The Coffee Flight at Toasted — Four Drinks, One Order

If you walk into a cafe and can never decide what to order, the Coffee Flight at Toasted in Montrose was made for you. Four specialty drinks, served side-by-side, $17. It's the most efficient way to learn a cafe's coffee program in 20 minutes — and it doubles as a quietly clever date order, since you and the table you're sharing it with end up tasting the same eight things and arguing about which is best.

What's in the Standard Coffee Flight?

The default Coffee Flight ($17) is built around four small-format pours that show off the breadth of what Toasted's bar can do. The exact lineup rotates based on what the team is feeling — but a typical flight covers:

• Armenian Coffee — finely ground, brewed in a jazve with cardamom. Served in a tiny demitasse. The cup the regulars come back for.
• A specialty latte with a homemade syrup — usually Rose Water, Lavender, or Cardamom Cream. House-made syrups, not the commercial pumps you get at chain spots. The Rose Water Latte is the one that gets photographed.
• An espresso-forward drink — espresso, cortado, or cappuccino depending on what the bar is dialing in that morning. Stumptown beans.
• A seasonal or experimental cup — Cold Brew with Cardamom Cream, an iced version of one of the homemade syrups, or whatever the bar is testing.

Ask the barista what's in this week's flight when you order — they'll tell you, and they'll usually have an opinion about which to drink first.

How to Drink It (the Order Matters)

Coffee flights are like wine flights — drink them in the wrong order and you can't taste anything past the strongest pour. The general rule: lightest to heaviest. For Toasted's standard flight, that's usually:

1. Espresso or cortado first. Clean palate, intense. You want this when your taste buds are at zero.
2. Specialty latte second. The milk smooths the palate and the homemade syrup introduces aromatics — rose, lavender, cardamom — without overwhelming.
3. Seasonal cup third. Whatever's in rotation. Often something cold or experimental.
4. Armenian coffee last. Save this for the end. The cardamom is the strongest flavor on the table and the unfiltered grounds are a slow sip — perfect closing pour.

Sip, don't chug. The flight is meant to last 20–30 minutes. If you're sharing with someone, take half-sips so both of you can get through all four.

The Other Flights on the Menu

Coffee isn't the only flight at Toasted. The full Flights menu has four options, all $17:

• Coffee Flight — the default; covered above
• Rosewater Flight — four rose-themed drinks. Hot Rose Latte, Iced Rose Latte, Roseade (rose lemonade), and a rose-syrup espresso pour. Gentler on the palate, particularly good in spring.
• Seasonal Flight — rotates with what's peak. Spring 2026 is leaning on strawberry and cardamom. Ask your barista.
• Lemonade Flight — four lemonade variations including Roseade and Arnold Palmer. The non-coffee option for the table; surprisingly the most-ordered with kids.

If you're bringing a group of four, get one of each flight. That's sixteen small pours covering Toasted's entire drink program. About $68 for the table, ~30 minutes of tasting, and everybody learns something.

What to Pair With It

A flight on its own is a lot of caffeine on an empty stomach. Pair it with something solid:

• If you want savory: a Breakfast Caprese sandwich ($14.95) or Avocado Toast ($15.95). Both are light enough to not compete with the coffee.
• If you want sweet: a Petite Saffron & Rose Toast Tower ($16.50). Pair the saffron-rose tower with the Armenian coffee from the flight — Persian aromatic notes echoing each other. This is the move.
• If you're working through it slowly: a Simply Toasted plate ($12.95) — yogurt, fruit, granola, almond butter. Refills your blood sugar so the caffeine doesn't hit too hard.

Why a Flight Beats Ordering One Drink

You can't describe a coffee program by ordering one cup. A flight is the only way to actually understand a cafe.

Most cafes hide their best work behind drinks people don't order. The barista's favorite latte, the syrup that took six tries to perfect, the seasonal experiment that's only on the menu for two weeks — you don't hit any of these by ordering a regular cappuccino. A flight forces the cafe to put their range on a single tray and ask you to taste it.

Toasted's flight does this honestly. The four pours are not random — they're curated to show what the bar can do across hot, iced, traditional, and experimental. After one flight you'll have a clear sense of what to come back for.

Practical Notes

• Caffeine load: The four small pours add up to roughly 1.5 regular drinks worth of caffeine. Not extreme, but plan accordingly.
• Calorie estimate: ~130 cal for the standard Coffee Flight, depending on milk choices.
• Customizable: Tell the barista if you want a specific drink swapped in or out. They're flexible.
• Best time to order: Mid-morning, around 10 AM. The bar is fully dialed in by then and the cafe is at a calm pace.
• Dine-in for the experience. You can take the flight to-go but the four cups don't travel as well as a single drink.

Order it on your next visit. It's the order that turns a one-time drop-in into a regular.