The thing I love about cold weather is an excuse to imbibe more warm, caffeinated drinks. My favorite coffee shop haunt in the meager town of Tustin, is The Lost Bean. Biodegradable cups made from corn, organic coffee, the best tasting lattes I have ever had, and community involvement, what is there NOT to love about this place?

Filling apps is a dreary process. Filling apps in a clean place, with nice clean tables (oh, a far cry from the dirty, wobbly tables at Cafe Roma at Berkeley) in a warm atmosphere (also a distant cry from the freezing nether regions of Strada at Berkeley) makes filling apps, well, less dreary.

So add free wi-fi to that list.

And as for the drinks, ain't nothing better than a banana latte. It's even better iced, which completely negates my previous excuse for buying coffee. Nevertheless, warm options like Mexican Spice Mocha or the Zebra Mocha (half traditional mocha, half white chocolate mocha) are awesome, though a tad sweet. Never get hot chocolate from here (it tastes nothing like hot chocolate), but do get the White Peach iced tea if iced tea is your thing. Lastly, I cannot emphasize how much BETTER the drinks taste here than at any other coffee joint I have visited. I don't know if it's the organic-ness of it, or the quality of the ingredients, or heck, even if there are drugs in it (i kid) but whatever it is, it is good and well worth the price.

So if you're in town, you know where to go.

The Lost Bean
13011 Newport Ave. #104
Tustin, CA 92780
Ph: 714-544-2586

check out the link to read more about their philosophies and values

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