Starbucks Coffee Company

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Starbucks Coffee Company on La Mesa Boulevard operates a drive-through location in the Village, La Mesa's walkable downtown corridor between Spring Street and Date Avenue. The full Clover Vertica single-cup brewer and Mastrena II espresso program give this drive-through a specialty-coffee range wider than most chain outlets, adding a corporate-roast counterpoint to the indie pour-over scene at @SPACEBAR Cafe along the Village strip. The company sources 100%-arabica beans from over 30 origin countries and processes them through company-owned roasting plants, maintaining lot traceability from farm gate to counter. The La Mesa Boulevard position places this store within the Village's Friday farmers-market zone, where La Mesa Village Farmers Market generates weekly foot traffic along the boulevard. Seasonal Refreshers and cold-foam iced drinks dominate the warm-weather menu, giving the La Mesa Boulevard corridor a year-round cold-beverage anchor that complements the Italian wine-and-aperitivo program at Antica Trattoria a few blocks east. The cold-foam program aerates nonfat milk at sub-40-degree temperatures without steam, producing a dense micro-foam layer that holds its structure atop iced espresso and cold brew for the full duration of the drink.