11 Cool Places to Caffeinate and Tea Up

Looking for a soothing sip or a daily jolt? Try one of these neighborhood coffee and tea shops.

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Bubble tea at Chill Zone (Facebook photo)

Chill Zone Coffee 

Detail and colors rule at Chill Zone, a light-flooded shop across from the Lee Harrison Shopping Center in Arlington. This Instagram paradise has a gleaming Triumph motorcycle in the doorway and tiny terrariums and vintage cameras lining the walls.  The drinks are photogenic, too. Fresh and puréed mango, plus milk foam, combine for a brilliantly orange frosty mango drink. Raspberry purée mixes with jasmine tea for a pink tea. And purple taro finds its way into lattes, iced or frozen. You’ll find plenty of stools at the long counter and a large, tatami-style table for communal sipping. Beans are from Maryland roaster Vigilante, and all syrups and fruit purées are made in-house.

2442 N. Harrison St., Arlington; facebook.com/ChillZoneCoffee/

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