Charuma Tea Bar ★ 4.2
Charuma on Weybosset is an authentic Taiwanese bubble tea bar with Taiwanese street snacks. Whole-leaf brewed tea, imported syrups, popcorn chicken sides.
Signature drink: Brown sugar bubble milk tea
Borealis Coffee Riverside is a cafe in East Side, Providence.
Borealis Coffee opened in 2016 in a restored 1850s train depot in Riverside on the East Bay Bike Path. Specialty roast, gluten-free bakery, cyclist stop.
Address: 250 Bullocks Point Avenue, Riverside, RI 02915, Providence
Charuma on Weybosset is an authentic Taiwanese bubble tea bar with Taiwanese street snacks. Whole-leaf brewed tea, imported syrups, popcorn chicken sides.
Signature drink: Brown sugar bubble milk tea
Ellie's relocated to a bigger Westminster Street room in August 2024 as the daytime bakery cafe to sister Gracie's. French pastry, sandwiches.
Signature drink: Cafe creme with a kouign-amann
Bolt Coffee's RISD Museum counter on Benefit Street pours the city's reference espresso. Small museum-floor cafe; closed Mondays with the museum.
Signature drink: Cortado
Bolt's downtown flagship on Washington Street has counter seats, a long bar of pour-overs, and the steadiest WiFi of any specialty cafe in Providence.
Signature drink: Filter pour-over
Ceremony on Brook Street is the College Hill third-wave cafe and tea room, with a sister on South Main; bright space, communal workspace tables daily.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Ceremony's downtown South Main outpost is the tea-focused sister to the Brook Street original. Loose-leaf service plus the full Ceremony espresso programme.
Signature drink: Specialty teas