of our own began to take up a lot of space. An idea was born: to open an establishment offering third-wave coffees with a Lebanese touch inspired by our culture. My Lebanese grandmother's cooking has always been a source of comfort. The word Teta means "grandmother" in Lebanese.
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