Caribou Coffee caters to mornings and breakfast and lunch, opening early and closing mid-afternoon, Stop in for a great variety of coffee and tea drink options!
Caribou Coffee was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1992. To this day, the Headquarters location is still here! Caribou Coffee focuses on premium quality coffee drinks across their entire menu, offering a variety of coffee making styles, lattes, cappuccinos, and many other styles of coffee drinks! The menu also offer’s a few non coffee items, and even a select offering of food items!
To find out more about what makes Caribou Coffee different and many more interesting facts, continue reading.
I want to visit a Caribou Coffee coffeehouse. Where are they located?
Caribou Coffee is located all across America! They’ve officially in all 50 states and have over 700 locations! Currently, you cannot visit them outside of the United States. Primarily focused in Minnesota, they have began to branch out, franchise and spread across the country!
What is it about Caribou Coffee’s coffee that makes them different?
Caribou Coffee focuses on ethically sourced, real quality ingredients. They source their coffee from 100% certified Rainforest Alliance Certified Farms and support biodiversity, conservation and building into better communities for their coffee bean farmers! Caribou also does not use artificial sweeteners, and only uses high quality syrups, sweeteners, as well as only sourcing Cage-Free eggs for any food or drinks requiring them!
Caribou focuses on 3 main pillars they stand on as a company:
- Coffee - Offering supreme quality in all coffee drinks that are offered. Starting with ethically sourced beans, quality roasts, and talented baristas.
- Culture - Respect, equality, career-focused positions they aim to create a workplace like no other.
- Community - They act in ways to benefit all elements of their business be it local, or global, and are determined to have as small of a footprint as possible.
One unique note about Caribou Coffee that makes it stand out from many other coffee shops, is that their primary brew method, and style of brewing is the Cold Press coffee process. This process creates a unique flavor that will help distinguish their coffee and coffee drinks from others in competition.
Caribou Coffee offers their own twist on many popular drinks. Latte’s, Cappuccinos, Americanos, and even Blended frozen coffees. But, they primarily sell Cold-Press coffee. They offer it in as large a size as a 64oz Growler! They also offer seasonal flavorings, and even dig into a decent selection of Tea options, including black tea, fruit teas, and even Chai.
One Unique offering from Caribou is their “Boy-Sted” line of drinks that is a proprietary caffeine alternative that gives more caffeine to those who may not like a traditional coffee, but seek more of a kick than natural tea will provide. They can make these like smoothies and blend them, or iced like lemonades.
Caribou also has a pretty diverse offering of food for breakfast/brunch goers, including waffle sandwiches, burritos, and baked goods. They even have a few unique gluten free options, which seems to be a popular trend/ask from regular coffee shop customers!
What options are there for dairy intolerant, gluten intolerant, and other allergen focused individuals?
Caribou Coffee offers options for those who are gluten allergic or intolerant with several food options that are not served with anything gluten, or that have alternative bread options. They also offer alternative milks for their coffee drinks, and even serve coffee and tea options that do not come served with dairy in them at all. All sweeteners are not artificial, so do mind that cane sugar and other natural sweeteners are what are used.
How do you order at Caribou Coffee?
Caribou Coffee offers registers that you can order at, you can order on the website, on the app, or you can drive-thru! Caribou likes to have faces serve you, so most ordering options are focused on personal connection, intentional service and interaction with the customer!
Does Caribou Coffee offer anything for children or those who do not like coffee or desire caffeine?
Yes! Caribou Coffee offers options that are caffeine free in the form of Decaf coffee! They also offer fruit and herbal tea’s that have no caffeine as well. They also offer lower caffeine options that do have it, but are not as high as coffee. Specifically for kiddos, there are a few options! Those options include, hot or iced Apple Blast, Reindeer Drink; which is steamed milk with a flavoring added, Silly Soda, Hot Chocolate, and a few frozen blended options! Don’t forget the Fur-babies either! They have a pup-cup available!
When is Caribou Coffee typically open?
Caribou Coffee focuses on breakfast and brunch. They are open from 6:30 AM - 3 0r 3:30 PM! They are generally open 7 days a week, but the franchise aspect might cause this to be slightly different from location to location. Check your preferred location for times of operation before visiting. Generally speaking if you go in the morning or early afternoon you’ll get great service! For those who work, go to school and need a good late study spot, or are just generally night-owls. Caribou Coffee is not going to be the best suitor for your needs. But, they’re great for that morning after you’ve put in a nights hard work!
Can I make Caribou Coffee at home?
You actually can! Stop by, or order a bag of beans of your choice online! If you stop in store, they will either sell you a bag of whole bean, or you can ask to have them ground to your desired coarseness for that perfect cup however you prefer to make it at home! There are currently no mention of buying flavorings or special ingredients used for seasonal drinks, but if you just really like a certain roast that is offered, you can certainly buy a bag for your house! You can also buy growlers full of some of the top seller beverages to take home and enjoy or bring to a party!