I have not used BTC in a while for a transaction but what you experienced is what I have read. That fees are down and the transaction time is tolerable.
My view on BTC is that it might never be a micropayment token but there are still a ton of transactions that do not require verification in a few seconds.
80% of the transactions in the US by value, I read, still go through the banking system. Credit and debit cards (the things used for cups of coffee) only account for 3%. BTC can handle all that goes through banks faster and for less.