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Richwon4

07/10/2012 01:15PM

My overall experience at Britton's was good. If they did not have the worlds worst coffee it would have been great. Was it just my one experience or is there coffee really bad?

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mirth

07/10/2012 01:33PM

I think the coffee is designed so you don't linger & instead hit the trail as quickly as possible.

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boss_angler

07/10/2012 01:33PM

quote Richwon4: "My overall experience at Britton's was good. If they did not have the worlds worst coffee it would have been great. Was it just my one experience or is there coffee really bad?"
Horrible.

I loved the french toast special. Hated the coffee. Just awful.

Really bad...

There is no Sin greater than Ignorance. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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Kevlar

07/10/2012 01:45PM

I have to agree...strained thru a burlap bag!

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Richwon4

07/10/2012 01:58PM

I could read my entry permit through it.

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alpine525

07/10/2012 02:26PM

Agree - it's the worst.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. Dalai Lama

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adam

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07/10/2012 02:44PM

Wow, I actually thought for a Minnesota cafe it was pretty good! It was certainly better than 99% of all small cafes I stop in.

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boss_angler

07/10/2012 02:51PM

quote adam: "Wow, I actually thought for a Minnesota cafe it was pretty good! It was certainly better than 99% of all small cafes I stop in. "
Wait... the coffee? Or the food? I thought the food was great and the portions were huge. But.... the coffee?

Maybe you ordered a cup of hot tea and were served the coffee instead and couldn't tell the difference?

There is no Sin greater than Ignorance. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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billconner

07/10/2012 03:41PM

Do you think they have better coffee earlier, when many locals are there, or is it a Scandinavian heritage thing?

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schweady

07/10/2012 04:56PM

Maybe it's the ratty, stained china cups. I will agree, it has no flavor.

"You can observe a lot by watching." -- Yogi Berra

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oldgentleman

07/10/2012 06:35PM

I know I'm in the minority but I think Britton's is overrated. OK, big portions but I get big portions of good diner food in all the diners in Lansing Michigan. Cheesy hashbrowns are good but not great. I've gone there twice and if I hadn't heard all the hype I would have said "Yeah, that's a good diner."

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oldgentleman

07/10/2012 06:39PM

. . . and the worlds worst coffee is at the Alba Sportsman's Club Sunday pancake breakfast!

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Mort

07/11/2012 06:43AM

Richwon4, ...ever consider giving the feedback gathered here to the owner/s of Britton's? I'd want to know if I was running the place.

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JeremyT

07/11/2012 08:18AM

I am pretty sure they know the coffee is bad. I seem to vaguely recall reading something on the wall or elsewhere in there humorously addressing this issue.

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overthehill

07/11/2012 09:17AM

The few times I was there it was 6AM. The food and portion sizes were both good enough that I guess the bad cofee went unnoticed on my part.
I agree with the last post.....If I were the owner or the cofee person I'd want to know too.

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Dbor

07/11/2012 09:47AM

If I were to compare Britton's to some of the breakfast joints around my house, it would not compare. Huge cafes with their own bakeries and so forth. Huge menu's with 30 different types of omelettes, a dozen different type of pancake and waffles, and huge combo plates.

That being said, I am going to the BW to get away from all of that. I am looking for simple. Crack a few eggs, scramble in a little ham and cheese, cook my hash browns well done (is there any other way to eat hash browns other than crispy???), and lets get to the entry point.
They do this very well, with good portions to fill the belly before my first Clif bar after about 45 minutes of paddling later.

That being said.....their coffee does suck. I stopped at some little coffee shop on that main drag (Front Porch) or get coffee from that gas station next to Voyaguer North. Both are far superior to Brittons. I just carry it in.

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Richwon4

07/11/2012 11:58AM

For the record, I was referring completely to their coffee. Everything else about the joint is great. Quick in and Quick out is what you want anyways before you get to paddling. We ate at 6AM and I didn't get hungry until about 2PM. Now I just need to figure out how to keep the leftovers good in the car until the end of the trip.

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nojobro

07/11/2012 12:11PM

The tea was absolutely horrible, too. It's Lipton, which is bad enough, but now reading this post I wonder if their water isn't bad somehow? Because this Lipton was barely drinkable, and I've had Lipton tea bags before and while not my preference, they weren't THAT bad.

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Zulu

07/11/2012 03:12PM

Can't be the water. The local bait stores use the same water for leeches and minnows and it tastes OK.

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Ingvald

07/11/2012 03:22PM

quote Zulu: "Can't be the water. The local bait stores use the same water for leeches and minnows and it tastes OK."
Wait- you drink leech water?!?

Honesty is my only excuse.

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bfurlow

07/11/2012 03:31PM

quote Ingvald: "quote Zulu: "Can't be the water. The local bait stores use the same water for leeches and minnows and it tastes OK."
Wait- you drink leech water?!?"

Ha ha. Same thought I had when I read it!

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blutofish1

07/11/2012 04:13PM

quote Ingvald: "quote Zulu: "Can't be the water. The local bait stores use the same water for leeches and minnows and it tastes OK."
Wait- you drink leech water?!?"

You'll drink it if your thirsty enough

blutofish

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snakecharmer

07/11/2012 07:20PM

quote Richwon4: "My overall experience at Britton's was good. If they did not have the worlds worst coffee it would have been great. Was it just my one experience or is there coffee really bad?
"
Yup. The stuffed hash browns were excellent, but the coffee totally sucked. Weak. You should not be able to read the paper through a pot of coffee :)

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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oldgentleman

07/12/2012 06:12AM

I'm not a coffee snob, but I do like strong coffee.

It makes no sense to scrimp on coffee. The profit margin is already large. Just throw a few more grounds in the darn pot.

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