Best place for coffee for the Starbucks Junkie?

[MagicalMomAZ]

I love my skinny latte's - it's an addiction. Is there a place that rules over others in the park?

I found out the hard way Whole Foods & coffee huts in Northern Cali don't know how to make lattes.

 

[PinkBudgie]

The coffee in the parks is yucky. Some people have suggested La Brea bakery in DTD but I haven't tried it and don't know if they have lattes. There is a definate lack of good coffee in the area.

 

[LuLusApple]

I like blue ribbon bakery they make espresso drinks.
Not too shabby latte just tell them how you like it

 

[SeattleTink]

I consider myself a serious coffee drinker . I'm from Seattle and well that pretty much sums it up.

The coffee in Disneyland is not good compared to the standard of coffee we have in the Pacific Northwest. Even the restaurants around Disneyland are seriously lacking in good quality coffee. People will tell you Compass Books had good coffee - YUK, or that you can get lattes in the parks, again YUK. These may be fine for everyday folk, but for us who are spoiled with great coffee, it is sometimes hard to swallow.

There is a Starbucks at Ball and Harbor, but it isn't walking distance. I have never seen a Peet's.

We pretty much just make due when we at the parks.....we drink it but it is not enjoyable. (Sounds kind of dramatic....but coffee is serious business! lol)

The one thing I am always happy to come home to is my coffee.

All in all, there are so many great things in Disneyland...we can live with nasty coffee for a short while.

 

[lark]

There is a coffee shop on the ground level of the Disneyland Hotel in the courtyard between the three towers (I think it's actually called "the coffee shop").

They make decent lattes.

 

[Disney Princess]

If you are willing to walk, there is a Starbucks in the lobby of the Anaheim Hilton (next to the convention center), and I think I read this morning that the Hyatt also has a Starbucks in the lobby. It might be worth the walk for you. Start that morning off right!

 

[Leofoenget]

If you want really good No CA coffee try Peets. It blows Starbucks away. Understand I'm not a Starbucks hater but Peet's is just better. I went a Valentines day, and the guy made a Heart in the foam of the drink.

 

[pixiewings71]

Oh ya, Peet's all the way, even Peet's teas are really good. I'm not a coffee person but wanted to weigh in on Peet's. Good luck with your coffee hunt, my BFF says the lattes in Blue Ribbon Bakery are good.

 

[Fantasy Girl]

My hubby and I tried the bookstore coffee in DD and it was pretty good. We later found the Starbucks on S. Harbor (next to the gas station). We would just drive down to Starbucks for our caffeine fix, drink as we were getting ready at the hotel and walk to the parks. It worked out perfectly for us!

 

[Jrsy Boy]

I wouldn't consider myself a coffee snob or a coffee junkie but I like a good cup of coffee in the morning. We stayed at the Ramada Maingate and the coffee at their continental breakfast sucked eggs, so we went to the Cowabunga Coffee Shack that was attached to the hotel. I was pleased with the coffee but I didn't order anything fancy. I'd say it is worth a try unless somebody who has tried something fancy from there wants to post otherwise.

 

[JadeDarkstar]

ive heard theres a starbucks close to hojos

 

[bumbershoot]

I don't mind starbucks as a company, but I do mind their burned coffee. However, my choice of coffee beverage while out is an iced latte, and it's HARD to mess those up (s'bux does that, however, more often than any other place...burned is burned!).

So anyway, I actually enjoy my iced lattes at the parks; blue Ribbon is good, but the permanent cart to the left of the castle entrance has been traditionally better, IMO. However, if you have an AP you can't use your discount at the cart, but you can at Blue Ribbon.

Just remembering, the best in the parks, for some reason, is a small, not-really-themed cart in DCA. It's positioned sort of opposite to Golden Dreams, right before you get to the walkway over the bridge, and although it was a long line, my iced latte from them was tremendously good. Don't know why it was such a difference, as far as I know it's all Nescafe espresso in the parks, but that was my experience.

Drat, I'd called Compass to see what coffee/espresso they use and found out, and it's a semi-local place with a website, but now I've forgotten! Darnit!

However I didn't have an espresso drink from there as they were out when we went there, but I did NOT not not like their actual coffee.

 

[MagicalMomAZ]

So many great replies here!!!

SeattleTink - We did Oregon last summer to visit MIL. Salem & Newport areas....we drove from AZ. I have never seen so many drive-thru coffee huts in my life!!! Every corner I tell you. Oregon had AWESOME coffee!

Bumbershoot - S'Bux has burned coffee, I've learned which ones do it repeatedly & which ones know how NOT to.

Ok - So after some great ideas......Does GCH have coffee makers? I'd gladly make my own coffee & even put it in a disposable container! OR.....any restaurants (snotty accepted) offer french press coffees? I'd make time for that...or order room service..or ANYTHING. I'd rather not walk bc we're going to attempt to stay onsite...walking to coffee would seem silly after paying the dough to stay close, LOL!!

 

[WDWfantasy]

Does GCH have coffee makers? I'd gladly make my own coffee & even put it in a disposable container!

Yes GCH has a small coffee maker. You can use the Mr. Coffee type filters. I bring my own Peet's Coffee and use the nice ceramic mugs provided in the room for my first round. I bring the coffee house type insulated cups with the lids to take round two out the door. Gotta love Peet's. I like Starbuck's for the free Wi-Fi but love Peet's for the coffee.

 

[DizMe]

Not all the coffee you get in the DLR is equally bad Though Nescafe, the coffee served at BB and GCH restaurants, for example, is a premium grind that is miles above what you get from the carts.

There is a Starbucks cart across from La Brea, right outside the security station between DL and DTD. I've also heard that La Brea serves Starbucks coffee and I think RFC may as well. It used to be that Compass Bookstore (far end of DTD, near DLH) had Peet's, or so I was told, but I don't know that that's true any longer. I still think it's really good, assuming you're only talking about coffee and not a coffee drink.

I did try bringing my own French press, hot pot and coffee beans one year but it wasn't worth the hassle, even though I love good coffee The coffee makers in the room are too small for me

 

[teatime]

Seattle's Best Coffee located onsite at the Anaheim Fairfield Inn by Marriott

I do not know how it tastes, but you gals from seattle must know

 

[Leshaface]

I've been with starbucks for six years, which means I have had caffeine running through my veins everyday since then!

I ALWAYS bring my own bag of ground coffee with all the fixings (filters, cream, sugar) and make it in my room...Nescafe is no bueno...

As someone else stated, the beverages in the Coffee Shop at the DLH are actually pretty tasty!

 

[ScrapperKimmyD]

I can't remember which hotel it was, but there is a SB nearby. We stopped there every morning on the way in to the parks. I'm sorry I can't remember which hotel, but maybe someone else knows.

I, too, am one who can only do SB because they are the ONLY one who has the right kind of tea for me. Love those Chai Lattes!

 

[disneydreamer74]

Nescafe, yuckkkkk!! I must have my coffee as well. Goooood coffee. SO, one more vote for The Coffee Shop @ DLH and I often visited Compass bookstore/Cafe for the coffee. Two thumbs up!

 

[Psymonds]

Having grown up in seattle and having to walk by two Peets to get to work, I need my morning fix too. last year, I walked to the Jazz Kitchen express for the bignets and then back to la brea for coffee (I only get brewed coffee, nothing fancy) and it was good. not Peets, but good enough).