Lulu Carpenter's

Lulu Carpenter's Delicious coffee. Freshly roasted in Santa Cruz, California. Our Coffee

Great coffee starts with great farmers. We humbly embrace that tradition. Really well.

That’s why we buy the freshest, most delicious coffees in season from farms, co-ops, and mills around the world. There’s a lot that goes into growing delicious coffee: high elevation, quality varietals, selective harvesting, skillful milling, and more. We buy only the best of the best and usually in very small lots, to ensure that our green coffee is as fresh as it can be when it arrives at our ro

asting works. Our Roasting

There is a venerable tradition to coffee roasting in America. For 25 years, rather than follow the latest fads, whether they be ultra-dark or über-light coffees, we have, day in and day out, roasted the coffee that we want to drink. Our roast profiles tend to the middle of the color spectrum (very early into second crack, for you home roasters out there), where a caramelly sweetness manifests. We generally eschew the carbon that develops in very dark roast profiles, and the sour acid notes that remain in coffees in which the roast has been stopped prior to second crack. We roast our coffees 5-6 days a week in small batches on a very nice, fire engine red, quarter-bag drum roaster named Gabriel-Mathieu de Clieu, although he prefers to be called Francois. We present each of our coffees roasted to the apex of its flavor. And while each coffee we roast has a defined and distinctive terroir that we highlight with our roasting, at its core, roasting coffee is about caramelizing sugars. So that's what we do. You're gonna like this stuff. Our Bags

We offer the freshest, most delicious coffee you can buy, anywhere. We hand pack every bag (and always add an extra bit to make it a Roasters 3/4 lb), and deliver them fresh to our stores. You’ll always find both a harvest and roast date on them. Look for that roast date and rummage around till you find the coffee that was roasted this morning. It's most likely on that shelf :-)

It’s hot out 🥵 Come cool off with our refreshing ice cold Mango Black Arnold Palmer and a delicious BLTA with garlic con...
03/19/2026

It’s hot out 🥵 Come cool off with our refreshing ice cold Mango Black Arnold Palmer and a delicious BLTA with garlic confit aioli!
Xoxo
Lulu

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Our GRILLED CHEESE on sourdough with muenster, havarti, swiss and caramelized onions pairs perfectly with the new CREAMY...
02/25/2026

Our GRILLED CHEESE on sourdough with muenster, havarti, swiss and caramelized onions pairs perfectly with the new CREAMY CHEDDAR BROCC 💞 Oh yeah, we put CARAMELIZED ONIONS IN THE SOUP, TOO! MmmMmm delicious 🤤 Our soup is always made from scratch and with LOVE. Always cook like you’re cooking for mama.
DOWNTOWN
Xoxo 💋 Lulu

Lulu’s just rolled out a BRAND NEW lunch menu, and we’re leading with our CUBANO!Mojo-marinated pork (cooked low & slow ...
01/29/2026

Lulu’s just rolled out a BRAND NEW lunch menu, and we’re leading with our CUBANO!
Mojo-marinated pork (cooked low & slow till it falls apart), Swiss, shaved ham, house made pickles, chipotle aioli, yellow mustard, ALL on a bolillo!
$13
Lunch Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm.

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Tache makes a really good Pistachio latte. Available at all our stores now. Happy holidays!
12/18/2025

Tache makes a really good Pistachio latte. Available at all our stores now. Happy holidays!

12/11/2025
Midtown is now open at FIVE AM. EVERY DAY. And…we have fresh-made EGGNOG. HO HO HO….HO…HO
12/10/2025

Midtown is now open at FIVE AM. EVERY DAY. And…we have fresh-made EGGNOG. HO HO HO….HO…HO

still serving our summertime classic, but try it while it lasts!••••
08/28/2025

still serving our summertime classic, but try it while it lasts!
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Spring has sprung and our seasonal bevs are here to get you in the spirit… Rain or Shine 🌦️🌷
03/27/2025

Spring has sprung and our seasonal bevs are here to get you in the spirit… Rain or Shine 🌦️🌷

This is a cup of coffee at Lulu’s. It costs $2.75. Still. We haven’t raised the price on this cup of coffee in over 10 y...
03/11/2025

This is a cup of coffee at Lulu’s. It costs $2.75. Still. We haven’t raised the price on this cup of coffee in over 10 years. And we’re going to keep it that way for a few more, if we can. Because we get it about today’s crazyass food prices, and we want to try and offer you as much respite from that as we can. We’ve never been a discount joint selling mediocre coffee - that’s what Starbucks is for - but we’ve always been value conscious, and we try really hard to give you everyday value in the simple pleasure of the best cup of coffee we know how to make, without pretense or affectation. Come take a load off and relax, or do some work, without breaking the bank. It’ll take you back, for however fleeting a moment, to a better - and less expensive - time :)

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1545 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA
95060

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