Estate Coffee Company

Our first time visiting Estate Coffee company and we plan to come back the next time we visit San Antonio. The service was great and the coffee and pastries excellent. They have a small list of specialty coffee drinks with an eclectic feel, as well as tea and pour over coffee. I tried the Honey Lavender Latte and was very pleased with the outcome.

A little Spartan, but lovely in it’s simplicity. Nice big windows, friendly staff, very good coffee.

Great service and great coffee. Honestly, this is the only place I choose to drink the coffee black. If you get a chance? Try the old fashioned made with espresso (instead of booze). You'll love every sip.

The place has brunch on Sundays, and it always looks incredible! Its also close to downtown, but feels like you are exploring San Antonio at the same time! Try it.

This is absolutely a lesser known, San Antonio gem! I was recently invited for an early morning coffee meeting to Estate Coffee—a place I had never been before, and was pleasantly surprised by my experience.

I am nowhere near a coffee caunesseur, but also don’t like going to the big name, Seattle coffee kinds. You’ll usually find me at more local coffee places, but oftentimes I find myself intimidated by a lot of them because again, I am nowhere near the coffee professional.

What I loved:
Local San Antonian owned—company is owned by a local San Antonio, furniture business owner, combining his love of furniture crafting into a really cool industrial coffee shop. 90% of the furniture in the shop are either repurposed or hand crafted by him! It’s really cool.

Atmosphere—whereas, some other local spots are heavily populated by local coffee lovers and coneseurs, Estate coffee does not have this same intimidating feel. I have been 3 other times since, at different hours of the day, and it is never overrun with too many prying or judging eyes when I order a simple vanilla latte. The baristas are also very homely, kind, informative and welcoming. Masks are also required in this establishment, which I love. There is also a lot of windows that allow for a lot of sunlight and a homely feel, it’s awesome.

Look—beware though, the shop is on the outskirts of downtown and does NOT have an outside sign. So if you are speeding or not looking, you may miss it! However, if you have passed the since-closed Spaghetti wear-house, you are going the right direction. Just slow down a little and the shop will be on the right next to “Broaddus Construction” parking. Again, it has a really cool industrial look in a repurposed abandoned building.

Taste—I am your basic coffee lover. My go-to has always been a vanilla latte and have tried many big chain, gas station, and other local coffee places, but let me say. Estate coffee has the BEST tasting vanilla latte, hands down. That is why I got hooked after my first visit. It is NOT overly sweet or containing a heavier bitter coffee taste. It’s the perfect balance of the two and what honestly makes the drive from Alamo Heights all the way downtown worth it. My fiancé is also a big “black coffee drinker” and has already tried 4 different kinds and has loved them all. He is also very picky with coffee smell and taste, and is also hooked. Try the slow-drip!

What could be better:

Pricing—I am an Accounting and Finance professional, so of course supply and demand, location and market are all impactful to the bottom line and pricing. However, the only variant I feel could be reconsidered is pricing. As mentioned, my now-favorite vanilla latte can be purchased to go, but in a very small 6oz cup for about $6. And If you want a bigger sized (think grande-size Starbucks cup) cup, they don’t allow it. I had to finagle and coerce the baristas to charge me more for a larger size just because, “we don’t sell the latte’s like that”. I was charged 2 vanilla latte’s and a “to-go” fee which equated to about $15 for a grande size cup. If it were my first time trying and this was the case for pricing, I definitely would not have been back.

The overall taste and ambience are good, but Please be open to more to-go size considerations and pricing considerations, Estate Coffee!

Fantastic oat milk latte! The espresso was perfect and the oat milk balanced it out nicely. The latte art was also done very well. Will definitely come back next time I'm in the area!

I really enjoy the vibe here. Staff was nice. The music was calming. Also, I liked the vegan tacos!!!

The coffee isn’t great, it’s bitter. The space however is super nice, very chic and minimal.

Really nice little shop. Tons of potted plants, some merch, bring your own vinyl records during certain hours, and the coffee was great. Plenty of varieties and brewing methods.

I really enjoy the environment and very much appreciate the vegan tacos!!! The coffee is always so mid though. Either too much syrup, over roasted beans. Always disappoints in that area sadly. I even got a tea the other day and it was incredible mid.

I 100% only go for the atmosphere and tacos.

Excellent coffee. Some of the best we’ve had since we moved from Seattle.