Top 5 Coffee places

Coffee is a large part of the modern adult's life. You can't wake up without it and it's a fantastic thing to drink at night when you're studying/working. For me, it's often one of the first things I drink and the last thing I drink before going to bed. I also often study at coffeehouses as it inspires me to actually work instead of goofing off on my computer.

I've compiled a list of top 5 coffeehouses I love in no particular order.

1. Tuscany Premium Coffee

• Favorite Drink: Vanilla Latte
• Location: 5 E Greenway Plz Ste C610, Houston, TX77046
• Pro: Their latte come with elaborate coffee art. They make all their own syrups and the baristas are super friendly. Their cookies are also pretty darn delicious and if you sit at the bar and converse with the barista, sometimes they let you taste new coffee.
  
• Con: It's hard to find and it's in a food court. Not to mention, they close at 5 and they only validate 2 hours of parking.

2. Inversion Coffee

• Favorite Drink: Latte
  
• Location: 1953 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006
• Pro: Sunny and spacious, it's a great place to study. They have wonderful decor and a food truck outside. Inversion also sells 50% old pastries and apparently smoothies. Also, they're opened late (around 10 pm).
  
• Con: Parking is really hard to find
  

3. Salento

• Favorite Drink: Mocha
  
• Location: 2407 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005
• Pro: Located in Rice village AND at Rice, Salento has fantastic coffee and food. Seriously, try their brie sandwich and empanadas. It's also a great place to meet up with people and chat but they have free wi-fi in the morning for people to work. I can probably credit at least four of my papers to Salento mocha.
  
• Con: Free wi-fi is stopped at 6 pm and it may be too dim to study during the night as everything is by candlelight.
  

4. Agora

• Favorite Drink: Greek iced coffee/ Earl grey lavender tea
  
• Location: 1712 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77098-1612
• Pro: It's opened until really late (2 am), the clientele is pretty international and many people are open to conversation. They also serve wine and beer as well as sodas, so if you don't want just coffee/tea...try those out. Wednesday has belly dancers so that's always a rowdy day. Otherwise, Agora is really nice to study or for a good chat on couches.
  
• Con: Crowded, oftentimes loud, and their mochas taste more like chocolate milk. The stairs to get upstairs are also kind of steep, so be careful when you're balancing a full cup of hot drink. The owner could also be kind of gruff on a busy day.
  

5. Catalina

• Favorite Drink: Cappuccino/everything
  
• Location: 2201 Washington Avenue, Houston, TX 77007
• Pro: Small, intimate location with comfortable chairs. The baristas are pretty nice and they have fantastic selection of coffee. Pretty much anything here is worth drinking. The espresso is just fantastic and it's just really nice and quiet so you can get a lot of work done (bookwork that is).
  
• Con: They close too early for me (8 pm), and it's hard to actually get there. It's also kind of hard to find if you don't know where it is. Also, don't bring a laptop...they don't really have more than one plug. Do your bookwork here.
  

Honorable Mention:

1. Rice Coffeehouse
2. Coffee Groundz
3. Katz (not actually a coffee place, but it's 24 hours and they have some awesome coffee)
4. House of Pies (also not a coffee place, but they serve coffee and you can get pie, and it's 24 hours)