Oakland Coffee & Tea

Good Selection

1. Sweet Adeline…

Neighborhood: South Berkeley

Awesome scones!  Not a large tea selection, but a great pomegranate oolong.  Alive, but not packed.  Good parking.  Also there is a knitting group that meets here on the first and third Saturdays...

2. Sweet Maria's Coffee

Neighborhood: West Oakland

I need to bust out the pom-poms here:  Sweet Maria's is responsible for helping me hone home roasting, and I just cannot say enough good things about them-- their website is a virtual university...

3. Moccacino Cafe

Neighborhood: UC Campus Area

I love the 2 for $3 deal. Granted, it only applies for jasmine milk tea (the only one I've tried--repeatedly), thai iced tea, and regular milk tea...but still good!  They have a huge selection...

4. Julie's Coffee and…

A great Alameda venue. Pretty good wireless access and lots of plugs. This is a real unique place with a great selection of teas. Great place to write code....

5. Pizzaiolo

Neighborhood: North Oakland

and not doughy chewy... just perfect!  a Potato Pizza - unusually yummy "white" pizza Arugula Speck and Grana - Arugula and pepperoni w/ house marinara  The bar... pretty good selection of cocktails and wine....

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1. Aroma Bakery & Cafe

Neighborhood: Uptown

Everyone is friendly, great quality, good value...can't go wrong!...

2. La Farine Bakery

Neighborhood: North Oakland

room for two slices of this goodness. It was hands down one of the best cakes I've ever had. Excellent buttercream frosting and hazelnut mousse that was so light but just decadent enough. The sweetness...

3. Sweet Maria's Coffee

Neighborhood: West Oakland

Coffee for people who REALLY care about good coffee.   Best value for estate coffees with careful attention to roasting. You have to wait for what they roast each week, but product is the highest...

4. Pizzaiolo

Neighborhood: North Oakland

I'll give this 4* with an asterisk: food is great, hostess is not -- she is very cool and unfriendly, not a good personality type for a place that often has a long waiting time if you don't have...

5. Guerilla Cafe

Neighborhood: Gourmet Ghetto

were pretty good and were advertised as farm fresh / locally sourced.  I however felt that the poaching method wastes the added value of the farm-fresh egg.  The difference between fresh eggs is most...

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