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Monday 7:30am - 3:30pm Tuesday 7:30am - 3:30pm Wednesday 7:30am - 3:30pm Thursday 7:30am - 3:30pm Friday 7:30am - 3:30pm Saturday 8am - 1pm

Nook Bakery & Coffee Bar

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Nook Bakery & Coffee Bar

Small batch on-site baking & coffee roasting. Wholesome, fresh, natural, ingredients. Seasonal coffe Small-batch bakery and coffee micro-roastery.

All baking done on-site using the finest all natural, wholesome ingredients. All coffee is meticulously sourced and roasted on-site, with a focus on ensuring that we make coffee that meets our standards for taste and sustainability. We believe the coffee and baked goods that you enjoy should reward everyone in the supply chain... and there are A LOT of hard-working people in that chain. We make lots of things that pair well with coffee or tea... try our house-made chocolate truffles, signature muffins, custom cakes, quiche, parfaits, Swiss muesli, cookies, and panini sandwiches... all made fresh, for you, here in our cafe!

09/29/2026

We’re excited to join a select group of neighboring cafes, and make it on Philadelphia’s Center City District map of unique coffee places, with a spotlight on one of our artisanal crafted, small batch coffee beverages at a special promotional price.

Come to Nook, and enjoy a flat white:
5 oz of hot, perfectly steamed, naturally sweet, finely textured, velvety smooth locally sourced milk, poured over a double shot of espresso comprised of our in-house roasted Philly Blend— a flavorful & balanced blend of 13 different beans, many from coffee farmers that we personally know, with each bean individually roasted at its own uniquely crafted roast, and blended, to make your taste buds tingle with delight— so much flavor, prepared with love, and exceptional attention to detail, at a promotional price of just $4 (plus tax).

Come celebrate National Coffee Day today and this week, and see what makes us a unique part of Center City Philadelphia’s diverse and thriving coffee community.

09/27/2026

Another niece’s birthday wish come true!
Happy 8th Birthday!

08/10/2026

Another neice’s birthday wish come true!

07/04/2026

Part 1 of our Hawaiian Adventure (More posts to follow. Looking forward to seeing you again when we reopen Tuesday July 7th!)

When coffee tasting, we often refer to a flavor wheel, to help us pinpoint and differentiate flavors that we detect on our palate. We use the inner part of the flavor wheel to move from general categories of flavors that we initially detect in a freshly brewed cup, perhaps first noticing fruity vs spicey , and then narrowing our perception of “fruity” to more specific flavors, like citrus, and then move further outward on the flavor wheel, towards more specific flavors like lime, or finger lime,— which when you cut the top and squeeze the elongated finger-sized body, yields caviar-like pearls that burst in your mouth, zinging your tastebuds with complex & bright flavors of lime, lemon, and grapefruit— all within one tiny pearl of many, that develop within one finger-sized fruit— as we discovered first-hand, when touring the vast, thoughtfully designed and meticulously tended cacao farm & botanical, chocolate pairing paradise, that is Hamakua Cocoa Farm, a cacao farm and bean-to-bar craft chocolate maker like no other that was founded over 20 years ago, with most of the work and all of the tours still being done by the founders themselves (thank you Dan and Berndt!).

Anyway, coffee tasting, or any focused tasting, is like a memory game… we taste something, and we try to recall where we have tasted that flavor before— moving from generalized knowledge to specific knowledge, in order to better understand, and explain the remarkable confluence of events & sensations that result in what we taste in our cup… or in our freshly baked small batch muffin!

02/14/2026

This week we got a surprise visit from some of our neighborhood preschoolers, who sang to us and delivered dozens of custom decorated pastry bags…

Our hearts melted faster than chocolate on a hot Summer’s day, while the weather outside was quite the polar opposite of Summer :-)

Each bag became a child’s canvas, and some of you may have already received your small batch muffin, baked and adorned with the same profound & indomitable force.

We’ve assembled some of them here, in choir-like fashion. Can you hear them singing?

We feel so fortunate to be able to serve and be a part of a community, and a city, with so much love at its center.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone, today, and everyday!

01/18/2026

We enjoyed some of the last days of 2025 with you here in Philly, then with family a short train ride away, and most recently with our hosts in a foreign land that is becoming more familiar & welcoming each time we visit.

During our Winter break, the things we enjoyed the most involved MORE SLEEP, a slower pace, and being able to enjoy new people, flavors, sounds, sights, and the smells of an environment that is quite different from our daily experience here in Philly.

We relished being served, and being able to find new foods and places that reflect the local and national culture of a country that has its own unique history, struggles, challenges, and triumphs.  

It struck us how much cafes & restaurants are a reflection of the neighborhoods in which they have boldly & enthusiastically set up shop.  Cafes, and the experiences that we have within them, are also like a mirror to ourselves… whether we step inside for our first visit or a repeat visit.

They are a place to gather with people, or to gather our thoughts, in an often chaotic world.

Having a drink or dish prepared for us, with ingredients chosen and assembled with care, and delivered with a smile, made us feel valued and comforted.

We will take those feelings with us back behind the counter of our Nook here in Philly, and we’ll try our best to continue to make you feel valued and connected… and we appreciate the mirror that we all hold forth in front of each other, and how much can be gained when that reflection is positive, grateful, and inspiring.

As we look back at 2025, and re-open in 2026 (January 17th), after our much needed Winter break, we want to thank you for choosing us, thank you for reflecting back your unique personalities, and those of your families, upon us.  Thank you for making us a part of your family and life here in Philly, whether on a first time visit, or on multiple repeat visits.

We so appreciate the connection and meaning that you bring to our lives, and to the community that we make, and shape, together.

10/13/2025

It’s amazing how the human spirit can elevate, and fill a room with positive energy, even without instruments!

On this grey Monday, our little Nook, and our city, was brightened by the presence of members of the United States Navy Band, stopping in for coffee, before the start of the Navy & Marine Corps 250 Parade, just a couple of blocks away.

We never met so many coffee enthusiasts all at once!

Noticing the aroma and sounds of our S7 coffee roaster, someone queried: “Is that the start of 1st or 2nd crack?”

While perusing our extensive brewed to order coffee menu, one musician probed:
“How would you characterize the flavors of the natural process Ethiopian Sidama?”

The room was abuzz with curiosity and enthusiasm.

Thank you for stopping by! And thank you for all that you do!

10/10/2025

We are so excited to introduce you to this natural process Gesha variety from Mario Alarcon’s 5th generation family farm in Acatenango Valley, Guatemala.

Geshas require meticulous care to grow (they are more sensitive to pests & diseases, their branches are widely spaced and they grow quite unruly!) and they produce lower yields compared to other coffee varieties— representing a higher risk for coffee farmers— but Geshas that are grown & processed with care are prized for their delicate & complex flavors.

The results in the brewed cup of this natural process Gesha speak to the care and attention that Mario and his team have devoted to this special coffee— and we are honored to be able to roast it, and showcase the vibrant, complex, and exceptionally balanced flavors.

We first met Mario here at Nook in 2018, when we cupped several coffees from his farm.

Needless to say, we continue to be impressed by his efforts!

The Flavor Profile:
Jasmine, strawberry, kiwi, lemongrass, honeysuckle, plum, lime candy, sandalwood, demerara. Surprisingly creamy body for a Gesha at a light to medium roast profile.

Available by the cup, as beans on our shelf, or shipped to your doorstep. A great gift for coffee lovers!

09/29/2025

Jan-Carlo & Sofia Handtke own & manage this 5th generation family farm. We met them at a cupping event in 2019– their coffees were exceptional, and we were impressed by their drive & passion for quality.

This farm, one of six that they manage, borders a nature preserve, with a diverse ecosystem, which the Handtke’s greatly respect.

Every effort is made to conserve native shade trees, conserve & reuse water, and return nutrients to the soil by composting coffee pulp. They employ over 125 people year round, ramping up their farm workers to 600 during harvest season. They also grow their own coffee from seed, replenishing and expanding their coffee farms from their own coffee nursery.

This is a pacas coffee variety, pulped in a way that leaves some mucilage clinging to the coffee seeds. While drying, the mucilage imparts a honey colored hue and texture to the seeds, hence the name honey process. You can think of this processing method as a cross between washed process (fully pulped and washed after fermentation, with no mucilage remaining) and natural process (drying the entire coffee cherry before milling down to the seeds). The honey process method conserves water compared to traditionally pulped and washed coffees, imparts more body to the brewed cup, and enhances fruity tones.

The Flavor Profile:
Red apple, honey graham cracker, cocoa, raspberry, plum, kiwi, orange zest. Creamy body. Light to medium roast profile, showcasing the wide range of flavor notes in a balanced way.

09/28/2025

Custom cake for our niece’s 7th birthday, a Moana surprise cake. Baked in Philly, transported to Virginia via train and car, decorated and filled with candy & sprinkles at Omi’s (Grandma’s) house. Cake cutting in a previous Instagram reel.

Address

15 S 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103

Opening Hours

Monday	7:30am - 3:30pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 3:30pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 3:30pm
Thursday	7:30am - 3:30pm
Friday	7:30am - 3:30pm
Saturday	8am - 1pm

Website

http://www.nookbakeryandcoffee.com/

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