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Ugly Mug CoffeeHouse

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
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Ugly Mug CoffeeHouse in Santa Cruz, specialty coffee cafe

the name might suggest otherwise, but there's nothing ugly about what happens at 4640 soquel drive. this is where coffee gets the respect it deserves. 458 google reviewers agreeing on a 4.7-star rating tells you something real about consistency, about cups that matter every single time. regulars don't just come back for caffeine. they come back because someone here actually cares whether your cortado hits right, whether the milk temperature makes your shoulders drop just a little. the kind of place where the barista remembers you switched from oat to almond last tuesday. soquel drive has plenty of options, but ugly mug does something different. they take time. real time, not corporate efficiency time. the steam wand hisses with purpose. beans get treated like they traveled thousands of miles to end up in your ceramic cup, which they did. this is specialty coffee without the pretense, neighborhood good without trying…

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curated by gautam khorana, editor · updated 21 May 2026

nri score75
buzz0
local cred72%

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(831) 477-1341

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www.cafeugly.com/

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458

avg rating

4.7

local cred

72%

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