Cloud10 Coffee

palo alto doesn't flood you with specialty roasters the way some cities do, so when one takes root near the embarcadero road industrial stretch and holds its ground, you pay attention. cloud10 coffee operates out of suite 103 on embarcadero road, a quieter corner of palo alto that most people drive past without stopping. their regulars clearly don't make that mistake. there's a seriousness to what an independent roaster builds when it doesn't have foot traffic handed to it on a silver platter, when the location demands that the coffee itself do the convincing. the loyalty cloud10 has built is the kind that compounds over time, not the kind you stumble into. if you're out near east palo alto on a weekday morning, this is a reasonable place to make your first stop.