PT's Coffee (KC operations)

Topeka, KS-headquartered specialty coffee operation; founded 1993 by Jeff Taylor + Fred Polzin; KC operational presence via the Crossroads location in downtown Kansas City. Tier 2 with disclosure — KC operates the Crossroads café but the operation HQs in Topeka (out of Map dataset scope per Geographic-Scope).

Description

PT’s Coffee was founded in 1993 in Topeka, Kansas by Jeff Taylor and Fred Polzin. Pre-founding, Jeff Taylor was an award-winning photojournalist with bylines at Topeka Capital-Journal, Sports Illustrated, NY Times, USA Today, ESPN The Magazine, AP, and Reuters.¹ In 1997, PT’s began roasting at its second retail location; in 1999, Fred led the formation of PT’s Coffee as a wholesale supplier of micro-roasted coffee in the Midwest.¹

PT’s runs three retail locations + 200+ wholesale accounts across the country. The KC presence is the downtown Kansas City Crossroads location — operationally part of the KC coffee landscape but the operation HQs in Topeka. Topeka is out of Geographic-Scope for the KS.City Map dataset; the Crossroads location is in scope.

Why Tier 2 classification

PT’s Coffee KC operation is Tier 2 because: -KC operational presence (Crossroads café IS in KC; part of KC coffee scene)

• HQ in Topeka — non-KC headquartered operation
• Founders Taylor + Polzin operate from Topeka
• Wholesale operation scaled beyond single KC presence

The Tier 2 classification is the “regional-independent with KC presence” pattern. The brand is locally-rooted regionally but not specifically KC-owned-and-operated. Per Editorial-Firewall-Registry-Stress-Tests, disclosure documents the Topeka HQ status transparently.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-23 · Source: PT’s Coffee Crossroads café menu (Allmenus aggregator) + ptscoffee.com retail collections · URL(s): https://www.allmenus.com/mo/kansas-city/707642-pts-coffee-at-the-crossroads/menu/ + https://ptscoffee.com/ · Confidence: Medium (café drink/food prices via aggregator listing; bagged-coffee prices verified directly on official site)

This covers the KC Crossroads café (310 Southwest Blvd). PT’s is a specialty roaster, so the menu splits into café service drinks/food and the bagged retail coffee program (signature blends + single-origins) sold in-café and online.

Black coffee — batch brew & espresso

• Batch brew — Signature Blend ($2.25), Single-Origin batch ($2.75), Mug ($5.00).²
• Espresso (straight) — Southpaw (caramel, peach, sugarcane) and Flying Monkey (milk chocolate, graham cracker, honey) at $2.50; Single-Origin espresso $2.75.²³

Milk-based espresso drinks

• Macchiato ($3.00), Cortado ($3.00), Cappuccino ($3.25), Flat White ($3.50).²

Cold brew & specialty

• Cold Front Blend cold brew (16 oz, iced) $4.00; Nitro (12 oz) $4.25; Kyoto-style (12 oz bottle) $4.50.²
• Espresso Tonic ($3.75); Blended Latte (16 oz) $5.00.²

Non-coffee

• Chai Latte ($2.50), Matcha Latte ($4.00), Spirit Teas (12 oz, $3.50), Iced Tea (16 oz, $2.50), Hot Cocoa ($1.50).²

Food — breakfast & lunch

• Breakfast: Bagel Sandwich, Biscuit Sandwich, Ham & Cheddar Burrito, Veggie Burrito, House-Made Granola — $6.00 each.²
• Lunch / sandwiches: PB&J ($5.00), Chicken Salad ($7.00), Turkey Wrap ($7.00), Phoenix ($7.50); bagels (plain/everything/cinnamon raisin, $3.00); quiche with toast (Tomato Basil, Mediterranean — $6.00); salads (Caesar, Homesteader — $8.50); combos $7.50–$9.00.²

Bagged retail coffee (in-café + online)

• Signature blends (from ~$16.50–$18.00/bag): John Brown (baker’s chocolate, black cherry, sweet pipe tobacco), Flor del Sol, Cold Front, Flatlander, Ad Astra; plus Southpaw and Flying Monkey espresso blends.³
• Single-origins (~$16.75–$28.50/bag): rotating lineup spanning Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, Burundi, and Brazil (e.g., Ethiopia Melaku Negash, Colombia Tres Dragones Natural, Guatemala Pineapple Process, Ecuador Yunguilla Sidra Natural); single-origin subscription from $44.00.⁴

Price tier: café drinks are Low/Medium for KC specialty coffee ($2.25–$5.00 across most drinks); retail bags run typical specialty-roaster pricing. Café drink/food prices are sourced from an aggregator listing and should be treated as representative; verify current prices via the PT’s mobile app / order-ahead. Bagged-coffee prices verified directly on ptscoffee.com 2026-06-23. Prices subject to change.

Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via PT’s Coffee — Find Us / café locations (accessed 2026-06-23). Confirms two operating KC cafés: Power & Light (1310 Baltimore Ave, KCMO 64105 — the infobox address) and Crossroads (310 Southwest Blvd, KCMO 64108 — the address used in the Menu section), both open (Mon–Fri 6:30a–4p, Sat–Sun 7a–4p), plus Topeka Wheatfield Village. Cross-checked against PT’s Coffee Crossroads — Yelp, updated April 2026, 180 reviews. internal inconsistency: infobox address = Power & Light (1310 Baltimore Ave), but Description/Menu/sources frame the KC presence as the Crossroads location (310 Southwest Blvd). Both exist and are open; page should be reconciled to whichever location is the intended KC anchor (or document both).

Footnotes

1. PT’s Coffee — official “Our Team” + “Our Story” pages. https://ptscoffee.com/pages/our-team + https://ptscoffee.com/pages/our-story. Source asserts: 1993 founding by Jeff Taylor + Fred Polzin in Topeka; Taylor photojournalist background; 1997 roasting launch; 1999 wholesale formation; 200+ wholesale accounts; 3 retail locations. ↩ ↩²

2. Allmenus — “PT’s Coffee at the Crossroads” menu listing. https://www.allmenus.com/mo/kansas-city/707642-pts-coffee-at-the-crossroads/menu/. Source asserts: café batch brew, espresso, cold brew, milk-based espresso drinks, non-coffee beverages, specialty drinks, and breakfast/lunch food with listed prices. Aggregator listing — café prices representative, verify via PT’s order-ahead app. Verified 2026-06-23. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

3. PT’s Coffee — Signature Blend collection + Southpaw Espresso product page. https://ptscoffee.com/collections/coffee/signature-blend + https://ptscoffee.com/products/southpaw-espresso. Source asserts: signature blends (John Brown, Flor del Sol, Cold Front, Flatlander, Ad Astra) with tasting notes + per-bag pricing; Southpaw + Flying Monkey espresso blends. Verified 2026-06-23. ↩ ↩²

4. PT’s Coffee — Single-Origin Coffee collection. https://ptscoffee.com/collections/single-origin-coffee. Source asserts: rotating single-origin lineup (Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, Burundi, Brazil) with per-bag pricing and single-origin subscription. Verified 2026-06-23. ↩