D & M Coffee Drive Thru

ellensburg has a coffee culture that punches above its weight, maybe because central washington state university keeps the demand for good coffee real and year-round. d & m coffee drive thru on south water street sits in that current naturally, an independent roaster that's built genuine local standing without making a spectacle of it. you can stop in without committing to a whole morning, which matters more than people admit. the drive-thru format doesn't mean shortcuts on the roasting side, and that's the whole point of a place like this. it's a working-town stop, not a destination that asks anything of you except showing up. if you're cutting through ellensburg on a cold kittitas valley morning, the line at south water street is where you want to be.