Modern Coffee - Oakland

Delicious coffee! End of review.Kidding!The coffee is truly delicious here and I've had the pleasure of trying several different options. The Vanilla Latte, the Lavendar Latte, the Burnt Cinnamon Latte but my favorite is actually the Blackstrap Iced Coffee.All of the house-made syrups are so much better than the regular stuff, plus they always serve it with a smile.Add to that the fact that they are a truly genuine business that cares about the rights of all individuals, and you really feel the love oozing out of Modern Coffee!

I absolutely love this location! The view outside is enjoyable on a nice sunny day. The coffee tastes amazing and was made perfectly! The customer service was the best! The baristas were so warm and accommodating. I would move to Oakland just for this coffee shop!

Coffee was sour even their cheap oatmeal couldn't cover it up. Besides that, brown haired register person had so much attitude because I didn't have a mask although I gladly took one once offered. Not sure why and the attitude continued when I asked about the beans. Word of advice, you're coffee isn't good to warrant that type of attitude.

Modern coffee makes the best chai in the East Bay. Both the Kashmiri and Masala are excellent.

The owner and baristas will find this review as no surprise as they witnessed this entire interaction morning of 6/15/22. Me (masked Black woman walks in orders drink (for sit in, which includes a vax card check at the time of payment . Did that, read the signs and sat down with my croissant to wait for drink. Waiting, waiting, and noting that three people who came in after me took their drinks (but no big deal, orders get mixed up sometimes . I stop mid croissant bite and walk up the short two steps to check in on drink (I 'm reminded very rudely to mask if in common area, fine I will, and my mistake for still chewing and forgetting and then, I 'm lectured about 'if you 're going to sit down I also need to see your vax card ' (thank you to the barista who quickly jumped in and mentioned she had checked it . No apologies from the lecturing barista about my delayed drink or asking twice. That 's fine- I 'm not a kid who needs to be coddled. It 's the decision to assume I hadn 't showed my vax card (despite it being their policy that you show it when ordering for sit in . Sat down but I 'm so irked and when I 'm irked and feeling targeted (welcome to life as a Black person in America , you start to notice things. I notice an unmasked young Latino guy come in (immediately told to mask and offered one, fine and thanks for having those on hand . Ok well I 'm thinking, maybe I 'm reading too much into the how she says it, and seems to be as curt with everyone. And then, in walks a white masked woman who orders (I 'm watching closely because despite feeling it in my gut, I just don 't want it to be true . No vaccine card check at ordering. Alright, ok fine- maybe they know her or have checked before. She sits at the table immediately to my front. But here 's the thing, she gets up mid bite (just like me , walks the two steps up to the counter to get her drink (like I had , and THEN proceeds to chit chat, laugh, and have an exchange of pleasantries with pretty much the whole crew (except the one person who came to my defense and happened to be away from the area , while UNMASKED. It 's the fact that when dealing with me, you didn 't have the patience to respond to me about the question (my drink before starting to point out my lack of mask and asking about my vax card (and the way in which you did that . It 's the fact that when dealing with this white woman, you suddenly summoned and found all the patience in the world?! You prioritized pleasantries with her and in fact, you didn 't even ask her to mask or check her vax card, AT ALL. I just couldn 't. The need to be hyper vigilant about masking and vaccinations (the hyper vigilance comes from a place of wanting to make sure everyone is safe, which includes everyone but then selectively and so very obviously and carelessly deciding who you rudely reprimand vs. not (because the white woman you are besties couldn 't possibly be passing on covid right? I may have caused a scene when I very clearly told you how I felt but understand that it is exhausting. Exhausting dealing with this s and having to second guess your own intuition, reactions of others, and often judged to be reacting disproportional to what happened when all of these little things just weigh on you. And worse (which is what I won 't do anymore is to pay, suck it up, and sit down and bear it all while it 's happening to you. And it 's only 9am. But you understand how often this happens to me? How many places these subtle micro aggressions are just not even questioned? I 've frequented all of your modern coffees in the nearly 5 years I 've worked downtown- you know me, you have seen me (unless you think we all just look alike . NEVER AGAIN. Not setting one foot near any of your businesses. The fact that you had an opportunity to apologize to me directly, to ask how to make it right, but no, you just stood there making excuses. But that 's Bay Area for you, more comfort in putting up useless lawn si