Essential Baking Company

If you live in Seattle, you have likely enjoyed some sort of baked good created by Essential Baking Company. Their all certified organic products are distributed to grocery stores and other establishments throughout the Puget Sound.

But you may not know that they also host a handful of cozy cafes, serving up delicious soups, sandwiches and espresso. Their cafe in Wallingford was one of my frequent studying haunts in college. Located right up the street from Gasworks Park, the location could not be better for frequent and scenic study breaks.

I recently revisited this cafe while in the area for a delicious soy latte, a double tall soy latte to be exact*.  As any soy-lover knows, ordering espresso drinks with soy costs more, usually by about $.50. This has never made sense to me since the price for regular milk and soy milk is now basically equivalent. But enough ranting. My tasty caffeine fix was still well worth the $3.60. I'd also recommend splurging for one of their delicious cookies while you're at it. My favorite (and likely the most caloric) is the delctable white chocolate-dipped chocolate cookie. Probably a good thing I spent my last dollars on the latte instead!

*Essential uses an espresso blend made exclusively for them by another one of my local favorites, Victrola Coffee (blog post coming shortly) and Pacific Blenders soy milk.