KOKO Coffee/Deli/Carry-Out

This place is a total gem in Taos! I love swinging by for a morning pastry or burrito (I love the vegetarian). The staff is always delightful and kind. They have a well stocked selection of treats, fresh ready to go lunches and great coffee. It’s in a lot with some other shops so it may be hard to see (across the road from 5 Star Burgers), but totally worth checking out!

Been here on multiple ski trips, and the food and coffee are fantastic. Their variety of baked goods is amazing. Cafe au lait and breakfast burrito were great!

Went here for brunch on my anniversary before a night out with my wife. We both ended up so sick from the food we spent the rest of the day in our hotel room, so....that was fun.

Nice staff and good prices, but ya know, if ya gonna end up sick none of that matters.

Wonderful assortment of consistently good options. From prepared food to baked goods. Ultra friendly staff. OH - and the coffee is good too. Worth the time to find this Taos treasure.

Love the creative and unique foods. Love the purity of the ingredients. And the guy who made my delicious oatmilk decaf latte was the friendliest person I met all day. Really good job Koko.

Friendly people, good coffee if they make it right then (in the morning, the coffee in the canisters is also good, but by 2-3:00 older and colder). They have cool drinks in summer, many delicious pastries and pies, including some GF.
Before I launch into the pros about Koko's, however, here are the cons as I see them:

1. Most of the pastries have a lot of sugar. Which inflames every system in the body, leading to all kinds of diseases. Diabetics, dieters, hypoglycemics, and health conscious folks generally should inquire about ingredients before purchasing if sugar is a concern.

2. People allergic to eggs or dairy should also ask about ingredients in many items. (They can usually look up and tell you the ingredients and will do so nicely.)

3.Their foods are not guaranteed to be organic. Most seem not to be. (I don't know about the coffees now, it just changed owners.) I'm not a fan of having GMOs and glyphosate inside me because the companies designed glyphosate to eat out the digestive track of insects; now it turns out to do the same to humans. (I am a case in point; this isn't hypothetical to me.) Nearly all non-organic foods now contain glyphosate.

Now for the pros:

The staff is friendly.

They sell espressos, Americanos, lattes, teas, etc. Their coffee tastes good to a lot of us. In summer, they have several kinds of cold drinks on ice (such as fruity green or black tea with lime juice and mint, with or without sugar syrup). They have flavored (sugar-based) syrups to add to coffees if you want.

They have a lot of different pastries, including Mexican Tortes. Their GF muffins (very small but tasting good) sell out by 11am most days, but at any time of day they have thick, dense slices of regular and GF cake. Pumpkin, lemon-poppyseed, banana-walnut, and/or apple-pecan, and others. Many delicious pies in a variety of flavors, for those who can eat gluten: peach, apple, cherry, and others. If you can't eat gluten, you can order a GF pie made and pick it up in a day or two. Not cheap, but good for out of town guests needing GF (if they eat nonorganic). The cake slices and pies are safe if you aren't allergic to eggs or milk, are not avoiding sugar, are willing to eat nonorganic (Be sure they're marked GF if you need that.)

In the cold case Koko has good sandwiches, yogurts, salads with various components, wraps, and sushi. They have some vegetarian cold options. If you need a GF sandwich, you need to arrive before lunch - they only stock a few of those. Most cold case items currently arrive mid morning, around 10am though; first thing in the morning the other day I found the cold case empty.

They sell cold breakfast bowls of precooked eggs, greens, mushrooms, and sweet potatoes (in butter or margarine). Cold oatmeal with berries or nuts. They will microwave (is that a concern to you?) your breakfast or other food for you, but as of this time you can ask them to warm it in the little oven, which obviously takes longer.

Koko also sells quite expensive but delectable precooked meal items for take out. Great for when guests are coming to town (if you can afford them, obviously). Spicy shrimp, chicken breasts stuffed with cheese and spinach, roasted brussels sprouts, interesting slaws, and other main and side dish items. Tiramisu slices or whole pies also can feed guests.

They also sell bags of coffee and locally produced granola. Good for gifts or for you, if you check before assuming those are organic. They also sell bags of various chip type things - again not organic.

Important:

I would call Koko to check their current hours unless you visited the previous day and know for sure. Small businesses change hours very often in Taos.

Don't count on being able to sit inside during 9am rush; Koko usually gets a lot of patrons. It's a tiny shop with not many seats. It's not considered cool to take up time at a table there just to work.

Tables are very close together, so no private conversations can be had. It's usually noisy. They have a few small tables out on the sidewalk.

Wonderful baked goods, delicious breakfast burritos, and a great selection of other deli items to complete your lunch, dinner or appetizers. And service is always lovely. Love this place!

🥢🥢🥢 This is one of the few coffee shop that I can drink it black because it was really smooth. I usually made PourOver at home and it’s amazing to see this house coffee (medium roast) came pretty close to it.
‼️‼️‼️They have other goods as well so do check them out.

raspberry mocha and vegetarian breakfast burrito were both excellent! definitely want to return on St. Patty’s 🍀

Koko's is my regular coffee shop in Taos. I don't drink coffee, but they have many non coffee options. My regular drink is the iced Moji Tea made with hibiscus tea, mint leaves, lime, and simple syrup. So yummy! The food offerings are super tasty, too. They offer a small deli counter of prepared salads, meatloaf, chicken, soups,etc. Koko's has a large selection of homemade pies, bakery items, and refrigerated items, too. I stop in for breakfast often and either get an almond croissant or breakfast burrito. My husband likes their lattes.