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A split shot of espresso comes with a barista’s choice cortado and sparkling water.
Espresso Float
Espresso comes with sparkling water, raw sugar and cream.
Strawberry Matcha
The matcha uses housemade strawberry syrup.
Breakfast Burrito
Flour tortilla with cheddar scrambled eggs, herb butter home fries, and Daydream sauce, with a choice of smoky chipotle salsa or roasted salsa verde.
Curator’s note
Kyle Kennelly left an investment-banking job in San Francisco after days that ran from 9am to midnight, Becca Mantei had studied design and fine art at USF, and the two came home to Newport Beach to put surf, art and coffee under one roof. Nearly ten years on, a second Daydream opened in August 2026 in Chigasaki, a classic Japanese house retrofitted to last a lifetime.
The Coffee
The batch coffee menu keeps an experimental side, lately a washed Colombia from Héctor Londoño roasted by SEY, and the coffees on it sell in retail bags to brew at home.
- Daydream Calypso Blend
Ethiopia, Guatemala
- Process
- Natural, Washed
Raspberry · Praline · Wafer
- Daydream Misty Morning Blend
Guatemala, Colombia
- Process
- Washed, Anaerobic Natural
The Vibe
Co-founder Becca Mantei designed the room down to the shapes of the furniture and the displays, and the 2022 move into the 16th Street warehouse kept her sequence intact: an art gallery in front, surfboards and ceramics through the middle, the coffee bar behind open garage doors at the back. A peacock chair sits in the middle of it for anyone who wants to flip through the racks slowly.
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