I stumbled upon it when carving for caffeine after a very heavy lunch (see next post), on the way to the Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon Jewish Museum.
After I had admired the awesome furniture, I chose my favorite smell from 5 different sorts of coffee - I knew right away that mine would be a lighter type from Columbia, something like "Avata".
Mr. Crooked Nose (whose nose is not crooked at all) then proceeded to explain the different brewing methods. I of course chose the one I had never seen before: the coffee is first brewed with hot water in some special apparatus, which is after a short moment turned around, and then the coffee is pressed into a vessel. I still don't completely understand how it worked but it's supposed to give the coffee a bit more intensity - I guess I'll just believe that :D
One way or the other, the coffee was purely awesome. I'm still not sure of it was the coffee itself or just the charming Mr. Crooked Nose with his black-and-grey beard and dark brown eyes (probably a mix of both), but I have never enjoyed a coffee that much before.
When paying I discovered a thing called "Cold Brew" on the menu, and learned that for this method, the coffee is "brewed" in cold water for about 14 hours, which makes it very strong on caffeine, but still mild in taste. It is then served in very small portions "on the rocks", like Whiskey for example.
Obviously I had to try that one, but first went to discover the city a bit more with some people from my hostel. Around 6pm I had what I thought to be a small snack, but in the end I waited around half an hour until I finally got it. Obviously I didn't finish because my beloved coffee place was supposed to close at 7pm. Just before I left it started raining as heavily as every evening, but I jogged all the way back to Mr. Crooked Nose to be there on time.
Turned out that they are very flexible with their closing time, so I had lots of time to enjoy my cold brew. One thing I can tell you for sure: Much better than Whiskey :D
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