"This Ballard plant shop does exceptional stuff with espresso — Root is coffee for the proud coffee snobs. They use beans from well-regarded but far-flung roasters like Sey (in Brooklyn) and Manhattan (in the Netherlands, confusingly), and though they do excellent seasonal flavored drinks, the flavors you get from the unadulterated espresso are powerful enough — often floral and fruity, a glimpse of what the cutting edge of coffee tastes like." - Eater Staff, Mark Van Streefkerk, Harry Cheadle