Good coffee is easy to find. Between Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, McDonalds, any number of convenience stores and the dime-a-dozen coffee shops that seem to be popping up all over the place… a good cuppa is always within easy reach.
But that’s good coffee. What about great coffee? Great coffee just requires a bit more commitment and attention to detail.
At Bread Head Bakery & Coffee Shop, we have been committed to great coffee (minus the stereotypical coffee shop snobbery) from day one. We purchase our beans from who we consider to be the best supplier/roaster in the country, Kaffee Magnum Opus.
We then take these premium beans and, for simple coffee, grind them fresh just before each pot is brewed. For espresso drinks, we grind the beans fresh just before brewing each beverage.
You can make a pretty good espresso drink at home using an inexpensive machine purchased at a department store. But a great espresso drink (ie: espresso, latte, cappuccino) requires a great machine. We use a Rancilio Classe 8, an Italian-made machine that is synonymous with quality espresso. Our barristas have been trained to use the machine properly (it’s not fully automatic like what you see in McDonald’s), and we guarantee your espresso drink won’t let you down.
Probably one of the most popular espresso drinks of all time is the Mocha Latte (often called a Cafe Mocha, or somesuch). We call our version the No Joke Mocha. No joke because we take this Mocha so seriously. Those superb, fresh ground beans get brewed and mixed with our own scratch-made No Joke Mocha Powder. Everybody else uses a pre-mixed powder that is almost always full of artificial flavors and chemical crap. Our mix is all-natural and 100% pure. The result is a great mocha. No joke.
Oh, and what about decaf? Most decaf coffee is the result of a chemical process that removes about 95% of a bean’s caffeine, and more than a few of the 400+ flavor compounds that give coffee its, well, coffee flavor. At Bread Head, we serve Swiss Water Process Decaf. The SWP is all-natural, and removes 99.9% of a bean’s caffeine and none of those precious flavor compounds. The result is a great decaf that does not taste like decaf. You can read about the Swiss Water Process here.
An often overlooked component of truly great coffee is the water. At Bread Head, we’re fortunate to have very good water through the City of Dover. But ‘very good’ wasn’t quite good enough. So we went the extra step and installed the mac daddy of all water conditioning systems so that our water quality is now superb.
Every day we offer four coffee blends: House Blend, SWP Brazilian Decaf, our intense Hyper Hippie dark roast, and a delicious flavored blend that rotates regularly.
We also offer a full range of espresso drinks including lattes, cappuccino, that groovy No Joke Mocha, iced and blended lattes… and the list goes on. Flavor syrups? Oh yeah… we have about a dozen, give or take. We only use the all-natural 1883 de Philibert Routin syrups. They’re great!
Come give our coffee a try. We know you won’t be disappointed.
Espresso: Always a triple-shot and guaranteed to give you a kick in the morning.
Downtown Steamer: We take your favorite flavor and mix with a milk blend.
Americano: A mix of espresso and water. Called Americano because during WWII American soldiers would mix water and espresso to make a drink similar to the brewed coffee they were used to.
Latte: A flavor of your choice, mixed with 3 shots of espresso and steamed milk blend.
Cappuccino: A flavor of your choice, mixed with 3 shots of espresso and steamed milk blend. The difference to the above is that a cappuccino contains more foam.
No Joke Mocha: We take some of our scratch-made mocha powder and add our steamed milk blend and, as usual, 3 shots of espresso.
Skinny Caravan: Watching the sugar? The Skinny Caravan contains sugar-free vanilla and caramel syrups mixed with 3 shots of espresso and a blend of steamed milk.
Love Potion No. 9: Almost like a cordial, this drink contains vanilla and cherry flavor with 3 shots of espresso and steamed milk blend.
Lucky Jig: The Lucky Jig has mint, vanilla, and chocolate flavor. 3 shots of espresso, some steamed milk blend, and Hershey’s syrup drizzled on top finish off the drink.
The Cosmic Trip: The mac daddy of all drinks. Vanilla and raspberry flavor, 6 shots of espresso, and steamed half and half make this a very heavy, very strong drink.
Cosmic Mocha: A blended drink consisting of our mocha powder, vanilla flavor, and the standard 3 shots of espresso.
High Chai Latte: Our chai latte uses vanilla flavor, 2 chai tea bags, steamed milk blend, and is dusted with ground cinnamon. Ask for it dirty for a little extra kick.
The Earl of Dover: We mix amaretto with 2 Earl Grey tea bags, steamed milk blend, and topped with ground clove. Very unique.
Kill the Irishman: Vanilla, raspberry, and mint flavor with 2 bags of super Irish tea and steamed milk blend. Topped with whipped cream.
Jet Tea Smoothie: Choose between Peach, Mango, and Strawberry flavors. Try it topped with whipped cream.
