Best Coffee Specialty Drinks
Cuppuccino's Coffee House
3400 E. Speedway
READERS' PICK: Cuppuccinos has the usual run of
unusually well-made coffee drinks: espressos, cappuccinos, lattes.
But its specialty drinks are like no one else's. Among the favorites
of regulars here are the Hammerhead, an aptly named double espresso-and-house
blend concoction; the Casablanca, a white-chocolate mocha; and
the literary duet of the Kafka and the Cocteau, mocha and hazelnut
treats (to which the second adds raspberry). All Cuppuccino's
needs is a third literary beverage, the Balzac, named in honor
of the French writer and java junkie who died of caffeine poisoning--say,
a triple Hammerhead with a shot of ginko--to complete the writerly
theme. Failing that, you'll still find something for every coffee
connoisseur's taste here.
READER'S POLL RUNNER UP: A favorite with the University
crowd for years, Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea, 1730
E. Speedway, serves up the kind of hot, steaming rocket fuel that's
revived many a flagging brain. Before, during or maybe after studying,
Bentley's dizzying menu of coffee drinks has the stuff to keep
your synapses popping. The mocha shake, a perfect marriage of
icy and sweet, provides a sugar/caffeine buzz so lovely it shouldn't
be legal.
