Unlike most coffee shops in San Marcos Redbud Roasters use a variety of coffee beans from red fruits of coffee trees in south America and Africa. The shade grown beans stand for quality. Different environments lead to unique flavors. Shade grown coffee requires little or no chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. Redbud Roasters use special roasters that bring out the unique flavors by caramelizing the natural sugars within the beans during roasting.
Redbud Roaster is very different from other coffee shops I’ve been to in San Marcos. They have a small selection of specialty coffee beverages. The price ranges from $3.00-$5.00. They do sell cold brew coffee by the gallon as well. Along with half/full pound of fresh roasted bags of coffee beans. It was nice to try something different but I personally would not go back to Redbud Roasters just because parking on the square is very limited and you’re only allowed to park there for 2 hours. So while I was there I was very on edge that I would get a ticket if I get into deep study and forget to check the time.
The staff was very kind and patient with me as I try to decide what I wanted to get. They were also very helpfully on recommending what beverages they think I’d like. I tried the Full Nelson which is a Cuban expresso pulled over steamed cream, topped with a splash of coffee. It sounded intriguing but I personally did not like it at all. It just tasted like plain iced coffee to me. I personally like my coffee flavorful and sweet.
The environment of Redbud Roaster was very loud. The music was played loudly and the employees were very distracting as well. There also wasn’t a lot of seating for students to sit and study. They had bar seating and a few two-seater high top tables. What I did like about Redbud Roasters is that they had a shelf filled with books for customers to sit down and read. Redbud Roaster is a good place to sit and talk with friends but not a place I would recommend bobcats to go study at.
Asia Lee 