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White Rock Coffee - Dallas, TX

Brad Cook, a home barista and official CoffeeGeek, recently made a trip to White Rock Coffee in Dallas. He posted a review on the forums, and I thought people who don’t frequent them would be interested in this little shop that roasts their own coffee in-house.

White Rock Coffee 10105 E. Northwest Highway Dallas, Texas 75238 USA 214.341.4774

Brad says,

This morning I had a conference to attend in Dallas. I went up last night and visited my grandparents. It just so happens that White Rock Coffee is a few blocks from my grandparents’ place so I decided to stop by this morning on the way to the conference. I had seen them mentioned on CoffeeGeek once where they had been somewhat maligned by a poster and the owner responded. His attitude in that thread seemed to be that of a fellow coffee geek who is interested in quality.

I was only in there briefly and I ordered two drinks to go. It’s a very nice looking place…uniquely Texas looking with it’s Austin stone facade. Clean and fairly classy both inside and out. Inside I found a professional roaster that is obviously not for show surrounded by various raw beans, some of them in sealed one-way valve bags and most in burlap. They sold some coffee/espresso accessories such as french presses, mugs and some cheapo tampers. The owner of this place had commented on their Brazil Daterra so I ordered a double macchiato and an Americano made with the Daterra.

I could not see behind the machine/counter so I did not have the opportunity to watch the barista’s technique or time the shots. He ground the coffee per shot though and he made both drinks very quickly and the little foam on my macchiato looked competent if not a tad too bubbly. Volume of the Macc seemed about right so I’m guessing the shots were around 2oz. The machine was a big Cimbali…probably 2 group. I think the grinder he used was a Mazzer. Again, this stuff was all sort of hidden behind the Cimbali and various other counter items so I didn’t get a good look.

I’m really not very good at all in describing flavors. Both drinks were pleasing by my tastes. The macchiato was more roasty than my own home-roasted and brewed espresso but that seems to usually be the case for me at coffee shops. It was a nice roasty, bittersweet chocolate flavor with some other flavors that I haven’t really pegged for comparison to something else. The Americano was good too although not as strong as I make them at home as I put a little less hot water in there. I wish I was better at flavor descriptions so sorry about that. The flavors did have a nice complexity.

All-in-all I would definitely go back to this shop after this one experience and I probably WILL go back there next time I visit my grandparents. I would rate the coffee experience as higher than Beatnix but slightly lower than Cafe Medici. I wish they had the equipment positioned so that the customer can view his/her drink being made…just to keep things honest!

Thanks for the review, Brad!

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