Time to Treat Yourself to an Iced Coffee

You’re treating the kids with a good summer—day camps, ice cream, water fun. Don’t you deserve a sweet and refreshing drink?

Drip-Thru Coffee

Short on time but need a pick-me-up? Drip-Thru Coffee is a double-sided drive-thru shop with lots of options. For a cooling drink in the summer, try their iced coffee, iced latte, iced macchiato, iced americano, iced chai, iced matcha, iced tea, coffee frappe or smoothie. 50 Hwy. 138 W, Stockbridge and 1515 Virginia Ave., College Park.

Urban Grind

Jazz up your drink with a White Chocolate, Mocha, Black Forest Mocha, Caramel or Vanilla Frappe at this shop. Or try their delicious house specialty drinks—Turtle Mocha, White Raspberry Mocha, Mint Condition or Caramel Macchiato. They also offer teas or smoothies, and satisfy your hunger with a sandwich. 962 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta.

Academy Coffee ATL

With the owner’s background in both coffee and cocktails, this flavorful stop markets itself as “a shop that takes a mixologist’s style and applies it to coffee and tea.” Specialty flavors change seasonally. 1019 Virginia Ave. NE, Atlanta.

Valor

Valor

Located in downtown Alpharetta, this cute shop has an awesome patio and delightful coffee, including Lavender Vanilla, Caramel Cardamom or Mocha iced lattes. You can also grab a Cold Brew, a Nitro Cold Brew or Nitro Oat Lav Latte. Seasonal flavors change for a fun spin on a new beverage. The Dunwoody location also has outdoor seating. 44 Milton Ave., Alpharetta and 5531 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody.

Dr. Bombay’s Underwater Tea Party

This Candler Park restaurant is the perfect spot to meet your girlfriends. They have more than 70 flavors of teas, coffee from French Truck Coffee Co., sandwiches, scones, cakes, quiche and samosas. 1645 McLendon Ave. NE, Atlanta.

More Spots Worth a Stop:

• Banjo Coffee Co
• Brash Coffee Roasters
• Café Comma
• Condesa Coffee
• Dancing Goats Coffee
• East Pole
• Gilly Brewing Co
• JavaVino Coffee Company
• Kula Coffee Co
• Moonbird Coffee
• ParkGrounds Neighborhood Café
• PERC Coffee
• Percolate
• Radio Roasters Coffee
• Refuge Coffee Co
• Rev Coffee Roasters
• Spiller Park
• Victory Community Center

Find more of our favorite coffee spots here.

This story was originally published in Aug. 2022.