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Hopper & Burr interior

Hopper & Burr

Glass walls on a Fourth Street corner, everything but the espresso machine below the counter.

Open
closes 5 PM
Neighborhood
Downtown Santa Ana
Price
$$
Food
Coffee only

Curator’s note

There is not a pour-over on this bar, and that is on purpose — filter comes off a closely controlled FETCO and espresso off a volumetric La Marzocco with no scale or timer in sight, so nothing sits between the barista and the person ordering. The coffee is all bought in — Heart, Madcap, Parlor, Phil & Sebastian, Saint Frank, George Howell — and the Kaffe Tonic alone took two years of work on the tonic water.

  • The housemade Kaffe Tonic
  • A rotating single-origin espresso
  • Single-origin batch brew
  • Toast until 3pm
  • Daytime wine by the glass

The coffee

A multi-roaster bar built on outside roasters rather than a house roast — Severson named Heart, Madcap, and Parlor in 2016, with Color Coffee Roasters supplying an Ethiopia for drip at the opening. The current roster isn't named anywhere on the live site, and no packaged beans are sold.

A former jewelry store on a corner of Fourth Street, glass walls on two sides making a small footprint read wide open, and everything but the espresso machine stowed below the counter — pitchers, cups, brewing gear, all of it out of sight. What is left is a clean white room that empties into a wine bar called Gemini when coffee hours end.

The room

The work-test
WifiFastUnverifiedFast — fine for uploads
OutletsPlentyUnverifiedAt nearly every seat
SeatingSpaciousUnverifiedLots of room to spread
NoiseLivelyUnverifiedEnergetic, lively room
LaptopsLaptop-friendlyUnverifiedWelcome anytime

The vibe

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