Right in between Gordon Hall and the Humanities building lies a small, yet noticeable pop-up predominantly painted in beige and red with hints of green. Aloha Java is known to be a longstanding business, serving fine refreshments and appetizing foods. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
While the local business\u2019 menu contains many options, Francine Yanoria, lead manager at Aloha Java and fourth-year psychology major and human communications minor, spills that their \u201cmatcha bomb\u201d \u2014 also known as their \u201ciced matcha green tea \u2018bomb\u2019\u201d \u2014 is the most ordered coffee drink on the menu. The recipe is a matcha latte with an espresso shot added to it.<\/p>\n
Yanoria mentions that their matcha is completely different from other places that serve matcha because it tends to be on the sweeter side. However, with the shots of espresso added to the mix, there is a good combination between sweet and rich. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people get it because it is on the sweeter side, if you\u2019re not familiar with espresso beans or matcha, I think it is a good introduction to it,\u201d Yanoria said. \u201cWe always recommend it and people would come back because they love it so much.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yanoria also offers another most ordered alternative which is their \u201cchai \u2018bomb,\u2019\u201d which is the same recipe, but with the chai latte, rather than the matcha latte, and shots of espresso.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aside from coffee beverages, \u201cfreshly brewed iced teas\u201d are also highly ordered. Specialty flavors include tropical, raspberry, peach and pomegranate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cI think a lot of people get it more in the spring because it\u2019s more on the cooler side; they want a refresher drink instead of coffee,\u201d Yanoria said.<\/p>\n
While Aloha Java\u2019s menu may read as if the majority of their beverages are coffee-based, their consideration to implementing non-coffee-based drinks diversify students’ options to choose which drink they prefer.<\/p>\n
Sophia Arauz, Aloha Java barista and first-year business major, describes the experience as a member of the Aloha Java family to be enjoyable because she gets to meet new people.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the thought of seeing many faces coming to support Aloha Java by ordering their goods and making conversation that makes Arauz content as a barista.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very social and outgoing, so I love working at the register, especially because I can just talk to people and get to know them,\u201d Arauz said. \u201cI feel like I have 30, no, 50 more friends that I already do in the dorm so it\u2019s really cool when I see the regulars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Logan Layton, another Aloha Java barista and second-year mechanical engineering major, mentions that working alongside coworkers brings fun into the coffee shop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is never a dull moment for Layton as he had previous experience before joining Aloha Java. But the most important bit for Layton was getting along with fellow baristas. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been working in the food industry for a couple years now and this was a really great on-campus job to pick up,\u201d Layton said. \u201cIt\u2019s really fast paced, it\u2019s super fun, all of my coworkers are amazing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s encouraged for more students to visit Aloha Java because they don\u2019t joke about quality. Everything is made with extensive care and the baristas ensure\u00a0 that everything tastes great for customers.<\/p>\n
The shop is open Mondays to Thursdays from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Fridays from 6:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always a good place to kind of get away from corporate coffee and to have a little nice Cal State Fullerton coffee shack,\u201d Layton said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Right in between Gordon Hall and the Humanities building lies a small, yet noticeable pop-up predominantly painted in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,2791,16221,972,41773,31954],"class_list":["post-160402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-campus","tag-coffee","tag-local","tag-matcha","tag-tea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}