Coffee and baked goods have always gone together, like rock and roll, yin and yang, and bald eagle hatchlings and William Howard Taft's toupee. Introduce your mouth to a dazzling duet with today's deal: for $8, you get $16 worth of fresh café fare at Crema Cafe, located near the Lake Edge Shopping Mall.

Crema Cafe offers a full espresso menu, real fruit smoothies, homemade bakery items, and breakfast and lunch dishes that incorporate local and organic produce, such as New Century organic eggs. A buttermilk waffle comes with real maple syrup ($5), whereas the Killer Scramble shoots tongues with bullets of smoked salmon, leeks, and goat cheese ($7.75). The balsamic beef sandwich trusses up Lange’s organic roast beef, sweet balsamic onions, and white cheddar in addition to greens and mayo on whole-grain bread ($8.25), whereas the blue-bird sandwich harmonizes natural chicken salad with a barbershop quartet of dried blueberries, walnuts, white cheddar, and greens on a baguette ($7.75). Crema Cafe also offers a health-oriented kids' menu.

Crema Cafe is a cozy, funky interior, providing glimpses of the elusive Lake Monona. Free WiFi is available, so you can study, work, or watch videos of dancing hot dogs between forkfuls of lunch or breakfast bounty. Crema Cafe is open for breakfast at 6:30 a.m. weekdays, 7 a.m. on Saturdays, and 8 a.m. on Sundays.

This Groupon is not valid for prix-fixe supper menus, catering, or cooking classes.

Reviews

Eleven Yelpers give Crema Cafe an average of 4.5 stars, and the Isthmus gives a positive review, saying:

• Combine your trip to the dime store with a visit to the forward-looking Crema Café, a coffee shop (in the spot where the old Cuppa Joe was located) with a commitment to locally-sourced ingredients. – Linda Falkenstein, Isthmus
• Fresh, local, and good! You really have to experience it firsthand. Inexpensive breakfast options for the little ones, and I've never had an item I didn't like. – Jody M., Yelp
• We left totally satisfied and I'm sure you will too! – Aftee H., Yelp