Coffeetopia

My favorite coffee shop in the world.
Coffee is superb, their mochas are ridiculous.
But the real reason I go is for their jalapeño cream cheese bagels. The bagels are fresh. The cream cheese is legiiiiit, the jalapeños are fresh, not jarred. And they pile the cream cheese on so high, it’s almost towering. Mmmmmm…

My favorite local coffee spot! The cold brew and Americano are my favorite but try a Green and White (Evan makes the best!)!! Great snacks, other non coffee cold drinks (hibiscus iced tea is so delicious) and the best breakfast burritos!

Great coffee, lots of parking, wireless internet. It’s a quick stop if you are getting drip coffee, as they let you leave exact change on the counter to bypass the line. Otherwise standard fare.

only good things to say about this place, nice people good coffee good vibe and fun

Breakfast burritos = yum. Cold brew coffee… yes! Very local, surfer, Santa Cruz feel. The only problem is coffee shops like this are all over town.

Great place. I’ve been coming here for years. Sad to hear that Coffetopia and Heathers Bakery can’t figure it out and get along to do business. Kelly’s Bakery is definitely a step or two down from Heathers. I understand that heathers needs to be consistent but I believe the quality of their products is worth the negotiation. I hope you, coffeetopia, can bring back heathers products to all of your locations.
The three stars is only significant of the heathers issue. the people, service and other products you carry are a 5.

breakfast bacteria barrito was crippiling for two days my god whats the health dept fone number

Awesome little gem in capitola. Met a friend for a much needed Java fix and we both loved our drinks. Had a bagel which was super fresh tasting! Staff is very efficient and knows how to make a good cup o joe. Which is important when you’re talking about the beverage that makes me capable of living. Love love the vault room, and how close to east cliff this place is. I will 100% be coming back to grab some caffeine (aka life) and stroll down to the beach. Way to be coffeetopia!

I’ve been coming here for two years. Sometimes the service can be a bit, um, surly. But for the most part, I feel like the employees are there to work and provide as quick of service as possible.
The bagels are great, the schmear is good, the toppings are all good (please consider offering a vegan cream cheese option!). The latte’s are great. The espresso is great. They have a nice selection of tea. All around great coffee shop with good food offerings and decent service. I wish there were more establishments like this in Santa Cruz.

They have some of the most interesting chai I’ve ever had. They make their own from scratch. It’s some kind of funky African tea and a home-​brewed recipe with kind of a smoky flavor. It falls into «spicy» and not too sweet (I really don’t like sugary chai so this is part of what makes it so good).
I am in SC about once/​month and will go out of my way to get to this place for an alternative take on the typical chai latte. It scratches my itch!

Great place to get a latte or a mocha. They have bagels or pastries to handle any appetite. Also, they have great organic coffee that you can have from the drip bar or pre-​made. Great place to hang out.

Best study place in Santa Cruz!
Lots of open seating and space. Some days it gets pretty crowded and impossible to find seating though, so be wary of weekends if you want to come here and sit down.
I usually get the mocha, I’m no coffee snob but its usually pretty good. Whip cream and chocolate shavings, yes please.
HOWEVER, they ~always~ get my order wrong, since I always ask for here and they usually give me to go. The service is very unstable, and sometimes the person taking my order is super nice and other times it seems like the person could care less about my order. I’m not going to ding any stars off though, because this place has helped me through so many exams and final essays that it deserves all my 5 stars.

The people weren’t warm and fuzzy but the coffee was damn good. That is all.
Ok a bit more:
Try the Guatemalan.
I normally have to use cream and sugar but here only a teeny bit of both, really great flavor courtesy of the brew bar (something I’ve only seen in Santa Cruz so far).
Kudos for the coffee but crack a smile, I’m not here to rob the place :)

Nice location. Great atmosphere for studying, reading, talking, and/​or a leisurely cup of joe. The coffee is always excellent. Nice local crowd.

Portola was a stomping ground for me when I lived in Live Oak and was so convenient to bike there. I love the outside patio of this Coffeetopia on Portola. Always friendly service, two seating areas with plenty of plug ins and free wi-​fi.
They were so nice to me when I ordered a coffee and didn’t even have enough money on me for the bagel too. I was like .50 short, but took my order… and they hooked it up with the cream cheese! Next time I went I put a 50% tip in the jar, because not most places will pay for your 50cents!
The coffee is pretty good. Not amazing but I go for the friendly service, the location, the ambiance, (the door that looks like a huge safe is pretty cool), and the wi-​fi. I spend an hour or two there sometimes so my only downfall is that a few times I’ve the bathrooms have been done. Drinking lots of coffee and no bathrooms just don’t mix. If the bathroom thing was always working and the coffee was better, this place would get 5 stars from me! But it’s a great location and

I really like this place. I’ve liked them since their original location years and years ago in Boulder Creek. Their coffee is excellent and their specialty drinks are as well. It’s one of the very few places where I’ll ever order a mocha– especially a white chocolate one because it’s that good.
One thing I miss, and perhaps I just caught them on an off day, is the flavored whipped cream. They used to feature different flavors of whipped cream and that, alone, was worth the trip there. Hope it’s not gone for good because that little detail really set them apart.
Not a lot of places to sit at this location, but lots of parking and it’s easy in and out if you just want to pop in for a drink.

Stayed in a flat at Pleasure Point, and Coffeetopia was a few blocks from there.
Great espresso, nice bites to eat. One day I had the ham and cheese croissant, the next ~ some berry bar that was yummy!
Cool that this used to be a bank, and part of the seating area was inside the vault. I wish there was more info on what bank this used to be, of perhaps make up stories about random bank robberies and shootouts.
If I was perhaps, um … stoned — I might have liked the artwork. I just hope it’s temporary and that they change it out.

Coffetopia seems like the type of place that definitely as it’s regulars. There were people riding up on their beach cruisers with their flip flops and refillable jugs.
They have this cool little coffee station for drip coffee. It has like 5 or 6 slots and you put the cup in and each cup is brewed individually… or at least that’s what it looked like.
I had a double non fat sugar free caramel latte and it was $ 4.50…kind of on the pricey side. It was good though and didn’t have that burnt coffee taste like Peets.
The front room is a computer area with a bunch of desktops. The back room is cool. It has a big bank vault door (which is open, of course) and seems to be the «quiet» room. People were in there quietly reading or working on their computers.
It’s a cute place, with a great selection and the staff was really friendly and helpful.

I love Coffeetopia!
Fabulous choice of seating inside and outout, a cool bank vault to hide away in, the Internet always worked, the food is fab with treats that are always fresh and varied, plenty of different kinds of drinks for us weird people who do not drink coffee and tea. I even had my little dog in the bank vault with me… and no one noticed, or probably would have said anything.
Good parking, always a newspaper to read there, bathrooms are available and clean. I spent my life there at the end of my college days. They do have computers you can pay to use… but, I never used them.
Now I am in Portland, OR and there is not one single place I can go to that is as good as Coffeetopia. I am still exhausted from looking all day yesterday for something new to keep in my back pocket (Ava is okay, but… it doesn’t sparkle with its own personality)…and, well its just a sad state of affairs.
Coffeetopia on Mission St? Its okay. It is LONG and narrow… I remember that.

After the Taqueria disaster, KTPower and I had to get something that would keep us going on our drive back to the Bay. A quick search on the Unilocal iPhone app revealed that there were a few coffee shops right near by. Coffeetopia sounded like the best one so off we went…
Couldn’t have been happier! Great service, great vibe and plenty of parking right in front of the store. My white mocha chai was so good over ice it’s definitely worth going back for and did I mention they have these bit size chocolate bars you can buy with 70% cocoa and made with espresso. A perfect compliment after your coffee is done. Enjoy!