Lofty Coffee

Invite

Closed

Opens Fri 6:30 AM

Neighborhood

Little Italy

Roaster

In-house

Food

Coffee only

Check-ins

Come here for

Keeping It Classy Espresso
Lofty blends washed coffees from Costa Rica and Guatemala.
Lofty-Style NOLA
Cold brew combines chicory and house-made vanilla.
Matcha, Mint & Milk
Matcha with mint, honey and house-made almond milk.
Chocolate croissant
Made from scratch in Lofty's kitchen with organic and natural ingredients.

Thursday6:30 AM – 4 PM

Sunday6:30 AM – 4 PM

Monday6:30 AM – 4 PM

Tuesday6:30 AM – 4 PM

Wednesday6:30 AM – 4 PM

Thursday6:30 AM – 4 PM

Friday6:30 AM – 4 PM

Saturday6:30 AM – 4 PM

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Curator’s note

Eric Myers opened Lofty in 2011 as a corner cafe in Encinitas, on the Coast Highway, and in 2017 opened this cafe, now the company's flagship, on a Little Italy corner that had been dead.

The Coffee

Lofty roasts its single origins once a week, on Mondays, and here Morning Dove, the organic house coffee, is bottomless until noon while the manual brew takes the seasonal lot. Sunset Organic is the decaf on the shelf, and the matcha is organic Keicha, made into a paste with mint in house and finished with honey and almond milk made in the kitchen.

The beansCurrent lineup

Colombia Luminosa V2 - NaturalPour-over
Colombia, Huila
Varietals
Pink Bourbon
Process
Natural
Producer
La Piragua, Alexander Vargas and his son Arley
strawberries & cream · guava · raspberries
Colombia Luminosa V2 - WashedPour-over
Colombia, Huila
Varietals
Pink Bourbon
Process
Washed
Producer
La Piragua, Alexander Vargas and his son Arley
sweet roses · lemons · jasmine pearls
Keeping It Classy Espresso
Costa Rica and Guatemala
Process
Washed
dark chocolate · coffee blossom · caramel finish
Morning Dove Blend - Organic
Costa Rica and Guatemala
Process
Washed
caramel · sweet lemon · cocoa
Campfire Blend - Organic
Mexico and Papua New Guinea
rich · oak · toasted hazelnut · s'mores
Sweet Blue Blend
blueberry · butterscotch · chocolate liqueur
Sunset Organic Decaf
Mexico
Process
Swiss Water Process
cola · vanilla · almond · dark chocolate

The Vibe

Edinger Design drew this one with the founder, and the San Diego Architectural Foundation gave the result an Orchid. It comes in two sections, one half covered and the other closer to fully covered, sitting raised above the street so the seating looks down on an active corner instead of across at it.