Kindred Coffee Co. ~ North Richland Hills, Texas

First visit: Jan 2018

Coffee, eh? Well, why not... We've not reported on the coffee places we go to, and that's probably because it never was a focus area for the RJG. That's about to change. And what better place to begin that journey but at Kindred Coffee Co., which is not too far from the RJG stable.

Kindred Coffee offers a full array of pastries, bakery items, salads, wraps, fruit juices, and teas. And of course various types of coffee, espresso's, and frozen concoctions thereof. On this visit I tried the Mocha Frappe, which is their variation of Starbucks' famous Frappuccino. And like any decent coffee house, Kindred blows away the watered down cheap Starbucks variation. It is quite decadent, and packs a caffeine wallop as bits of espresso beans are ground up within (which you can taste), and topped with whipped cram and chocolate. I was climbing the walls at home for 2 hours straight. An organic energy boost that tastes great. Mrs. RJG, who cannot take caffeine past 8 in the morning or she can't sleep some 14 hours later, chose a pastry. In this case it was the Morning Glory which was loaded with "fiber" the wife says - and had shredded coconut, carrots, oatmeal, and blueberries. She quite liked it, this we know. It's quite large, so she took half home.

The setting is quite "delightful" as the Brits might say. There's comfortable couches and chairs, and is far more bright and welcoming than your typical Starbucks. They even have a separate meeting room area, that can be closed off if reserved. A good place to meet friends or clients. They've been open since 2014 and appear to have good crowds, especially for this area. Well worth going to!

Kindred Coffee can be found anchoring a strip mall (that once featured prominently an Albertsons, followed by a Ross, and now empty) on the SW corner of North Tarrant Pkwy and Davis.

1/25/18 (new entry)