Global Village Organic Coffee

This coffee house serves great drinks and is environmentally responsible, Cornstarch Straws and cups, Fair trade organic coffee. The staff is friendly and the atmosphere nice. Great place to meet a friend or study alone.

usually good experience... this has "Organic" in the name of the coffee shop, and the girl at front was like "organic doesn't really matter"... i was like "it was far and hard for me to park to get organic tea at this store". wth? do people not think at all before speaking? with really no exception, all of my other previous experiences for last several years have been good here.

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Those at NCSU who knew me saw me in the same recognizable coat black trenchcoat every day... I loved this place. The owner, Mike, has always been a good man, and I even got to the point of saying "the usual" and getting my large 4 shot white moka whip to go. Since my first arrival in 2004 it was paradise. There were good baristas, good clientele, great coffee and the owner had a policy in place where he stated "When I first opened this place I said that I would ALWAYS provide a regular cup of drop coffee for $1 so long as you bring your Global Village mug." That is how it was, and it was good...
Now on to the reason for my 2 star rating... It first dawned on me that I ought to cherish my experience while I could when I saw the prices start to creep upward. The people I got to know, good solid people, we're slowly replaced one by one with a staff of grating, aloof, self important hipster douche bags who behaved as if the very act of ringing me up was an imposition on their otherwise crappy day. This continued on with ever increasing prices that put it out of my price range forcing me to show up less. The final insult was when, after two months, I was finally able to visit again, requested a cup of regular in my signature mug, only to find out the price had climbed. to $1.75
When I expressed disbelief, the mid 20's Asian female barista with Problem Glasses and blue gauged ears audibly scoffed and repeated the price, as if I were too dumb to understand the first time.
My trust in the establishment had been drug through mud and gravel and finally killed off by the dismissive angst of utterly rude hipster staffers.
I miss GV, what it used to be... I loved that place as my second home, gave them hundreds of dollars of hard earned money not for the lattes I could get from any circle K for $2.50, but for the sense of community and family indicative of the plane's namesake.
Mike, if you read this, it's me, Gothic Phil in the Tripp Pants. Im truly sorry man... The stars I gave were for you and for the coffee, but sadly it was the staff that left a bad taste in my mouth, and never your organic Bolivia.

Always will be my favorite coffee shop. The owner is wonderful and remembers me even though I don't come in as often as I used to.

My favorite place in Raleigh. Have been going to see Mike and crew for over 10 years. Pro Tip: try to plan your visit for in between class changes.

They remodeled it. It looks awesome inside great coffee, great atmosphere great food.

I really enjoyed my visit as the drinks and food were awesome, the atmosphere is chill, the owner and staff are very friendly, and it was also refreshing to see them reinforce mask wearing for all of the guests.

Great coffee spot to work and get stuff done. They have good cafe food and some good vegan options. Owner and servers are always friendly and helpful.

Very quaint place that I can go to to get great coffee in between my classes!

Coffee was terrific and service was great.