Espress Oasis

I go to this place several times a week, after so many coffees you get a free one. Plus you get to know the people who know me by name. Always great service even when they are busy and they usually are. So if you are in the Medical Center go there to get coffee.

A coffee review on a 90+ degree day, something seriously wrong with this picture, but alas, I am a coffee fanatic.
I was running late this morning, so bypassed my usual coffee stop and hit the Oasis on the way to my office for my alternate work position.
The Express Oasis is located in the OSU Medical Center and is a walk up coffee bar. For a small 12 oz coffee, it was just under $ 2.00 and that is the rating I will give this place as well, a 2. It puts me in mind of a convience store, truck stop coffee bar type setup.
Comparing this to Stauf’s, Starbucks, or any other coffee house I have been to where your drink is poured by a Barista, here you are given a cup and then self serve yourself from a large decanter. I have two problems with this scenario…
1) the decanter over time loses heat and the piping hot coffee I expected to start my day was luke warm at best.
2) the decanter’s I assume are not checked, because both were showing both low on the fluid levels.
The coffee itself was very bitter, my cream had a hard time dissolving, and even putting sugar in it did not make it palable. The after-​taste was like having a wad of dry cotton in your mouth. The cup also did little to help retain the little warmth the coffee did have, thank goodness there is a microwave in our break room for reheating.
Next time, I will remember to leave a few minutes early and make sure to stop at the Tim Horton’s on my way in to the office.