Welcome to the Coffee Trail

Here's to discovering your new favorite coffee shop!

We have teamed up with Visit Effingham, Visit SI, Southernmost Illinois Tourism, and Rend Lake Area Tourism Council to bring you the 2024 Southern Illinois Coffee Trail. This year's trail features 55 stops and spans 400+ miles. The trail runs from 9/1/2024 - 12/31/2024. We transitioned to a brochure-style passport this year to make it easier for those who mail in their completed passport. For questions email Jordan Jackovich at [email protected]. 

Request Your Passport

How it Works:

There are a few different ways you can participate in the coffee trail!

1. Download our app (go to the app store and search "Discover Downstate Illinois") → sign up → go to the Tours section → click on Southern Illinois Coffee Trail → scroll through the shops until you find one you want to visit → show the app to the barista and click Check-In Now → repeat until you've visited 8!
2. Pick up your passport from the participating coffee shops → ask the barista to stamp your passport on the designated "stamp your passport here" section → repeat until you've visited 8 → mail the passport book back to us no later than January 10, 2025 at: 4387 N. Illinois Street, Suite 200, Swansea, IL 62226
3. Request a passport from the link above → repeat steps from #2

If you are mailing us a completed passport brochure: Please make sure to fill out the contact information. If it is not filled out, we will not be able to mail you a prize. You can choose to either tear out the page with your stamps or send us the entire passport brochure. 

The App:

For Android users: click here to download.

For Apple users: click here to download.

How to get a prize:

• Visit 8 of the coffee shops to win a prize!