‘Coffee shops’ Archives
A love affair with coffee shops – The Biscuit in Somerville
It was spring, freshman year. By then, the Cambridge frost had receded from the cobblestone, and warm air spilled out from T stop as you walked by. To cheer myself up, I'd appoint myself in a wrap dress and green wedge sandals, the ones my mother bought me from China, and slip on a pair of $10 sunglasses. Then I'd find a coffeeshop. And I'd sit there, feeling the caffeine ooze into my blood, [...]
Harvard Square Cafes: the definitive guide
Harvard Square is home not only to a lot of foot-fetishizing Japanese tourists and uppity academics, but also an overwhelming number of cafes. For real cafe die-hards, these businesses are much more than a coffee dispenser. (I'm looking at you, the one nursing your $3 latte for 6 hours.) Here's to admitting that your trapped-on-a-desert-island essentials include your Macbook, a wi-fi connection, [...]
My favorite secret study spot in Harvard Square: Karma Tea
I may regret letting this one out of the bag, but Karma Tea on Mass Ave is a truly magical study nook. While it may be better known for the yoga studio attached to it, the floor-to-ceiling windows, rock sculptures, and comfy faux-suede chairs are every bit as zenergizing as the physical exertions in the studio upstairs. They carry vegan muffins from Veggie Planet (haven't sampled these, but [...]
Starbucks in China: The Good, The Bad, and the Sugarfree
While Starbucks is sometimes seen as a monolithic coffeeslinger to the upwardly mobile masses, the coffee chain's branches abroad don't entirely conjure up home. Though it's mostly a deliciously familiar task of navigating between tall, grande, and venti, be it NYC or Shanghai, I felt alienated at times without my standby sugarfree option and decent English magazines. (I wrote about how much I [...]
Awesome egg sandwiches, tripe-laden bowls of pho, and Lingbo in a beesuit.
This was a oozy, flaky breakfast sandwich ($3.50) from Crema Cafe, who turns out a mean breakfast sandwich (as well as zuchinni hazelnut loaf and brownie). The english muffin is homemade. I kind of regret eating it, because a Thomas english muffin will just never be the same. Maybe it is just because it's toasted. Toasted is absolutely key. Big bowl'o'noodles from Le's in the Garage in [...]
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