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Lucky Blend
A blend of washed and natural coffees.
Curator’s note
Tyler Smith named Lucky's for his Irish roots and for how lucky he felt, as an adopted child, to have his family, and he opened the first one in his hometown of Upland in June 2019. Upland closed in October 2025, and in 2026 Lucky's won the overall espresso gold in the US and Canada edition of the Global Coffee Awards.
The Coffee
The bar serves pour-over, espresso and batch brew from a house list that runs from the Cup of Joe blend to a second direct-trade Kenya, Zakayo Murauki M'Anampiu's Mumu Estate, and the decaf is a Mexico Naranja done by the sugarcane ethyl acetate method. Community Coffee Fridays bring a free morning tasting on origins and processing, and the barista classes reach as far as dialing in espresso.
- Lucky BlendPour-over
- Process
- Washed and Natural
black tea · sweet · strawberry jam · milk chocolate
- Cup of Joe
- Roast
- Medium-dark
- Process
- Natural & Washed
dark chocolate · walnut · nutmeg
- WildHare
- Roast
- Medium
- Process
- Natural
peanut · vanilla · dried fruit
- Kenya Rhino Farms AB
Kenya, Nakuru County · 2000 MASL
- Varietals
- Batian
- Process
- Wet processed, double washed. Dried on raised beds. Extended gravimetric sorting with triple optical sorting.
- Producer
- Rhino Farms (Jacob Kibiri)
clean cups with structure and clarity
- Ethiopia Guji Shakiso Gigesa G1 Natural
Ethiopia, Shakiso, Danbi Uddo Kebele, Shakiso Woreda, Guji Zone, Oromia · 1850-2100 m.a.s.l.
- Varietals
- Local Heirloom
- Process
- Natural
- Producer
- Gigesa Washing Station
dark chocolate · strawberry · florals · grape · milk chocolate · black tea · honey · rose
- Brazil Mogiana Natural
Brazil, Mogiana · 800 – 1300 meters
- Varietals
- Mundo Novo, Icatu, Acaiá, Catuaí, Tupi
- Process
- Natural
caramel · almonds · chocolate · cherry
- Kenya Mumu's Estate ABPour-over
Kenya, Meru County · 1,000 MASL
- Varietals
- Ruiru 11, SL28
- Process
- Wet processed, double washed. Dried on raised beds. Triple Sorted.
- Producer
- Mumu Estate (Tangata Ward)
blackcurrant · peanuts · citrus · rosemary · buttery · complex
- Mexico Naranja EA Process
Mexico, Highlands of Chiapas and Veracruz
- Process
- Ethyl Acetate decaf, sugarcane method
cookie dough · molasses · dark chocolate · roasted hazelnut
The Vibe
The room is a former Starbucks at Foothill and Claremont, white behind the bar under a green roundel with a white rabbit, and its second seating room is painted deep green, with copper cage pendants over a long butcher-block table and green-legged stools. After dark the name glows green in channel letters across the storefront.
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