Markcol

As I searched Aurora for a cool coffee shop, Markcol kept popping up in Unilocal search queries. Never being and only a few minutes away by car, I decided to venture over and see what was what.
Located in a huge plaza this space looks tiny from the outside but upon entry it opened up to an almost warehouse sized open space filed with prepackaged coffee’s and loose leaf tea of every sort and variety.
My initial reaction was disappointment as I was really jonesing for an espresso or a coffee, but when I saw the selection of beans, ground coffee and various pucks and inserts for your single serving coffee makers (Tassimo, Nespresso, Keurig, etc) as well as tons of loose leaf tea options in bags — I knew I had found the home coffee brewing Mecca!
Upon further research I learned they have a few locations similar to this across the GTA and their prices are actually much cheaper than buying at your traditional grocery store or specialty coffee shop!
When I’m in the area next time, I’ll grab a bag of tea leaves — since I’m off ‘The Joe’ for the time brewing (get it). I’m sure I’ll be back again on it eventually — until then… buzz buzz!