Passport Coffee & Tea

I just love this place.
They roast all their coffee in house and have a wide selection for even the most discriminating aficionado. If it is good enough for the Fox Concept restaurants, then it’s good enough for my home brew. If you have grown tired of substandard beans from all the big chain coffee Goliath’s, then give Passport a try. I love the Siena Espresso roast, ground on an «8» in my Brevelle, super robust yet smooth. I feel like I score every time I make a trip into their friendly store front near Scottsdale air park!

I’ve had Passport Coffee & Tea bookmarked in my little brainspace for months. It’s hours of operation almost perfectly mirror my working hours, though, so when I finally found an opportunity to visit on a holiday day off, I took full advantage!
Originally, I was under the impression that Passport would be a little coffee/​tea shop with a few scattered retail options. Then, based on previous reviews, I thought perhaps it was the other way around: a retail shop with maybe a small café.
In fact, Passport Coffee & Tea is 100% retail space. There is nowhere to sit and enjoy a coffee (or tea) like you would expect from a café. But don’t let that deter you! Just understand what you’re visiting before you get there so you’re not let down.
VISITING PASSPORT COFFEE & TEA
When I visited Passport, I was cheerfully greeted by Chelsea (I hope my memory serves right with the name… and I hope I’m spelling it correctly!) even though it was early in the morning on a holiday week! She was extremely helpful and happy to show me around.
I learned that Passport makes all their teas and roasts all their coffee right there on-​site. All products are offered at wholesale costs, which makes it a GREAT option for you tea/​coffee lovers out there. Forget buying from the grocery store — go to Passport!
The selection of tea alone was very impressive to me. I love tea, almost as much as I love coffee, so to see such a wide variety of delicious, natural options was really exciting. Passport also carries other brands like Numi, further sweetening the pot.
In addition to fresh, quality loose-​leaf tea and hot-​off-​the-​roaster coffee beans, Passport offers all the tools you need in order to enjoy these delicious drinks — everything from tea kettles to french presses to coffee filters. It really is a unique little one-​stop-​shop.
During my visit, Chelsea offered me a sampling of a couple teas, already neatly set out and waiting for thirsty customers just to the right of the front door. I felt right at home in this little shop, sipping on my tea and browsing the tasty options and fun «toys».
CONCLUSION
If you’re like me, and you LOVE the experience of quality coffee and/​or tea, Passport is well worth a visit. You’re bound to appreciate the selection and I know you’ll love the prices! Passport has done a really good job here — I know I’ll be back!

Passport coffees and teas are equally amazing, and I love that they are local!
I first noticed their tropical iced tea (OBSESSED) at a lot of the restaurants in the Scottsdale area, especially Sam Fox locations. I’m in love because it doesn’t have a funky, chemical taste that some of the low quality teas have.
I came across their coffee when I was out to breakfast and asked what it was, and of course was Passport– I’m assuming a house blend since it wasn’t flavored?
I just ordered my first bag of whole bean Vanilla Hazelnut, and am sure I’ll be going back to try every single other flavor because they all sound amazing. I’ll continue to eat out wherever I can find my tropical iced tea :)

Enjoyed Passport’s freshly brewed java at Dimi Espresso, in Payson recently. We then bought a pound o’ beans to take home. Just got to them this week. Freshly ground and roasted in our semi-​pro espresso machine, Passport is easily amongst the top five brews that have come out of our machine in the past 10 years! The espresso is strong, full bodied, ultra (and I truly mean ULTRA) smooth, with no hint of bitterness, and just the right amount of brightness. Truly a perfect cup o’ brew. If only we could bring Passport to San Antonio, Tejas. OVERALL: STELLAR. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Mmmm! I had their passionfruit tea at Pita Jungle and drove out and bought a pound of it to bring back to San Francisco, it was that good.

Love this place! Fox restaurants serve their coffee, so you can try it at one of those. I always get the espresso roasts and even the decaf espresso was better than expected when I was preggo. You can call ahead or order online too.

Passport is amazing! They are a small local company that produces teas and coffees served at Pita Jungle and other local restaurants.
The store is located in a office building hidden off the main road. This is because their retail store is in the front of their main office where all the tea and coffee is made.
The store had 20+ different tea flavors available in three different sizes (100g tin, 200g bag or 1lb bag). Their prices are very reasonable, especially if you get a larger bag. I paid around $ 16 for a pound of the kiwi strawberry green tea sold a Pita Jungle. 1 pound of tea at a place like Teavana would cost over twice as much!
The lady who helped me was great. She was knowledge about all the teas and gave me great suggestions on flavors to try. She even had someone custom make a black tea version of their blackberry jasmine green tea which wasn’t even on the menu!
The only downside to Passport is their hours. They’re only open 8:00 — 4:30 Monday through Friday. Once you stop in this will make sense as its connected to their main office and they probably don’t do a whole lot of retail sales. I’m still giving this place 5 stars due to their low pricing, great tasting tea and great customer service.

I heard About passport from true foods. I love their green tea and their coffee and they told me they get it here for all the fc restaurants. I now get all of my coffee and tea from here, they have a huge selection of every kind you can imagine and the staff is always helpful in helping me choose something new. Support local and get coffee that is way fresher than you would get at the grocery store. Once you try this place you won’t get your coffee anywhere else

Passport has really great coffee. If you like flavored coffee they have a huge selection. My personal favorite so far is the vanilla nut. I recently tried the pumpkin spice, I will say it did not have very much pumpkin flavoring. But all the other flavors I tried I have loved.

Shopping for coffee at this place for last 2 – 3 years, never was disappointed and may be even got spoil with good quality coffee and teas, if you like great coffee go there

One of my favorite restaurants, Chez Vous in Scottsdale Arizona, serves Passport Coffee. It was so good the other day that I had to know where they got it. I will be ordering my own stash for home use, and will update this review after I git my hands on it!

So, where do you go to get great, fresh roasted gourmet coffee beans? At the grocery store, right? NOT!!! Just stop in this little place and see what you’d be missing. Seems like mostly wholesale, but they’ve got an «outlet» they called it. Lots of fresh roasted coffee and coffee stuff.
Don’t drink tea much myself, but I recognized the tea label from a few restaurants in town I frequent like Pita Jungle and Sauce. You tea lovers would love this place!
I found this place literally by following my nose. I must have been down wind when I was at the intersection of Scottsdale and Thunderbird roads. Went east a bit, next to the airport runway.

I love to buy locally when I can. I asked the owner of True Brew where they get their beans and lo! I was directed to Passport Coffee & Tea. Passport has finally given me a place to snag espresso beans without ordering them from my old haunt in Santa Clara.
Passport Coffee and Tea is a tiny, unassuming space tucked in the Scottsdale Airpark neighborhood. This family-​owned shop is mostly devoted to retail goods, but the woman working when we stopped in offered us each a glass of one of their iced tea blends. It was pretty tasty too!
They have separate menus for coffee and tea. Not everything is out on the floor, so be certain you take a peek at these as you might miss something good! In addition to their own coffee and tea blends, they carry a few large brands (like Numi) as well as accessories (thermometers, double walled glasses, timers, et cetera). Passport is a little one stop shop of caffeinated delight.
My only gripe is the hours. They are only open during business hours during the week. However, you can order from them online as well, or bribe a friend to pick up your beans if you can’t play hooky to get your fix.