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Right. So the owner is an absolute straight shooter who takes zero b.s. If you've never been to Italy, you might not get it. He was not born in Italy, but he’s got the attitude. If you are a pretentious dick, don't expect to receive any tolerance. He is abrasive, sure — but he has a heart of gold. This guy has never been anything but gracious to me and my wife.This is as good as coffee beans get in Vancouver. I say coffee beans, because that's his specialty. He will make whatever coffee drink you like (if you could actually get it in Italy, not at a fancy Canadian coffee shrine), but it's not about that. He is an expert in beans, roasting, what your needs are based on your home setup, etc.If you want true Italian style coffee beans for your home setup, go here. If you want to lounge about and enjoy the espresso bar atmosphere and the company of a very entertaining host, go here.If you want to have your ego massaged and remain in your fluffy little safe place, so somewhere else.Keep up the fantastic work, Arturo!
Hands down the best place to get coffee. The smell of the beans is alluring as soon as you walk in the door.
Love the personality and no bullshit taken attitude. just a treat to have coffee and a chat.
If you do not have a sense of humour, this shop is too cool for you. Thumbs up!
In BC, most coffee addicts go to Starbucks for their fix of crappy coffee, and in Ontario, for some insane reason, it would be Timmy Ho's, which has the most vile excuse for coffee that I have ever experienced. In this context, to find an independent, high quality, caffeine pusher in BC is a rare treat, particularly when the proprietor is a very personable, funny, interesting Lebanese dude who just happens to have a low bullshit threshold. This is what years and years of dealing with the general public will do to you if you have any brains at all, and more tolerance than most are granted at birth. In short, the cappuccino I order most mornings is only found better in Italy. To have overly-sensitive entitled little snowflake millennial Richmond twats complain about not having Starbucks options available at a small independent retailer would be funny, if it weren't such typical, not funny west coast bullshit. NO COFFEE FOR YOU!
If you want coffee done right, this is the place. The owner is one of the most unique people I know. If you have no sense of humor, and a huge sense of entitlement, go to Starbucks.
Best coffee you can get. Really enjoyed the mocha as well. The coffee beans are great, pickup a pound or two. You won't be disappointed. Beans are roasted daily
I have tried coffee all over North America and this is the best !!! I look forward to my special trip to Viva Java. I recommend you take the time to visit and enjoy a coffee made with absolute care and attention. Great place to sit on a rainy day. Although it may be hard to find at it to your GPS
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This is an awesome Italian cafe that is hidden in Richmond! How come I did not know it earlier?! I thought there was no good coffee shops in Richmond, but I realized this one located at the opposite side of Costco was excellent! This coffee shop is running by an Italian guy. He is doing a one man show running the coffee shop by himself. He roasts coffee beans every morning and makes coffee for his customers with humour. People come here to buy roasted coffee beans. The blue mountain coffee beans are so good that people don't care how much they pay for them. They just pay and buy the good quality of the blue mountain coffee beans.
Anyhow, it was my first time to come here for a "real" coffee in Richmond. This coffee shop has "real" coffee unlike Starbucks and Timmy Hortons. If you know how to drink coffee and what is good coffee, this is the best one I have found in Richmond so far.
I bought a cup of latte. Mama Mia! It was so good! The coffee was in golden colour (showing by the owner of the coffee shop). After adding the milk into the coffee, I had a sip tasting the coffee/latte without sugar (always!), it was so good! The coffee/latte was hotter than usual because the owner knew that the coffee/latte could cool down quickly, so he made extra hot for me. In the end, he added a little bit more of coffee to make the latte a little bit stronger. That tasted SO GOOD!
Across the bridge we find a coffee shop with a personality all its own, or that of its owner. I've followed Viva Java to three locations over the years and this one defies understanding
I have been going to viva java coffee shop since 2000. 14 years since buying coffee.. I have tried numerous other roasting coffee shops. But there is no comparison to viva java.. I moved away from Richmond and travel every two weeks to pick up coffee beans..Thoroughly enjoy viva beans..
Amazing coffee, well worth the trip. Just don't order a half caf, extra foam, soy latte and you will be fine. Bring a sense of humour. Seriously the best beans in town!
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