Coffee and Plants

Love this place. Super cute, friendly staff, great drinks and bites. Just be aware that the prices posted usually aren't updated.

The cynic in me thinks this store is just an influencers dream...it's trendy and cute and a great place to take a pic for the gram. As a coffee and oat milk connoisseur, it's a great place to have a drink. Walking down one of the tiny alleys in Old Town Pasadena, I came across a tiny shop, clad in ivy and teddy bears, with a sign that said coffee. Needing a late afternoon jolt, I popped my head in for a latte. The menu has the usual fare, americanos, lattes, etc. I ordered my usual, a vanilla latte and a drink from their no coffee menu, a blue vanilla latte. The bonus here is that it's a vegan cafe, so there's no regular milk here...oat milk doesn't come at a premium. Service was pretty quick, but I can see things slowing down when there's a line of people. Within a couple minutes, I had a small vanilla latte and a delightfully blue iced drink. The latte at first was kind of bitter, but a minute later, the flavors melded nicely and it was a surprisingly good drink. The coffee flavor was strong, but still managed to be highlighted by the lightness of the oat milk and hints of vanilla. The blue lavender latte was iced oat milk with a very blue lavender syrup. While many places get the ratio wrong and the drink can taste like soap, this was perfect. Did I pay 7 bucks for a cup of milk in ice? Yep, but it was so refreshing, I'd do it again. The latte was also 7 bucks, which seems like a steep price for a small cup of coffee...but I've paid that much for a much larger cup of coffee, from a soulless corporation, and it doesn't match the flavor and quality I got from Coffee & Plants. So is the store too cute for my tastes...yes, but the coffee tastes great and that's what really matters.

I think the biggest hurdle was finding parking however once we did it was all rainbows and hearts! They had yummy vegan pastries -I had the mushroom pastry with lavender oat milk latte. It was so good ! The service was quick and painless and the shop decor was very instagram worthy , just look at my hubby funny pics!

Truly this place came through where it counts: after enjoying the Rose Parade on Jan. 1st with a friend, we were having a difficult time finding a place to sit. We had JUST placed ourselves in two different wait lists at two different restaurants, so while we waited, we wandered through Colorado Ave, looking for a place with shade and somewhere to sit. This place absolutely came through. They are in such a nice location. There are seats both inside and outside and also, despite being out of almost everything, I had one the best cups of hot cocoa with oat milk I've ever tried. Immensely grateful for the great customer service, great drink and much-needed place to sit with shade. 10/10

Such a cute shop! Almost missed it because it's in an alley. It's very cutely decorated with plants and pink/green themed items. I had the matcha white chocolate muffin and the chocolate chip sea salt cookie. My favorite between the two was definitely the muffin! They heated both items up and the muffin fell apart after so I was nervous, but it turned out to be really good! You could definitely taste the matcha. The muffin was also really moist and crumbly at the same time; haven't had a vegan muffin that's tasted as good as this in a while! The white chocolate chips weren't too sweet, so this was appreciated. The cookie fell apart very easily so it was hard to eat/hold when hot; it was fine when cold but the cookie was very grainy. Flavor wise, it was a pretty standard cookie, nothing crazy. I'd definitely come back for the muffin and to try a croissant. The latte came with oat milk as standard - yay for no extra charge! It was a smaller latte and was very balanced.