Best Coffee Shops in St. Pete
Out of the 30+ local coffee shops I have been to in the St. Petersburg/Tampa area, I have gathered a list of my favorites, because who doesn’t love a good new coffee rec?
Craft Cafe
If you actually care about the taste of the coffee, syrup quality, and just overall warmness of the place, Craft Cafe is probably the best in the area. I got to the one off of Central Ave (not downtown), but I’m sure that one is just as good. I like it because its not some whole production. Even at their busiest the line isn’t absurd like Bandit (love u Bandit but I don’t have 45 mins to wait every Saturday morning for a cup a joe).
Alsoooo, if you eat gluten free like me, all of their food and pastries are safe! The downside (because every place has em), its not the biggest space if you’re looking to work from there. It’s more like locals, young and old, meeting up for their coffee chat and eating yummy pancakes or eggs. Side note, my sister said their milk in her iced latte tasted so fresh lol, I sadly get almond milk but that sounds v enticing.
My order: (in fall/winter) hot decaf cappuccino with almond milk and light flavoring (pumpkin or other seasonal flavor)… normally she’s a decaf iced mocha latte with a dairy free milk (again, less flavor syrup)
Guillermo’s order: Iced black Kyoto drip (sooo good and like chocolatey notes or something omg)
Avery’s order: iced caramel latte with whole milk <33
Iced decaf mocha cappuccino, kyoto drip