Abbott’s Travel Center was a gas station I had never really noticed before. Turns out that is because it is very new and has not been around for long. It is both a gas station and a truck stop and a Tesla supercharger location.
The restrooms are clean and fairly nice, and there are even showers for truckers.
But the real reason I stopped was the review of the coffee! So here we go.
If you like “regular” coffee, there’s a Bunn commercial machine with good coffee, including Community Coffee blends, Breakfast Blend Supreme, Columbia, and Pecan Praline. I had a cup of the Columbia and it was very good. Came out piping hot from the machine, and tasted freshly made.
You can see in the photo that they have a grinder next to the machine where they grind the beans just before brewing.
If you like sweet coffee-like drinks, there’s also a sweetened “cappuccino” machine. It did not have an option for a plain cappuccino — all of the options were French vanilla, hot chocolate, and white chocolate caramel.
What I was most excited about at the Abbott’s Travel Center gas station is that they have a Bunn bean to cup, grind and brew commercial machine.
I’ve seen lots of Shaerer commercial bean-to-cup machines at various gas stations and convenience stores lately, but this was the first time I have seen a Bunn bean-to-cup machine. There were three different coffee choices at the bean-to-cup machine. Friends and family, Guatemala and Ethiopia.
The touch screen on the Bunn machine is easy to use and straightforward and similar to using the Shaerer machines. I chose a cup of the Ethiopian coffee. It came out hot and fresh, perfectly brewed. If you like craft coffees with sour notes, then you’d love the Ethiopian. I prefer chocolate types of notes, so it was not my favorite and I actually enjoyed the Community Coffee cup more.
Another note about the Abbott travel center is that it’s also a Tesla Supercharger location. There were plenty of available spaces when I visited, unlike nearby Waco which is often very busy on weekends and high Interstate traffic times.
This is a terrific Interstate gas station stop, second only to Buc-ee’s in my opinion. I recommend stopping and trying the coffee on your next visit to central Texas.