Your Caffeine Guide to Walworth and Jefferson County
It’s gray. It’s cold. Spring feels like it’s forever away. Seeking a mid-winter perk up? This caffeine guide to Walworth and Jefferson counties is the jolt from winter doldrums you didn’t know you needed.
Perk Up Spot #1: Sweet Spot Cafe or Bakehouse
226 W Whitewater St, Whitewater, WI & 1185 W Main St, Whitewater, WI
📷: Sweet Spot Bakehouse
Order their Cold Foam Cold Brew or Oat Milk Vanilla Latte. If you seek a little quality community connection time, these are your go-to places to bump into friends and kind strangers. Plus, the Little Local corner in the Cafe features a curated collection of quality local products you won’t want to leave without. Serves Anodyne Coffee roasted fresh out of Milwaukee. *Ask about their seasonal specials!
Perk Up Spot #2: Center Street Cafe
106 W Center St, Whitewater, WI
Order their Turkish coffee and comfy booths. This quaint and cozy cafe run by a father-son duo warms your heart. As one customer put it, “This is a place that feels like home.” Serves Colectivo Coffee also roasted fresh out of Milwaukee!
Perk Up Spot #3: Tealux Cafe
129 W Center St, Whitewater, WI
Order their fruit-packed or milky bubble/boba teas. If you want happiness in a cup, Tealux is where it’s at. Colorful. Delicious. Texturally playful. You’ll leave all smiles.
Perk Up Spot #4: ReVamp Nutrition
133 W Center St, Whitewater, WI
Order their Clean Energy Teas using all the good stuff from Herbalife. With sunny vibes and friendly staff, you can’t help but feel re-energized at ReVamp. Often a huge local business supporter, they deserve all the love in return.
Perk Up Spot #5: BaristaCats Cafe
135 W Center St, Whitewater, WI
Order a nice big mug of hot coffee by Lake Geneva Coffee Roastery and cat cuddles. A room full of 20 cats up for adoption + caffeine = all the good feels one can feel. Make sure to make a reservation for hanging with the cats! Only 15 people allowed into the cat space at a time. Open February 4th!
Perk Up Spot #6: Beauty and the Bean
207 Milwaukee Ave E, Fort Atkinson, WI
Order their very own organic blend aptly named: Beauty and the Bean, and their homemade quiche! This is your go-to place for the friendliest staff and a meeting space for larger group chats. Also serves the beloved Colectivo Coffee.
Perk Up Spot #7: Brickhaus Cafe
126 E Milwaukee St, Jefferson, WI
Order their out of the box drinks like the Chaga Mushroom Mocha or Beautiful Glow Beet Latte. With a to-die-for menu of tasty fresh and organic eats, you don’t want to miss out on this cafe.
Perk Up Spot #8: Lucky Penny Coffee
115 E. Greenwood St. Jefferson, WI
Order their Piper & Leaf artisan teas. This mother-daughter-granddog team puts the aw in c-AW-fee. ;) Serving up coffee, tea, and espresso drinks straight from their mobile coffee shop in The Driveway, Lucky Penny Coffee provides all the joy. Features coffee from Cafe De Arts Roasters.
Perk Up Spot #9: CJ’s Coffee n’ Cream
209 Taft St Palmyra, WI
Order their Colectivo Toro Espresso Mocha. While you’re here, do some laundry, pop over for a tan, and then indulge in some Chocolate Shoppe ice cream. Wins.
Bonus Spots: They may not be coffee or tea, but they’re made with coffee, and that’s close enough.
Duesterbeck’s Brewing Company
N5543 County Rd O, Elkhorn, WI
Grab a tasty “Rise and Shine” - a Coffee Stout with a fresh, crisp, vanilla cold press coffee brew finish or a “Sticky Coffee Buns” an American Stout that is a 50-50 split of their Coffee Stout and Sweet Sticky Buns brews.
Second Salem Brewing Co.
111 W Whitewater St, Whitewater, WI
“Second Salem Coffee Porter’s dark, brooding appearance, creamy mouthfeel and hint-of-raisins sweetness invite you to contemplate Whitewater’s mysterious past and unknowable future.”
📷: Second Salem Brewing Co.
More worth mentioning:
Nordskov Coffee - Whitewater, WI - Nordic style craft coffee you can order and pick up in Whitewater.
Coffee Stop - Whitewater, WI - Coffee + Tanning
Willie’s - Whitewater, WI - Bustling cafe on UW-Whitewater’s campus
Capputan - Fort Atkinson, WI - Tanning + Coffee + Gifts. Home of the Ultimate Sandman blended drink
Tan-A-Latte - Jefferson, WI - Coffee + Tanning
Kwik Trip - Everywhere, WI - Only everyone’s favorite WI gas station LOADED with quick grab coffee beverages of all kinds.
For a fun look at Whitewater's caffeinated spots, peep this.
Pace yourself. You have all weekend!