Cocobean Coffee and Boba Tea

Description: A Charlotte coffee and boba shop serving espresso drinks, Vietnamese-style coffee, egg coffee, ube lattes, brown sugar coffee, milk teas, matcha drinks, fruit teas, refreshers, smoothies, frappé boba drinks, egg waffles, and bánh mì sandwiches. The menu blends coffeehouse drinks with Asian-inspired tea, dessert, and snack options, including Thai tea, brown sugar milk tea, taro, mango, honeydew, Oreo, coconut, red bean, bubble waffles, and specialty coffee flavors.

The interior has a colorful casual café feel with counter service, vibrant décor, and a drink-focused setup built around boba, coffee, and dessert-style beverages. Good for boba tea, specialty lattes, Vietnamese coffee, sweet drinks, egg waffles, quick snacks, casual meetups, and trying a café menu with both coffee and tea options.

Comments: All the seats here have padded backs and bottoms. I like that. The seating is comfortable, with none of those horrid metal chairs that it seems like every coffee shop everywhere has adopted as the default. It’s small, but they pack in as much seating as possible. There’s a couch with some colorful armchairs that’s the highlight of the space. The rest is faux white marble tables with comfortable gray chairs.

The menu has all the coffee options you’re used to, plus bubble tea, matcha lattes, and bánh mì sandwiches. They can make any of the teas hot if you want, although that doesn’t seem to be the way most people order them. There are a few pastries too.

It’s not a bad place to plop down and work remotely. It doesn’t seem to get overwhelmingly packed, they have free Wi-Fi, the seats are comfortable, and as long as you bring noise cancelling headphones because the music tends to be loud, you can lock in and focus. Most of the seating runs along a wall too, so you’re not just floating in the middle of the space. Access to outlets is great too.