Far Leaves Tea offers a huge selection of green tea, oolong tea, black tea, puer tea and blended tea. It has many aromatic and exotic blends available, including ones that come from China, Japan, Taiwan and India. It also sells teaware like Gongfu sets, metal infusers and fill your own teabags. After you've bought some tea, you can drink it while sitting at one of the traditional mats in the store. You can also purchase herbal infusions like blood orange and golden chrysanthemum.
This Royal Ground coffee shop is popular among students in the Berkeley area. Providing free Internet access, Royal Ground offers a wide variety of coffees that are available for bulk purchase by the pound, or as individual cups. Tea and snacks are also available. The coffee shop features ample seating.
Espresso Subito is a Kensington-based catering business. The company organizes coffee, baristas and service for work, private events and practically any other type of function. Contact Espresso Subito directly to schedule a meeting.
This Starbucks sits at the corner of Colusa and Solano avenues and features windows on both streets so there is a nice amount of light inside. Starbucks has a variety of hot and cold coffee drinks, as well as snacks and sandwiches available. The cafe is features several oversize sofas and armchairs, as well as some small tables and chairs and extra newspapers. As usual with most Starbucks, the place fills up with Wi-Fi users and can get crowded.
This local coffee shop offers a slew of pastries, varieties of tea and coffee drinks to nurse you through your work. Many tables and chairs are set up inside and outside the cafe, so that you can set up your laptop or just sit and read. The clerks here are very polite and soft-spoken.
Cafe Yesterday is a local coffee shop and music venue located on University Avenue. The shop offers a wide selection of food and coffee, including pastries, sandwiches, breakfast items, snacks and salads. Products include breakfast burritos, bagels, fruit, croissants, pitas, cookies, espresso and cereal. The location also hosts numerous music acts and shows featuring local and national performers. The North Berkeley BART is located nearby.
New Amsterdam is a friendly little coffee shop a close walk to downtown and UC Berkeley. You call in your order and get the breakfast burrito or big salad to go or stay and use the free wi-fi and watch a whole lot of soccer highlights on the television. It also has some sandwiches along with all the tea and coffee one would expect. Seating is limited, but in the nicer months there is seating out front and in the shared porch area out back.
K's Internet Cafe is located in downtown Berkeley, slightly off of the beaten path towards City Hall if you're traveling down Center street facing the Pacific Ocean. The coffee shop is small, yet the space is set up to accommodate many people at once, with free wireless and internet computer stations for guests. The coffee shop displays artwork by local artists on the walls.
