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Santa Cruz

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Specialty-only coffee shops in Santa Cruz, hand-picked for the coffee first and the room second.

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13 shops

11th Hour Coffee

11th Hour Coffee – Downtown

Downtown flagship of Santa Cruz roaster 11th Hour, open into the evening.

Downtown · Santa Cruz, CA

11th Hour Coffee

11th Hour Coffee – Westside

Quieter Westside café of 11th Hour.

Westside · Santa Cruz, CA

Cat & Cloud Coffee

Cat & Cloud Coffee – Aptos

Aptos café of Santa Cruz roaster Cat & Cloud.

Aptos, CA

Cat & Cloud Coffee

Cat & Cloud Coffee – Portola

Cat & Cloud's café on Portola Drive.

Santa Cruz, CA

Cat & Cloud Coffee

Cat & Cloud Coffee – Swift St

Cat & Cloud's headquarters café next to its roastery, the only one with a full kitchen.

Westside · Santa Cruz, CA

Java Junction

Java Junction – East Cliff

Java Junction's East Cliff café near Harbor Beach.

Santa Cruz, CA

Java Junction

Java Junction – Seabright

Seabright café of a local roaster that roasts organic, fair-trade coffee to order daily.

Seabright · Santa Cruz, CA

Lulu Carpenter's

Lulu Carpenter's – Pacific Avenue

Downtown café of a Santa Cruz roaster, with a full kitchen and bakeshop in an 1865 building.

Downtown · Santa Cruz, CA

Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company

Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company

Downtown brew bar in the Palomar Arcade from a roaster operating since 1978.

Downtown · Santa Cruz, CA

Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve Coffee Roasters – 1010 Fair

Westside Verve café serving coffee, pastries and food.

Westside · Santa Cruz, CA

Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve Coffee Roasters – 41st Avenue

Verve café on 41st Avenue in Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz, CA

Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve Coffee Roasters – Pacific Avenue

Downtown Santa Cruz café of Santa Cruz roaster Verve.

Downtown · Santa Cruz, CA

Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve Coffee Roasters – Seabright

Seabright café beside Verve's Santa Cruz roasting operation.

Seabright · Santa Cruz, CA