Slow Bloom Coffee Cooperative

you're on west colton avenue, and redlands has that particular california habit of keeping its best things quiet. slow bloom coffee cooperative sits at 420 w colton, which puts you close enough to the university of redlands that the neighborhood carries a certain unhurried energy, especially on weekday mornings when the pace hasn't wound up yet. what you get here is specialty coffee taken seriously by people who clearly care about the sourcing and preparation side of things, not just the transaction. locally, the place has built real goodwill, the kind that doesn't come from novelty. you don't need a reason to make the drive out to redlands, but a well-pulled espresso on a slow tuesday morning on this stretch of colton avenue is a pretty decent one.