Mercury Coffee Co. is now Kovella. Same hands, same coffee, new name. Read the story →

Great coffee should feel personal.

Balanced espresso, a hand-built cart, and a corner of the South Wedge that feels like home.

Steam rising off the espresso machine mid-pull, shot on film behind the bar

Signature lattes: Murphy, The Upstate, Cookie Butter, Breakfast in Vermont, Banana Bread, Spiced Dear Carol, Honey Butter Bee, Highland Harvest

Signature lattes

Ask for them by name.

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Kyle and Izzy behind the counter at 681 South Avenue

The short version

It started with one latte a morning.

Kyle made Izzy a latte every morning on a countertop machine. That habit turned into a hand-built cart, fifty weddings, and a corner shop on South Avenue. New name, same us.

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Private events

The espresso bar that comes to you.

Weddings, offices, parties: a hand-built cart, three hours of great coffee, and everything included. Set-up is $500, plus a per-guest rate.

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“This is a cool coffee shop with none of the cool-coffee-shop bad attitudes or snobbery.”

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“It’s hard to find a place that makes amazing drinks consistently. [They] have it figured out, every single time.”

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681 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620

Mon–Fri 7am–3pm · Sat–Sun 8am–3pm

Mon–Fri 7am–3pm · Sat–Sun 8am–3pm