Blue Bottle Coffee Old Oakland ★ 4.4
Blue Bottle's Old Oakland cafe at 480 9th Street pours single-origins from the company that started in a Temescal potting shed in 2002, with espresso service.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour over
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Oakland lingers in over a cortado.
Where to sit and slow down
Highwire Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4
Highwire's flagship cafe on Rockridge's College Avenue pours single-origin coffees sourced from Colombia, Rwanda, Peru, New Guinea and Ethiopia.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Modern Coffee ★ 4.3
Modern Coffee on 19th Street in Oakland's Uptown is a women-owned downtown coffee bar. Two locations across downtown, with a calm sit-down vibe.
Signature drink: Espresso
Awaken Cafe and Roasting ★ 4.3
Awaken Cafe at 1429 Broadway in downtown Oakland roasts in-house and serves all-day coffee with a community gathering room. Open until 5 every day.
Signature drink: Pour over
Cafe Gabriela ★ 4.4
Cafe Gabriela is the queer-owned Filipino coffee shop on Broadway in Old Oakland. Pulled pork adobo sandwiches and small-batch coffee since 2010.
Signature drink: Small-batch espresso
Timeless Coffee ★ 4.4
Timeless Coffee on Piedmont Avenue is a vegan coffee roastery, bakery and chocolate shop. House-roasted beans, pastries and cakes daily until 6 pm.
Signature drink: Vegan latte
Equator Coffees Lake Merritt ★ 4.3
Equator Coffees Lake Merritt at 175 Bay Place pours the Marin County roaster's beans in a calm downtown Oakland room one block from the lake itself.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour over
The Caffè by Mr. Espresso ★ 4.4
The Caffè by Mr. Espresso at 1120 Broadway in downtown Oakland serves oakwood-roasted Italian espresso from the Di Ruocco family's 45-year-old roastery.
Signature drink: Oakwood-roasted Italian espresso
Cafenated Coffee Co. ★ 4.2
Cafenated Coffee on Broadway in Uptown Oakland took over the former Red Bay Box shipping-container cafe. Direct-trade beans from women-led farms.
Signature drink: Direct-trade espresso
Bicycle Coffee ★ 4.3
Bicycle Coffee on 2nd Street in Oakland's Jack London Square delivers all its Oakland coffee by bike. Cafe, roastery and headquarters since 2009.
Signature drink: Cold brew
Bake Sum ★ 4.5
Bake Sum on Grand Avenue near Lake Merritt pours coffee with the city's most-loved Asian American pastry program. Mochi muffins, Spam musubi croissants.
Signature drink: Iced black sesame latte
Im Moment Kaffee ★ 4.4
Im Moment Kaffee on Rockridge's College Avenue pours specialty coffee in a calm Scandinavian-style room. Hosts 18 Reasons cooking classes after hours.
Signature drink: Pour over
The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab and Tasting Room ★ 4.4
The Crown on Broadway is Royal Coffee's public lab and tasting room. Order a flight from the cupping bar and taste origin coffees from the importer.
Signature drink: Cupping flight
Telegraph ★ 4.2
Telegraph on Telegraph in Uptown Oakland runs an all-day coffee cafe by morning and a beer garden by night. Bagels, sandwiches and a big patio.
Signature drink: Drip coffee