Coffee break check in @CaifCafe

Caif Café, 3A Gedimino av., Vilnius

What goes better with those delicious treat recipes then nice cup of coffee? Unfortunately, not all of us are able to drink some nice quality coffee at home and not every coffee shop can offer it as well. 

So, while I was wondering around the main Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius a lot of coffee shops has grabbed my eye, but one of them has stranded out. Just like others it is not shouting ‘Free Wi-Fi’, or screaming out to the street with an extreme interior.  It doesn’t look unusual nor very traditional and it smells like warm and nice place to spend your coffee break or spend your time sitting in the silent corner and work while the rest of the world just passes by.  And what a joy is inside of the Caif Café! 

The place itself is the coffee bar with a little selection of desserts and snacks. But don’t be misled by the usual depersonalized paper cups with company's logo, this place has nice home feeling, which is achieved by the fat-sided mugs. Though, the décor is as playful as it is sophisticated, so it doesn’t interfere with rather solid basis of the environment, as well as music, which helps you to get fully into your work. 

 Talking about coffee, here it is made with adoration, determination and more importantly knowledge. In the eighteenth century Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand ( French diplomat) said that coffee has to be ‘black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love’ and this is the only expression for the shot of espresso (approximately £1) in Caif Café, which is made from Cofea Arabica. However, the most popular coffee here is Caramel Macchiato (Grande cup (580ml) only around £2.1), the reason why, is for its perfectly mixed light and fluffy milk foam with the nice caramel syrup on top, also, its aromas mix and match until it reaches your flair. 

And for those who want something more special I can recommend counting on the baristas taste and letting him choose the flavor of your milky coffee. But since it is going to be the Grande cup of joy you will need to open your wallet a little more, however it never goes over the £5 mark.

On top of that, what goes better with the coffee than the delicious treat?  Unfortunately, on this side of the plate the Caif Café has its own drawbacks. Some of the sweets are not as decent as you might assume them to be, also, they don’t have any distinctive desserts, since it is more coffee bar then Café itself. But if you fancy trying some more Lithuanian taste oriented treats, you might find some good treasures here. 

As for the ambience of the coffee shop, it is an enjoyable place to take the weight off your feet in, it’s pretty much silent at all times but, around the noon it is hard to get the cozy spot in this Café to sit in as it gets really packed. Furthermore, the staff (baristas) is doing their job neatly and you can unquestionably see the determination in their eyes. In Caif Café Every cup of coffee goes out with the special something in it. 

3A Gedimino av., Vilnius, Lithuania (I-V - 7:30-22:00, VI-VII - 9:00 - 22:00)

Score: 8/10

SCORES: 1-3 STAY AT HOME AND COOK, 4 NEEDS HELP, 5 DOES THE JOB, 6 FLASHES OF PROMISE, 7 GOOD, 8 CAN ’T WAIT TO GO BACK, 9-10 AS GOOD AS IT GETS

You can check the menu here (only in Lithuanian).