Ghost Note Coffee is a coffee shop on

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, in

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, Washington. Christos Andrews and Lee Hampton opened the coffee shop on Bellevue Avenue on March 14, 2017.

Description

Ghost Note Coffee operates on Bellevue Avenue, on

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'', the name of the business "refers to a musical note that at once carries rhythmic value and no discernible pitch". The menu includes

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tonics and

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s. The Lush Life has

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and orange blossom honey, and the Sun Ship has grapefruit rosemary syrup,

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, lime, and

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. The Soundscape has

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cream, non-alcoholic rum, and root beer bitters. The rotating drink menu has also included an espresso float, the London Smog, the Oat Nog, and other seasonal options. Food options include toasts with bread from Columbia City Bakery,

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by Salmon Berry Goods, and

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s from Alexandra's Macarons.

History

In January 2017, ''

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'' described plans for Broadcast Coffee owner Barry Faught to sell a cafe to friends Christos Andrews and Lee Hampton. Ghost Note would use Broadcast as a coffee roaster. Ghost Note opened on March 14, 2017. The Sun Ship was originally created by Andrews for Coffee Masters NYC in 2017.

Reception

Aimee Rizzo and Kayla Sager-Riley included Ghost Note in

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2023 list of Seattle's best

iced coffee Iced coffee is a coffee beverage served cold. It may be prepared either by brewing coffee normally (i.e. carafe, French press, etc.) and then serving it over ice or in cold milk or by cold brew coffee, brewing the coffee cold. In hot brewing, sw ...

options.

References

External links

* {{Restaurants in Seattle 2017 establishments in Washington (state) Restaurants in Capitol Hill, Seattle Coffeehouses and cafés in Seattle Restaurants established in 2017