PLANTATION Coffee Roastery

Came here for a coffee and a snack. I don’t know if it’s me but I definitely had trouble getting my order in, perhaps it was a language barrier. I asked for types of bagels available and didn’t get a proper answer. The store was operated by Asian folks.

Regardless, We ordered the cafe Borgia and red espresso latte. Service was definitely slow but the coffee was good.

The place also had a lot of ice cream options. M there’s a mismatch in the name of the shop and what they offer for sure

Looks like family run coffee shop. ☕️ is ok. I like the scone. Looks like many regulars who just go behind the cashier to refill coffee. Looks like 2 stores in one place.

Very delicious Cafe Latte with a Ham & Cheese Everything bagel. Nice spot to come and visit.

Super friendly worker in a cute little shop. Definitely come back and visit. Their iced coffee is spot on 👌

Excellent place to start your morning off - they're located in downtown San Carlos and have a large place with outdoor and indoor seating. Their menu has a lot of coffee and breakfast food to choose from.

Neighborhood coffee shop that offers coffee, drinks, ice cream, snacks, and other items. The drinks are good, they have indoor and outdoor seating, and it has a nice neighborhood coffee shop feel to it. Location is great too.

I lowered the rating due to a few improvements I believe they can make when selling roasted coffee beans. Unfortunately, they don't publish the date that they roasted particular coffee beans. Also, the coffee beans for sale are located in large tubs with no date markings and don't look very presentable.

One suggestion could be to pre package some of their coffee beans into bags and write the roast date on those bags and place them for sale. Many other coffee roasters do it and it's a nice touch.

Can't comment on the drinks or service, I've only bought beans here over the course of about half a year.

Unfortunately they aren't in the business of roasting any of their coffee lightly. I've asked a few times now for the lightest roast they had, hoping for better, and got a medium-dark city or full city roast.

Columbian: Roasted pretty dark, full-city. Bit of a burned ashy flavor. Not much going on there
Espresso blend: Mix of city and very dark, almost french roast. Had some character brewed as drip, couldn't get the bitterness out when pulling espresso, I think the blend was too spread out for actual espresso
Guatemalan: About as light as I could get, still a city roast and was showing oils. Probably the best of them, has some nuttiness and retained a small amount of acidity
I tried the french roast for a laugh. Wouldn't recommend

Overall, if you are into dark or medium-dark roasts, you can probably squeak out good coffee by asking for the lightest beans they have on hand. The price, 8 for 8oz isn't terrible to try a few either. If you're into light bodied coffee, this ain't it

Such a nice family owned business. Classic music and good Wi-Fi. Delicious drip coffee and cappuccino.

This is a place my husband hangs out very often and the smell of coffee and people come here to hang out for long time and it’s a simple shop but really cool and chilled out. Very friendly shop owner.

Coffee tastes like all other coffee, nothing special. Owner makes a pointed effort to be overtly rude to me every single time I have come in, without failure. I always smile, say hello, ask "how are you?", and he makes a concerted effort to pretend he doesn't see me, stares at the counter, and smacks his lips in discomfort at my presence, while he takes my order and acts annoyed. Every other employee has been very kind, so the owner's particularly prejudiced attitude is a disappointment.