Thanks A Latte

The Hintonburg neighborhood seems big on puns. Herb and Spice doesn’t bother me; Thyme and Again I can stomach; but Thanks a Latte makes me not even want to go in there.
But go in there I did. It’s right near my apartment and on the way to my husband’s office, so we stopped in this morning for a coffee and a breakfast sandwich. It’s in Holland Cross, so it spills a bit into a food court-​type place, but it’s actually not a bad set up.
I ordered a sausage, egg and cheese on a croissant and my husband ordered the same, but on an english muffin. I also ordered a medium Chai Latte (~$ 3.20) that caught my eye on the menu. Unfortunately none of it was any good.
The croissant was tasty, but the rest of the sandwich was lukewarm, and there was a big piece of orange, processed-​look cheese stuck in there — which, wouldn’t bother me at all if it was warm, but it was ice cold! Nothing melted, so it wasn’t really appetizing. The Chai latte was … fine. However, it was so sweet that you didn’t get much of the lovely spicy flavor that Chai should have. And the menu didn’t make any note that it was pre-​sweetened.
Speaking of sweetness, there was no sugar, other than in little packets. Though there was a table full of cocoa powder, nutmeg and cinnamon, which was nice. Since there was no sugar syrup, I assumed there were no iced coffee drinks.
What seemed the strangest of all was there were several signs that instructed customers to not push too hard on the coffee tops or else the cups would break. If the owners and staff know that the coffee cups break often (often enough to warrant several signs!), why wouldn’t they just use different cups? Cups with tops that actually fit. Strange.
There is a hot apple cider on the menu, and it’s so convenient for my family, so I’ll probably try again, but I know I’ll turn to Sweet Rosie’s for a breakfast sandwich from now on.

UPDATE August 2015 (better late than never!)
This coffee shop has CLOSED! There’s been a lot of construction in the Holland Cross Mall. As far as I can tell, Thanks A Latte is out of business as I’ve seen no sign of them moving their business elsewhere.
The coffee business is a tough trade to be in anyway; Starbucks has moved into the mall, and they currently seem to be doing well.
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This is an indie coffee shop, serving the local community that lives and works in or near Tunney’s Pasture and Westboro. They offer a few varieties of good coffees, and scrumtious deserts. Theirs is a small café that pours out into the mall a bit. Good service, good coffee (very on the OK side rather than wow factor). I would go back here occasionally, especially when I run out of coffee for work!
On the upside, definitely, is that when they have a sale on coffee, it is usually a really good deep dish sale — and they actually do sell coffee by the pound rather than by the ¾lb. Last time I got coffee on sale here, it was personal service, ground to my liking, and at the cost of $ 11.00 a lb. And THIS is what keeps me coming back!