Pastry XPO

8190 Strawberry Lane, Falls Church, VA
Medium Iced Latte $4.15

Pastry XPO is now my off-campus work location, though I only get off-campus about once per month. The wi-fi is faster and easier to connect to than any other coffee shop I've ever been to. The iced latte is now my standard drink, even in the dead of winter. It's always appropriately powerful, never overly acidic (i.e. acid from the beans only, not poorly maintained machine as can be quite common at other shops).

As mentioned in a previous blog, the coffee is Illy and consistently well-prepared. Milk is of reasonably good quality.

Atmosphere isn't brilliant, but there is enough white noise to focus on my work. Lighting is a bit too fluorescent-y for me. The shop now faces into a major construction zone.

Parking is easy: free parking in garage near shop entrance.