Alison Siewert
Google
When Copper Cup opened, I feared it would become an upper-middle-class Third Space. Located comfortably across the street from a slightly swanky Montessori School & the apartment homes constructed in the historic Hamilton Watch Factory. The neighborhood on the other side of Copper Cup is considerably more variable & not at all swank. But it is interesting & a pretty fun place to take a walk, especially once you get on side streets. It's old & crunchy & >how do we say<...Authentic. So landing on a very suburban, white-kids-study-here, contemporary Christian music-playing spot like Copper Cup when you need caffeine?
Maybe a tiny bit weird. But not unpleasant. They brew Passenger's Necessary Coffee, which is good. They make flavored coffees without embarrassment, whipped cream towering... They make flavored drinks of all sorts. And cookies, yogurts, all manner of gourmet sandwiches, tomato pie, etc. You can eat well if not healthily. Coffee is well-balanced & tasty, nicely caffeinated, & perfectly hot.
Service is for the most part excellent. The cafe had run out of the food item I wanted to order--always disappointing & this happens more often at Copper Cup than anywhere else I go--but y'know. That's gonna happen. The server told me this often occurs when they bring out new seasonal menus. So at least that means there are new menus? They also carry an odd assortment of Copper Cup Wear with logos that alternatively