Peet's Coffee & Tea, San Jose

Peet's Espresso Forte blend is excellent. Their friendly staff will serve the best espresso drinks you can get from a large coffee chain (worlds better than Starbucks). Their spicy ginger cookies are also fantastic. However, their other espresso blends (Garuda and Major Dickasons) are not quite as good, and they do not offer a choice from day to day. I'm not a big fan of their drip coffee either, as much of it is extremely dark roasted to the point of tasting burned. The other drawback is that there is limited inside seating. The patio is fine on a nice day, but otherwise, you may just want to get your coffee to go.