Blue Bottle Coffee Old Oakland ★ 4.7
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.
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Oakland helped shape Bay Area third-wave coffee, and the cafe map reflects it from Old Oakland up through Rockridge. Blue Bottle Coffee built one of its early rooms in Old Oakland on 9th Street, and The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab and Tasting Room on Broadway functions as a working roastery and cupping space in Uptown. Highwire Coffee Roasters on College Avenue in Rockridge, Equator Coffees at Lake Merritt and The Caffe by Mr. Espresso downtown round out a scene where roasting and serving often happen under one roof.
Highwire Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Highwire's flagship cafe on Rockridge's College Avenue pours single-origin coffees sourced from Colombia, Rwanda, Peru, New Guinea and Ethiopia.
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.
Awaken Cafe and Roasting ★ 4.2
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.
Cafe Gabriela ★ 4.6
Cafe Gabriela is the queer-owned Filipino coffee shop on Broadway in Old Oakland. Pulled pork adobo sandwiches and small-batch coffee since 2010.
Timeless Coffee ★ 4.6
Timeless Coffee on Piedmont Avenue is a vegan coffee roastery, bakery and chocolate shop. House-roasted beans, pastries and cakes daily until 6 pm.
Equator Coffees Lake Merritt ★ 4.2
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.
The Caffè by Mr. Espresso ★ 4.5
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.
Cafenated Coffee Co. ★ 4.1
Cafenated Coffee on Broadway in Uptown Oakland took over the former Red Bay Box shipping-container cafe. Direct-trade beans from women-led farms.
Bicycle Coffee ★ 4.1
Bicycle Coffee on 2nd Street in Oakland's Jack London Square delivers all its Oakland coffee by bike. Cafe, roastery and headquarters since 2009.
Bake Sum ★ 4.8
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.
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.
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.
Telegraph ★ 4.0
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.
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