What is it with horror and coffee just going hand in hand?
The combination is a match made in heaven - or should I say hell? Haha, enough with the cheesy attempt to be funny.
I'm very surprised and happy that Coffinated Coffee (it wasn't until after I left and read the sticker label on my drink that I realized it was a pun off of Coffin & Coffee...lol), opened so close to me!
It really is a hidden gem, tucked in the back of a shopping alley in the 99 Cents Plaza. But you'll know instantly with the Halloween themed inflatable right outside and the goth, monster flowers adorning their outside seating.
There's just something about entering such a heavily themed and decorated locale that really goes to show how much of a love letter it is between the owners and the things that they are passionate about.
Coffinated Coffee is one of those places. Lots of love and care goes into the theming, decorations, and everything else about this place.
They have a merchandise section with lots of neat knick-knacks like pins, wallets, patches, vintage, small Halloween decorations, pillows, shirts, mugs, and cards. I am actually eyeing the pastel Mickey ghost backpacks...maybe I'll come back for it or the wallet version one day! They also have baked goods and some cute spooky cookies as well.
As you sip your coffee, enjoy your baked goods, and maybe catch up on some work (they have free Wi-Fi, just ask!), there's a horror/Halloween/supernatural/just aptly themed movie playing on the TV (they were playing Men in Black when I was there), decorations galore all around you and animatronics of some of horror's biggest icons, like It the Clown, Freddy Krueger, and Michael Myers.
They also have board games for you to play when you hang out and catch up with our friends, and get this! The board games are ALSO horror and scary movie themed (I think I saw Nightmare Before Christmas Operation and Ghostbusters Monopoly).
Now onto the drink, I got the Redrunn. It's a white chocolate peppermint mocha blended drink. It's topped with pink whipped cream with I believe the peppermint drizzle on it, looked like some bloody brains! Love it!
For the taste, there's a pretty strong mocha coffee flavor to it with the subtle sweetness of white chocolate and the subtle peppermint taste. A lot of times, peppermint flavor things border on the line of tasting like ingesting toothpaste, so I really appreciated the balance of flavors here. I definitely needed the pick me up from the coffee and it had me zuted for the rest of the day. Good stuff!
Definitely will head back to try some more of their drinks and looking forward to seeing what they have in store for the holiday season! read more