Austin Coffee & Tea

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1. Mozart's Coffee…

They have a variety of coffees, pastries, and desserts at very fair prices.  For drinks I've only gotten the bottomless daily selection, which are usually all good.  The desserts look  delicious, but I've...

2. Emerald City Press

Neighborhood: Downtown

the back yard patio, as I somehow missed that - only saw one small table sitting out front.  In addition to a good selection of coffee and tea drinks and Goodflow juices, Emerald City carries an amazing...

3. Short 'n Sweet

and a pretty good selection of Blue Bell ice creams, including mango!  I've never seen this before (and I still haven't tasted it), but it sounds good.  I got a mango milk tea with pearls...

4. Chooby Doo…

A banh mi and boba cafe in South Austin, whoo hoo! The banh mi (Vietnamese sandwiches made with grilled meat, vegetables, and French bread) are good, and the selection of boba (tapioca ball) drinks...

5. Austin Java

Neighborhood: Downtown

kind of overpriced -- is damn good.  Inventive, too.  Breakfast all day, a great selection of sandwiches, hearty pasta dishes, fantastic salads.  Awesome desserts.  They'll brulee your creme right...

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1. Thunderbird Coffee

Neighborhood: Brentwood

ceramic cup. Horribile dictu! The day I went to review, the barista served the demitasse with a too-large blue saucer and forgot the "foo-foo spoon" - tristissime! At $ 2.37 a good value for what you get...

2. Bouldin Creek Coffee…

Neighborhood: 78704 (South Austin)

and they are a vegan-friendly kitchen...  I have a good friend who spends ample amount of time here, sipping coffees and getting into heated debates about government and the environment. I had to check it out. My first...

3. Mozart's Coffee…

to the muffin with all the nuts and fruit in it.  She wasn't partial to anything and ordered a different bread item every day.  It was all good.  The staff is fine, not overly friendly but helpful...

4. El Chilito

pina con chile and vanilla paletas are all very good as well.  Price: Sure, you can pay less at a cart, but here you can sit down, have some sangria, meet someone here.  For the taste value, you can't...

5. Epoch Coffee

i just plain old liked epoch. the coffee was pretty good, the cookie was really good, the people watching was awesome, the girl at the counter was rad... it was packed, but i still got lucky enough...

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