Beyond the Bean: Susie B’s

Welcome to a new features column: Beyond the Bean, where I visit, taste and review coffee shops. Only, I don’t drink coffee. Not at all; and yes, not even with cream or sugar or cold foam or any of those crazy syrups y’all order. Whether that’s a vice or a virtue is up to you to decide, but I’m working with what I’ve got. Some of you may remember the Coffee Chat column that used to run in this section up until last year when its author, Rex Karjian ‘26, graduated. In his last edition for The Catalyst, Karjian covered CC’s Susie B’s Cafe. In honor of that column and some great recommendations that graced the pages of this newspaper, I will start where Karjian left off: the third floor of Tutt Library. As someone who hates coffee, there is only one way to objectively grade a coffee shop — by its hot chocolate quality. Therefore, for the purposes of this column, let’s break down my hot chocolate review index.

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