A Place Built for the Unhurried
Witches Brew is a specialty coffee house on Canal Street with a covered outdoor patio, dim lighting, and the kind of atmosphere that makes you want to stay longer than you planned. It is not trying to be a tourist destination. A home for green witches and old souls, for practitioners of every path, and for anyone who knows that a good cup of coffee is its own kind of ritual.
The drink program is built around craft and intention: draft matcha sourced directly from Japan, teas hand-blended on the Oregon coast, drinking chocolate traced to a single cacao family in Nicaragua. Everything in the pastry case was made in house.
We Choose Who We Pour From
Every ingredient behind the bar comes from a woman-owned or woman-led producer — by choice.
Ceremonial grade matcha, stone-milled, direct from Japanese farms. On tap daily.
Women Co-Owned · Tea Wild Coast Brew Oregon CoastArchetype-driven blends foraged and grown in the Coast Range. Our full tea menu.
Women-Owned · Yaupon CatSpring Yaupon Cat Spring, TexasNorth America's only native caffeinated plant. Smooth, clean, and worth trying.
Women Co-Founded · Cacao Mulu Kakao Hattiesburg, MississippiFair-trade drinking chocolate built on a direct relationship with Nicaraguan farmers.
Seasonal Specials
A small run of summer drinks, poured while the season lasts.
Matcha · Blueberry Cold Foam · Blueberry & Vanilla Syrup
Cold Brew · Blueberry Cold Foam · Brown Sugar & Blueberry Syrup
Espresso · Orange Blossom Syrup · Pistachio Milk · Cardamom Cold Foam
Golden Earl Grey · Milk · Orange Blossom Syrup
Tarot Readings
We host five readers, each with their own approach and tradition. Sessions are held weekly in the café — no prior experience needed, just curiosity.
- Livv Blacc — Mondays
- Dionne the Divine — Tuesdays & Sundays
- The Rising Rose — Thursdays
- Saturn Star — Fridays
- Saturn Seance — Saturdays
The cards don't tell you what to do. They show you what you already know. Our readers work with that — gently, directly, and without theater.
Tuesday · Thursday · Friday · Saturday · Sunday
We are on Canal Street in Mid-City — not the Quarter, not the Bywater. A neighborhood spot on the streetcar line, with rear parking and a covered patio that stays open when the weather cooperates, which in New Orleans means more than you'd expect.
The building sits beneath Swan River Yoga. The patio is shaded. The WiFi works. There are enough seats that you won't feel rushed, and enough going on that you won't feel like you're sitting in a chain.
If you're driving in from outside the city, we're an easy stop between the French Quarter and Metairie on Canal