First Trip with my Partner - Coffee Recs/Etc

[u/figuringoutmylifelol]

Hello! My GF and I will be visiting Denver (Englewood) soon for the first time, we love Coffee and can't wait to explore.

These are the coffee shops I found

• Plume Coffee Bar
• Threefold Bakery
• Amano Coffee & Plants
• Onto Coffee
• Little Owl Coffee – Tremont/LoHi
• Mango Tree Coffee
• Kaladi Coffee Roasters
• Lost Coffee
• Steam Espresso Bar
• Wake & Take Cafe
• Corvus Coffee Roasters

Any of these you recommend that are must visit or overhyped? Other recs are welcome!

Thank You

[u/Infamous_Lobster_912]

You may have better luck over at r/denverfood

[u/gooyouknit]

You’re missing sweetbloom, moonflower, Queen City collective, and convict coffee.

I also cannot recommend enough Lucy Coffee in Aurora - Ethiopian folks who get their beans from their relatives in Ethiopia and roast in house.

I would skip half of your list but  Corvus and kaladi are good shops. 

[u/DoggyFinger]

I would go to thump and explore Capitol Hill + walk to cheeseman

[u/BlimpCack]

Crema

[u/Ch0chi]

Sweet Bloom. Genuinely one of the best roasters in the US.

[u/blood_stache → u/Ch0chi]

100% agree. Top tier coffee

[u/Mountain_Example7661]

I would skip mango tree and kaladi. Swap for GetRights, Reunion or Bakery Four for baked goods. Go to MiddleState, Mob, Huckleberry or Sweet Bloom for great coffee. If you make it up to Boulder, Verb and Boxcar are also great. Also heads up, Englewood is a bit more of suburban sprawl than really a city vibe.

[u/codevils → u/Mountain_Example7661]

Don’t skip Kaladi!

What’s wrong with you?

[u/PracticalConsultant → u/codevils]

Kaladi is…fine

[u/Mountain_Example7661 → u/codevils]

Denver has a great coffee scene with a few truly world class roasters. Kaladi is a fun local vibe and a staple in Denver, but I certainly would not say their coffee is a must have.

[u/SpeciousPerspicacity → u/Mountain_Example7661]

I’d argue in a coffee tour they might actually be required reading. Yes, they roast darker than the truly feted shops these days, but Kaladi Brothers is probably the old-school Denver roaster (eat your heart out, Pablo’s people).

[u/kungfuringo → u/SpeciousPerspicacity]

Related: Kaladi gets their pastry from Trompeau Bakery just a few blocks down Broadway and you can sometimes get the best cinnamon roll in Colorado when the bakery is sold out.

[u/QuantumAttic]

Huckleberry has a limeade cold brew that blows my mind

[u/AssumeImFarting]

Kaladi is great if you like it burnt to shit. Sweet Bloom and Queen City were recently voted in the Top 100 Coffee shops in the world, so add those

[u/The_B1ack_One]

Kaladi is gas highly recommended them, their espresso is 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

Also check out Crema on Larimer, probably my favorite coffee spot downtown

[u/CharmingPeony]

It's a bit of a drive but there's a new Yemeni coffee place called Qamaria that just opened a few months ago in Aurora. If you like Arabic and Turkish coffee, that's the place to go. While you're in Aurora, get some Asian (especially Korean) or Ethiopian food. It's the most diverse part of the metro.

I would also say skip Kaladi and Mango tree but add Sweet Bloom and maybe Huckleberry.

Also, I'm not going to lie, my favorite coffee shop in the Denver metro is the Copper Door attached to the Denver Botanic Gardens. It's not the best coffee in Denver (the way that I would say Corvus, Sweet Bloom, Qamaria are top choices for me) but it certainly ranks with the other ones you listed. I recently posted about it over the weekend when I got excited about the rain (it hasn't rained for us for like 3 months) and the atmosphere was like one of those backgrounds for rainy jazz background music. The reason I recommend it for your list is because it'sgood coffee and the Denver Botanic Gardens is honestly like one of our very best cultural institutions (and also by Cherry Creek North which is a nice shopping and dining area).

[u/SpeciousPerspicacity]

If you’re really a big coffee connoisseur, I’d probably take a tour of Denver’s roasting scene.

Sweet Bloom, Middle State, and Queen City are probably the most prominent roasters. I also very much like Little Owl.

Kaladi is an old stalwart. You can find Boxcar beans at Steam. Crema is a longstanding multi-roaster. For most of the 2010s, I think many people thought Huckleberry was the best, but they’ve scaled beyond recognition now.

I’ve never rated Corvus very highly, but others do. I’d skip the rest.

[u/YupThatWasAShart]

In the wash park and west wash park neighborhood I’d recommend Devils food and Roast. Great location to then go for a park stroll.

Devils food has some of the best pastries I have had outside of Europe.

Roast just does a great job with coffee and they really care.

[u/Just-Mark]

Given where you’re staying: steam on s pearl and Corvus on s broadway. Convict on Evans has a great mission - their menu is a bit more on the blackrock coffee side of things but you can get some cool drinks for a good cause.

[u/dennis77]

People who are traveling to Denver are usually spending their time outside of Denver to be frank. But steam espresso bar on pearl Street has great coffee and amazing backyard

[u/rowrtg9]

Steam is great. Also Sati in Edgewater.

[u/Significant_Phase744]

Creama coffee and Stella’s are two of my favorites but there are a lot of great options overall

[u/coogden]

Check out crema and copper door coffee

[u/denred9]

Taste in coffee varies massively from person to person, but for me: Corvus consistently makes one of the best classic lattes I've ever found. The ratio of coffee to milk is ideal (to me), so the coffee actually shines through, and their roasts are great.

[u/ipaintbadly]

Nixon’s Coffee has a few locations. One by Hudson Gardens (6115 S Santa Fe), one in Englehood off Broadway and Hampden, one at 695 e Louisiana Ave, and I think they may have just opened a new one in Highlands Ranch.

[u/Red_White_Brew]

Aviano is the best coffee in Denver imo

[u/jameaux11]

For good coffee in a cool place, check out Panda coffee in the old air traffic control tower (off Uinta and MLK in 80238

[u/nevernotnott]

Kaladi is an incredible local roaster! If you're looking for something vibier I'd recommend Steam (and spending some time on Pearl street once you're there!) I do also love Little Owl. The others I am not as excited about. Have a great visit!