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10 Best Cafés in San Jose, California

San Jose, California is notable for its cultural diversity, and this richness has greatly impacted the city’s complexity of coffee culture. These cafés are serving fine cups to the bright minds that abound in this part of California, and creating a coffee scene uniquely their own.

Below are the 10 best cafés in San Jose, California;

1. Philz Coffee

Philz Coffee – Flickr

Philz Coffee is about blending culturally different coffees to create a new and unique blend. These blends continue to inspire new connections and possibilities.

The café was founded in 1978 by Phil Jaber, a coffee enthusiast who mixed blends in his spare time. Philz Coffee was able to grow to become one of the city’s most popular shops due to the owner’s dedication to warmth, hospitality, and quality.

Philz Coffee is filled with wonderful smells of good coffee that are freshly brewed, however reviews highly recommend you trying Jacobs Wonderbar, Tesora, Dancing Water, and Silken Splender, Ambrosia Coffee of God, Hazelnut or New Manhatten.

2. Voltaire Coffee House

Voltaire Coffee House – TripAdvisor

Voltaire Coffee House is an independent coffee bean roaster that started with a passion for coffee and love for its city. It prides itself in their consistence in quality, roasting their own beans in-house & sourcing them directly from fair-trade markets that work with local farmers.

The café was named after the Philosopher/writer Voltaire of the 18^th century. He was known for drinking 50+ cups of coffee every day. Not only was he healthy, he actually lived to the ripe age of 83.

Reviewers highly recommend the Avocado & Egg Crostini, Banana Bread, Flat White, Nutella Latte, Spanish Latte, Indonesia Blue Dragon blend or Kenya AA blend.

3. Peet’s Coffee & Tea

Peet’s Coffe & Tea – Flickr

Peet’s Coffee & Tea is a mix of the coffee shop and delivery service that serves both coffee and tea. On April 1, 1966, Alfred Peet quietly ignited a revolution that forever changed the expectations of American coffee and tea drinkers.

The café prides itself for sourcing the top 1% of coffee beans from the word’s best growing regions. Their roasters are masters of their craft, fine-tuning the nuances of each blend and single origin they roast.

There are many blends to choose from, all of which are hand roasted to order. If you are in the shop, take advantage of the Churro Latte, Sweet Cinnamon Oat Foam Cold Brew or Iced Churro Caramel Macchiato.

4. Chromatic Café

Chromatic Coffee Company – Fresh Cup Magazine

The café hand roasts their coffee in a light to medium blend that is carefully designed to showcase the natural beauty and complexity in each variety and cultivar. The blends have just enough flavor and boldness to suit everyone.

Chromatic Café was named Metro’s best new coffee roaster in 2013, Thrillist’s top coffee company of the Bay Area in 2015, consistently praised and featured on Sprudge and highly rated by Coffee Review.

The café has a wide range of blends, but these are the must-haves from Chromatic café; El Salvador-Mamatita, Congo-Mapendo Women’s Lot, Papua New Guinea-Kunjin, Columbia-La Virgen, and Ethiopia-Aricha Anaerobic Natural.

5. Crema Coffee Roasting Company

Crema Coffee Roasting Company – Foursquare

Crema Coffee Roasting Co. is a family-owned coffeehouse in San Jose’s Rose Garden area with an intensely loyal following and a keen devotion to giving back to the community. The café hand-roasts their beans to rich, creamy, goodness.

The café was founded by Rachel and Ben and is located at 238 Race St, San Jose, CA 95126. The café prides itself as an eco-friendly company that has made it its mission to eliminate as much waste as possible.

Majority of the café’s reviewers recommend Cuban, Cortado, Espresso, Cup of Horizon Supreme, La Danta, or Asrar Haraz, Kashmiri Chai, Askinosie Hot Chocolate, Ice Coffee, Elderflower Tea

6. Roy’s Station Coffee & Tea

Roy’s Station Coffee & Tea – TripAdvisor

Roy’s Station Coffee & Tea is a family owned coffee shop that started out as a Mobil gas station. Now instead of fueling up on gasoline now you fuel up on coffee and tea.

This trendy, chic, and fun new place is located on the corner of 5th and Jackson Streets, just minutes from downtown San Jose.

Roy’s Station Coffee & Tea is known to serve some delicious specialty coffee and tea drinks. Here are most recommended drinks to try Espresso, Latte, Cappuccino, Americano, Flat White, Mocha latte, Chai Tea or Green Tea.

7. Voyager Craft Coffee

Voyager Coffee – Flickr

Voyager was established in 2016 and was borne out of an intense desire to usher in a new paradigm within specialty coffee. Their signature recipes combine globally inspired flavors, farm-sourced beans, and real ingredients that will take you on a voyage with every sip

The café serves some of the best coffee and reviewers recommend either of the following avocado toast and latte with oat milk

8. Blue Bottle Coffee

Blue Bottle Coffee-Flickr

Blue Bottle Coffee was founded in the early 2000s, targeting coffee lovers who actually wanted to have the actual taste of fresh coffee. It was named in honor of Kolshitsky’s heroics.

Franz George Kolshitsky was assigned the task of delivering a message of the Poles’ imminent rescue to Vienna. The mayor of Vienna awarded Kolshitsky of his heroic deeds. With his reward, he opened Central Europe’s first-ever coffee house (The Blue Bottle).

Located right in the heart of San Jose, the café offers a section of tea bags, coffee brewers, and accessories all with their signature aesthetically pleasing, minimalist look.

Reviewers higly recommend trying either the Coffee and Virunga Chocolate Set, Honduras Paz Parainema, Kenya Nyeri Kiawamururu, Ethiopia Gedeb Metad Washed, or Classic Blend Granola.

9. Hannah Café

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Hannah Café is located at 754 The Alameda Ste 80 San Jose, California 95126. It is a trendy spot, great to meet a friend or strike up a conversation with a new one.

They serve up a fantastic house blend that can be served as a traditional espresso drink, cold brew, or drip coffee. They also offer teas, hot chocolate, iced coffees, smoothies, and lemonade.

Reviewers of the café highly recommend trying their Espresso Con Panna, S’mores Latte, Breve Latte, A-A-Ron Latte, Iced Swiss Mocha Latte, Iced Pumpkin Crème brûlée Latte, Frozen Just Peachy, Chocolate Gone Bananas Smoothie, Cool Cucumber Lemonade, Mini Feta & Spinach, or Green Monster Hot Wrap.

10. Spectra

Spectra Coffee – Foursquare

Spectra Coffee is an all-around great place located in the Almaden Plaza Shopping Center. The café will work for your lunch break, business, meeting, chat with friends, or when you’re with the whole family.

Their house blend coffee is delicious, and their knowledgeable baristas are developing new blends all the time. The locally baked yummy morsels like cookies, muffins, and brownies are also delicious.

What to order wnen you visit Sepectra; Cafe Au Lait, Rose Latte, Feelin Lucky, Mango Wango Tea, Banana Cream Latte, Orange Blossom Latte, Avocado Toast, Ricotta Toast