The call
This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
What to order
- Pour over
Best for
- Pour over coffee
- Working from a cafe
Coffee & Tea
Copa Vida
Roger rated this 4 stars, calling out the pour overs and plentiful seating at this Old Pasadena coffee shop — the original 2013 flagship of the Copa Vida chain that later expanded into San Diego.
Status unconfirmed
Copa Vida's original domain (copavida.com) is now a domain-for-sale parking page and a related domain (copavidacoffee.com) redirects to unrelated content, which is suggestive of closure but not a direct confirmation — no explicit closure article was found. The brand's later San Diego flagship (East Village) is already listed as permanently closed on this site. Status marked unknown rather than guessed; check before you go.
Source-backed notes
Visit history
2015-06-08day precision · source explicit
“Pour overs... Lots of seats”
Roger flagged the pour-over coffee and noted plenty of seating at what was then Copa Vida's original Pasadena location, before the brand expanded into San Diego. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
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- From the order notes
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- Go for
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