Brian and I have been meeting regularly for coffee for a while now. At first we met at one of the local Caribou Coffee locations. One morning Brain asked, “Hey do you want to try Crema Coffee?” He’d been there once and loved it. I said, “Sure,” and the rest is history. We’ve been coming to Crema for a while now. We love this place. Crema is a place of pure joy for us. I thought I’d tell you why.
Crema makes great coffee. I always order a medium latte, Brian always orders a small skim latte (he can’t hang). The lattes are so smooth with a perfect balance between the milk and espresso. I’m not a coffee aficionado, but even I can tell a difference. This isn’t your normal latte. They typically will put some cool design on the top as they pour it. I have no clue how they do that. I’m convinced it’s magic. Did I mention that they roast their own beans? Some mornings you’ll get out of your car and you can immediately tell that Kevin is roasting. It makes me smile. I pause for a second and I’m reminded how blessed I am. I have given their coffees to a number of friends and everyone raves about it. My Mom and Stepdad were in town for the holidays and they both complemented the coffee. Currently I’m on a Nicaragua kick.
Did you notice how I said “Kevin”, and not just “Crema?” Crema is the kind of place where people are on a first name basis. Kevin and Regina are the couple that own Crema and run the place. If it’s open, they’re there. They learned my name before I learned theirs (they’re nicer than me). Regina typically has some sweet tunes playing, and Kevin is usually roasting, or manning the espresso machine. We talk about music, t-shirts, the weather, coffee beans, tea… anything really. They say goodbye to you when you leave. Kevin and Regina are just good people.
We pretty much run our business from this place. This entire website was coded while sitting at Crema. We’ve brought in boxes of samples to look through. We just set up shop. A lot of other people do too. In fact, I’m writing this post while sitting at Crema. Crema has great free wifi with no annoying “sign-in” screen. They do it right around here. I really feel like I’m at home when I’m here. If you live in the Cary area you should check this place out. If you don’t live in Cary then you should call them and get them to ship you something. I promise you’ll love it. If you don’t, I don’t want to know about it 
I’ve actually thought about how cool it would be to do a “Crema” shirt here at Pure Joy. The shirt would have some sweet design on it and it would come with a pound of some Crema flavor. Anybody interested? I’m not joking.
Crema is definitely on my “Pure Joy” list.
Hey Bro,
I am in!!! Tim and I will definitely support the local coffee spot, and without a doubt PURe JoY!!!
You’re right…Kevin is nicer than you. I’m sure Regina is as well but I haven’t had the pleasure. I’ll buy into a bargain tshirt and pound of fabulous coffee. I’m convinced they lace it with something. Just be sure and make my pound ground…*sigh*.