At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
80/ 100 · 20 points taken off
8 problems found · Routine county inspection · Oct 10, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most coffee shops here got 0 to 9 points taken off. Aroma - Che, Coffee, & Tea got more than most.
Compared with 385 Santa Clara County coffee shops. Each shop's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Aroma - Che, Coffee, & Tea?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Equipment in poor repair K35How to fixFix it
- No person in charge on duty K01How to fixFix it
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair K44How to fixFix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
We review Santa Clara County health data to make this report. We are not the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health.
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Equipment in poor repairThe county found: “FOUND THE MILK AND TEA STORED IN NON FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS IN THE WALK IN COOLER. [CA] PROVIDE FOOD GRADE WASHABLE…”
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-301.14, Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 2-304.11, Food Code 3-304.14.
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When to wash
From Food Code 2-301.14
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 1 inspection on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county lists no visits in the last 12 months.
Every visit
LatestOct 10, 2025Routine inspection80 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 80 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Oct 10, 2025.
8 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (8)
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K35 Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
FOUND THE MILK AND TEA STORED IN NON FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS IN THE WALK IN COOLER. [CA] PROVIDE FOOD GRADE WASHABLE CONTAINERS FOR THE TEA AND MILK.
Food Code 4-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
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The department's words
K01 Demonstration of knowledge; food safety certification
MISSING THE FOOD HANDLER'S CARDS FOR THE FOOD EMPLOYEES. [CA] PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER'S CARDS WITHIN 2 WEEKS.
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K44 Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing
FOUND CLUTTER ON THE FLOOR OF THE RESTROOM. [CA] REMOVE THE CLUTTER. FOUND THE MOP INSIDE THE MOP BUCKET. [CA] HANG THE MOP TO AIR DRY.
Food Code 6-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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The department's words
K05 Hands clean, properly washed; gloves used properly
FOUND THE OWNER WASHING HIS HANDS AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. [CA] USE THE HAND WASH SINK TO WASH THE HANDS.
Food Code 2-301.12
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
When to wash
- Before you start food work and before you put on gloves
- After the restroom (wash twice; see below)
- After touching your face, hair, nose or body
From Food Code 2-301.14
How to wash
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Handwashing
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The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
FOUND THE HAND WASH SINK IN THE PREPARATION AREA WITH A TRASH BAG AND TRASH CAN BLOCKING ITS ACCESS. [CA] KEEP THE HAND WASH SINKS ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES. COS
Food Code 5-205.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Hand sinks are for hands only
- Wash only at a handwashing sink.
- Never wash hands in the dish sink, a food prep sink, a mop sink, or a drink cooler.
- Never dump drinks, rinse utensils or fill pitchers at the hand sink.
From Food Code 2-301.15
Soap and hand sanitizer
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Handwashing
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Eating or drinking in a food area
The department's words
K04 Proper eating, tasting, drinking, tobacco use
FOUND THE OWNER EATING IN THE FOOD SERVING AREA. [CA] ENSURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES EAT OUTSIDE THE FOOD STORAGE AND PREPARATION AREAS.
Food Code 2-401.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clothes, eating and drinking
- Wear clean outer clothes and a clean apron.
- Eat, drink, smoke or vape only in a designated area (the break area), away from food and clean dishes.
- The one exception: you may drink from a closed drink container (a lid and a straw is the easy way) if it is handled so it can't contaminate your hands, the container, food, clean dishes or single-service items. Keep it away from food and prep tables.
From Food Code 2-304.11
Nails
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Hair, jewelry, nails and clothes
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Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
FOUND THE HANDLE OF THE ICE SCOOP TOUCHING THE ICE IN THE ICE MACHINE. [CA] ENSURE TO KEEP THE HANDLE OUTSIDE THE ICE.
Food Code 4-901.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Utensils and dishes stored clean and dry
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
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Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
FOUND A FEW WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON THE COUNTERS IN THE BACK FOOD PREP AREA. [CA] STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZER SOLUTION WHILE NOT IN USE.
Food Code 3-304.14
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Keep the bucket strong
- Wet cloths sit in sanitizer between uses: chlorine 50–99 ppm, or quat at label strength.
- Test with the cloths in the bucket when you mix it and every 2 hours.
- Remake it at once if it tests low or has food or dirt in it. Never just add more sanitizer to a dirty bucket.
From Food Code 3-304.14
Keep cloths apart
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Wiping cloths and sanitizer buckets
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Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
What you can do
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Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
- Hands not washed when needed Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Eating or drinking in a food area Read the free guide
- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer Read the free guide
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Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
100 means the inspector found no problems. Santa Clara County takes points off for each problem. Big ones take off more.
The county posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection, and gives routine inspections a score. In the county's data, a routine inspection with no violations listed scored 100, and the score drops as violations are found. The county's page does not say which scores or findings give each color: ask the department.
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 80 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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