La Prima Tazza

La Prima Tazza is an amazing coffee shop!Delicious drinks, nice space, and kind people! My order was a Mocha Latte with Carmel Syrup and Whipped Cream. This place is very rustic to me. A great place when you want to focus attend meetings or just want a cool place to chill. The staff are knowledgeable and the atmosphere is chill.

Mass Street has no shortage of coffee options, ranging from small local biz to corporate Seattle, but La Prima Tazza brews up one of the *best* coffee drink menus in this town. Whether you like your coffee hot or iced, LPT has flavors and options galore and each drink is handcrafted and made to order.You can even get their housemade roasts to go with super-competitive prices. I love their house espresso roast and at $13.50/lb., that's a fabulous value. Their baristas are friendly and *know* coffee, and I got hooked on their signature Vienna blend after a barista recommendation. It's not as 'burnt' as many dark Vienna styles and it's still a fave for me.Parking is Mass Street, so either you pay or you find your way in. La Prima Tazza doesn't have a ton of seating due to the size of the space, but the intimacy lends to the charm of a local kaffehaus. They've been here for more than three decades and it remains one of those places that I always suggest when people ask about coffee in LFK.

I came out of the brewery next door and smelt the coffee in the air. This man was on the bench and looked at me and read my mind. "This is a good place" is what he said, so i proceeded walked right in and got a real good cup of Joe. Maybe you're in the area or coming out of the bar like I did -- go in and grab a cup and get good vibes.

This coffee shop has a very cozy, yet eclectic vibe. It reminds me of a classic coffee shop, where men could once smoked cigars while drinking a good brew. All of such before the groovy crowd took over. So, yes, this place calls to mind nostalgia, but with ambiance from various past decades, yet now with a new generational pull. The barista behind the counter was attentive, and seemed to manage more than one customer that came in at a time. The spots to sit are varied from small two people tables to a nice small length table where one could sit on a bench seat for a while and work for a bit, but not for long since it's not very comfortable. I had taken an image of the area. My husband and I wanted to find a coffee shop that stays open late, such as this one does, and we wanted something like a baked item of some sort, but unfortunately this place is just coffee. My husband had the medium Hawaiian drip, and I had the Columbian light roast. We both liked our small drip in a mug coffee.

A "traditional neighborhood" type cafe with good drinks, music, and ambience. They continue to maintain the same menu than over 30 years.

I love that this place is open fairly late. I boldly argue that they have the best lattes in town!

I do like their coffee and omg, the plants!!!It's a small spot and I do love the decor and their signage. The staff is okay. My 3 star review is from not 1 but 3 experiences we had coming here. I do love that the staff talks to customers and engage in convos, however, keeping people waiting in line while you talk about whether you want to be vaccinated or not or complaining about certain things isn't exactly professional. If nobody is in the establishment, talk away. No problem. Once we got there, the people ahead of us were barely ordering and then, the gal behind the counter just kept talking and talking..... essentially ignoring that people just walked in. My husband looked at the time during all this and we essentially waited for 8 minutes before placing our order. When we finally walked up to the counter, the gal's demeanor changed and she was MEH. I'm convinced that the folks ahead of us were friends of hers. She didn't thank us when we left a tip in the jar or for even buying coffee; nothing... nada.. zilch. That's my only hang up with this place and it didn't just happen once, it was on 3 different occasions. A guy walked in and stood in line after us while the couple in front of us were still running their mouths. I think we may try another place. I know it's just coffee but walking in and by the time we left with our cups, 16 mins.

Nine years passed since I first reviewed and I have new things to say. While coffee shops in this town come and go at the pace of college students, "the first or best cup" rolls along satisfying the masses that visit. How much do I love it? I'll sum it up in two words: Sicilian Nero, one of their signature coffee roasts. So good I take it on vacation wherever I'm going. I've taken it to Paris, Amsterdam, St. Maartin, wish I'd taken it to England a couple of times, and other destinations I don't recall where I'm likely to have my morning joe at the place I'm staying. Sure, you can get great coffee in those places, but I never regret bringing it along. And when I go without it and return home, that aroma the first morning is nothing short of sublime. When someone makes a better ground roast I'll switch, but I've yet to. Coffee so it it makes me a little crazy.And yea, their espresso shot is still as good as I said in my review those many years ago.Of course only carryout since the pandemic hit, but I was never a sit and drink coffee type here but a mile from the house. The folks working here cannot be nicer and I've never had a single bad experience. No muss, no fuss, no pretense or hipster barista attitude, just solid reliable service. This is my coffee home and I'm OK with it just the way it is. I think you might agree on your visit.

Wanted to find a simple hidden gem, stumbled upon this place. Excited to tried this coffee shop. My order was a Mocha Latte with Carmel Syrup and Whipped Cream. This place is very rustic to me. A great place when you want to focus or attend meetings or just want a cool place to chill. The staff are knowledgeable and the atmosphere is chill.

A charming little local coffee shop that has endured on Mass St. for several years, La Prima Tazza is a spot that everyone loves just a notch more than I do.Somehow, some way, my younger, dumber self didn't like coffee that much which is blasphemous because I look forward to going to bed so I can wake up and have coffee now. So I once tried Yerba Mate here and was looking forward to it, but the weak pouch it came in exploded in my drink and I ended up with a mush of earthy leaf fragments in every sip.I got various iced coffees here over the year, but to be honest, they didn't compare with some of the cold brews that I've had in other spots, including down the street. It's also expected with any good coffee shop, but I've waited in some lines here that would make Disneyworld operators chuckle.Sometimes, I'd settle in here, ready for an epic morning of studying but the tiny, hard chairs are the opposite of cozy. A spot I think is cool and has potential, but one that never quite registered with me. Fortunately, they have their big time fans and it gets a lot of Lawrence support, but when I'm grabbing coffee in the area I'm likely to look somewhere else.