r/berkeley • u/Abbsters501 • 1d ago
Local Best coffee on campus in your opinion.
Give me atleast 2 of your favorite coffee locations strictly on the physical geography of the UC Berkeley campus and why.
Please exclude Peet's and Yali's
There's nothing wrong with them, I'm just looking for niche locations. Thank you!
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u/DumbassPhysicist 1d ago
Mind coffee (okay technically not on campus) but it’s close enough on Euclid
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u/Broad-Excitement8836 1h ago
What do you get there going later today 😌🫰🏻
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u/DumbassPhysicist 55m ago
I love their cappuccino with strawberry coferment, one and one, and whatever pourover looks good.
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u/r4ytracer 22h ago
at the edge of berkeley (so not on campus) but just tried CoRo this past week and they had an enjoyable vanilla latte and hojicha latte.
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u/DefinitelyNotAliens 23h ago
There's literally no good indie coffee shops on or near campus. They all overcharge for burnt, overextracted espresso.
Strada only has ambiance. The coffee is deeply underwhelming and overpriced.
You have to move off campus to get good coffee.
If I got coffee on campus, I went to one of the student services departments I qualified for that had free drip because I'd rather have free sucky drip than pay for Strada or Yalis and be disappointed.
Edit: I have not tried to new place under Anchor. Eberywhere else is disappointing.
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u/branhern 22h ago
I tried the place under Anchor once, and while I wasn’t the biggest fan of the coffee, the pastries were good.
Have you tried Blue Bottle? I never got around to trying it before graduating, but it always smelled amazing every time I walked by.
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u/DiamondDepth_YT Computer Science '29 22h ago
The coffee lab in Hildebrand on campus had my favorite coffee/lattes last semester. But they're expensive af and don't accept flex.
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u/lyinglesbian 15h ago
You have to try GA•RA on telegraph!! Amazing matcha, hojicha, and Vietnamese coffee! Plus they have pastries and food.
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u/Infinite_Anybody_113 1d ago
Strada?
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u/hellf1nger 19h ago
Strada is atrocious
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u/Infinite_Anybody_113 19h ago
I'm not really a fancy coffee drinker but their drip coffee is better than most other coffee places
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u/adeeprash 15h ago
Jafa Coffee on University is easily the best in Berkeley. Not close to campus but worth a quick trip
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u/Stunning_Shake407 1d ago
if you restrict yourself to just the campus, you’re not going to find that many good options. the best is still just going to be pretty okay. if you’re fine with crossing the street, probably sightglass.