Welcome to Muddy Waters Coffeehouse
Muddy Waters Coffeehouse has been a community gathering place in Downtown Elizabeth City for more than two decades, consistently delivering exceptional coffee with a smile. You may even find art drawn on your drink.
What’s that smell? That's the unmistakable scent of freshly roasted beans, which you will smell several days a week. When it comes to crafting truly special beverages, our team cares. They have been here for years - up to 20! For us, it's not just a temporary job, but a career.
Through the years we’ve seen kids grow up, move away and come back in with their own kids. We’ve watched Coasties move away for several years and come back. It’s amazing that we get to host the community living room every day. And we’ve lost some dear customers along the way. Ms Carolyn would walk down every day, well into her 80’s, just to hang out and “get her exercise.” Wayne and his dog, Peaches, would spend their mornings. Milton would pop in every day, on his way to work. We’ve even lost some of our own. Yet, their legacies live on and we continue to connect. Our motto still holds: “Coffee, Conversation, Community.”
We Are Family.
To grow coffee from seed to cup takes love. A lot of love. From the farmers who baby their trees and pickers who carefully pick just the ripest cherries, to the mill workers who dry and screen the seeds, to importers who constantly taste for quality and give feedback, all the way to small roasters like us, who craft in small batches and take care that each one is the best tasting it can be. Then there are the baristas who must carefully extract each coffee and espresso so that it tastes as great as it can be (this is quite a bit more difficult than it seems). Coffee takes love all the way.
Muddy’s has hosted first dates, men’s groups, knitting circles, and even a wedding. Many of those first dates have turned into 20 year anniversaries. Friendships and alliances have formed over coffee. We have created a network. Of coffee. Of love.
Coffee is Love.
This is Home.
DOWNTOWN. There was never a question about where we wanted to be. We are fixed firmly between the historic neighborhood homes, with walking families and their pets, and the business district where professionals spend their day. We’ve seen downtown grow, shrink, evolve and host families at the holidays. And we are right in the middle of it, welcoming all to our “living room.”
The Story of Coffee From Seed to Cup
Espresso Drinks
Blondie $4.50
Cappuccino $3.50
Caramello $4.00
Magical Elixir $2.25
Coffee
Drip $2.50
Red Eye $3.25
Nitro Cold Brew $4.75
Blended Frappes
Blondie Frappe $6.50
S’mores Frappe $6.50
