5 Must-Try Neighborhood Coffee (and Tea) Shops in Atlanta
Rise and grind! Wake up to these Atlanta-based coffee shops that offer your choice of caffeine by the bean, bag or cup.
East Pole Coffee Co.
This Atlanta-based wholesale and online retail coffee company has finally set up shop in the ATL at the East Pole coffee shop. Wholesale customers enjoy competitively priced single-origin coffee, hands-on service and training, and access to coffee brewing equipment. And, now, everyone can buy their coffee by the cup. Visit their coffee bar in Buckhead's Armour Yards development, which also includes SweetWater Brewing Company and ASW Distillery.
Taproom Coffee & Beer
Located in Atlanta's historic Kirkwood neighborhood, Taproom Coffee & Beer offers the best of "one-stop shopping." Here, you will find coffee from partnering roaster East Pole Coffee Co. and other guest roasters, as well as a carefully curated draft beer lineup, including excellent local brews.
Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee
When you order a cup of coffee at the non-profit Land of A Thousand Hills coffee shop with locations in Alpharetta, Midtown Atlanta and Roswell, you become part of a community that provides living wages, education, healthcare and clean water in coffee farming villages all while celebrating the craft of specialty coffee. $20 gets you a subscription of fair trade coffee beans.
Refuge Coffee
While you're exploring Midtown Atlanta, be sure to stop into Refuge Coffee at The Woodruff Arts Center. The non-profit coffee shop with a mission employs immigrants and refugees, offering them job training and work experience as they settle in the community. You also can enjoy their coffee at the original location in Clarkston and in downtown Norcross.
If tea is more your speed . .
Dr. Bombay's Underwater Tea Party
This Candler Park neighborhood favorite offers freshly brewed coffee, books, homemade pastries and hand-selected teas from around the world. The décor at Dr. Bombay's is a romantic mix of hanging parasols, origami birds and shelves jammed with community books, the perfect backdrop for their popular High Tea.
