Amavida Coffee Roasters St. Andrews

Amavida Coffee Roasters St. Andrews is a coffee house on West 10th Street in Historic St. Andrews, operated by Amavida, a Florida Panhandle coffee roaster. The cafe describes itself as a community spot where it serves high-quality organic coffee, features local artists and invites the neighborhood to connect. It is a convenient place to start a morning in St. Andrews before heading to the marina or the Saturday market.

Amavida was founded in 2004 as an organic and fair trade coffee roaster, according to the Panama City visitors map. The company is a Certified B Corp, a designation for businesses that meet standards for social and environmental performance, and it describes itself as always carbon responsible. Beyond its cafes, Amavida roasts coffee for wholesale customers and offers roaster tours, tastings, barista training and Specialty Coffee Association certificate courses.

The menu centers on espresso drinks and brewed coffee made from Amavida’s own roasts, including single-origin coffees, blends and decaf. The cafe also carries loose-leaf tea and light breakfast and food options, and visitors have mentioned its breakfast sandwich. Bags of whole-bean coffee are for sale, which makes a practical souvenir to take home.

The St. Andrews shop sits on West 10th Street between Beck Avenue and St. Andrews Marina, so it is an easy walk from the waterfront, Oaks by the Bay Park and the restaurants along Beck and Bayview avenues. Coffee ordering apps have listed daily hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., but hours can change, so check hours before you go.

Because it rotates work by local artists on its walls, the cafe is also a low-key way to see some of the area’s creative scene. Pair a morning coffee here with a visit to the Panama City Publishing Company Museum on Beck Avenue, which opens at 9 a.m. on Saturdays, and a stroll through The Market at St. Andrews in Oaks by the Bay Park, which runs Saturday mornings year-round. On weekdays, grab a cup and walk down to the marina to watch the charter boats head out onto St. Andrews Bay.

The cafe is one of several neighborhood businesses tied to St. Andrews’ slower, local pace. Unlike the busy beachfront strip across the Hathaway Bridge in Panama City Beach, this part of Panama City is built around a working marina, older storefronts and shady streets, and a coffee in hand is a good way to explore it on foot. Parking is generally easier early in the day, before lunch crowds arrive at the waterfront restaurants.