Thunderbird Coffee

Last week I was out and about and in need of a caffeine kick.  I was driving by Thunderbird Coffee and remembered it is a decent copy of my regular coffee spot, Cafe Medici.  They also make French Press coffee using beans from Cuvee.  I had an iced coffee.  There were a few things that I noticed at Thunderbird that made it stand out.  First, as most of my friends know, I am a snob about sugar in the raw.  Of course they carried it like any legitimate coffee shop would.  But they also had simple syrup which was great for iced drinks.  Sugar just will not dissolve so you are stuck using either pink, blue or yellow.  I have had simple syrup in iced tea before but had never tried it in iced coffee.  It was great.  My friends at Cafe Medici need to take note of this and provide simple syrup as well.  There was one other area that I feel like Cafe Medici could learn from Thunderbird.  I did not have anything to eat but did notice the food options.  Like Cafe Medici, they carry taco's from Tacodeli.  But the pastries looked much better and the selection was larger at Thunderbird.  Additionally, they carry bagels from Rockstar Bagels.  This seems to be the hot bagel supplier.  I am not sure where Cafe Medici gets their bagels.  I will have to ask. 

Well, in summary, it was a good experience at Thunderbird.  I still prefer the regular coffee at Medici but it is good to know there is an option closer to home.

Doing my part to Keep Austin Weird,

Alan