I want to try more cafes in Chicago, so I decided to work from a cafe for a few hours since I did not have any meetings. I have been trying to "decaffeinate" my body, so I ordered only an 8oz cup. I wanted to drink this Ethiopian roast they had, since it had a farmer with a Muslim name. However, they do not offer pourovers (good), and only brew coffee in drip machine and keep it in a fancy thermos. They use this Ground Control machine, which went out of business. My cup was $3.
The good: this was very tasty, drinkable coffee. If I did not know that drinking a lot more coffee would make me physically uncomfortable, I would have drank a lot more of it, and have been very happy. With notes of "fudge, apricot, and walnut" it was sweet, smooth, and lightly acidic.
I quite enjoyed the coffee, and I would certainly return to Gaslight. I think they sell good coffee and the shop was reminiscent of Hyperion. They put roast dates on their bags, do not care to tell you if it is a "light roast" and they roast in a small room in the back of the shop.
The bad: Gaslight is in an old building and it is kind of cold. That means your cup of coffee cools down, which means you have to drink it fast, which means you are shortly out of coffee. Also, working at a cafe is difficult, so I do not think I will be working at cafes very often, at least not to do my work, maybe I will do other kinds of work at a cafe.
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