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Ranging from havens offering Asian-inspired desserts to community-centric establishments, here are the top five most endearing coffee shops in the Triangle.

Triangle's top 5 cutest coffee shops: Where flavor and community blend perfectly

Lucky Tree Cafe where coffee, sustainability and local art meet 

Nestled on historic South West Street in Raleigh, lies Heirloom -- a coffee shop and tea house that seamlessly marries the flavors of Laos and Taiwan. 

This picturesque Laotian and Taiwanese cafe is a community hub in Raleigh NC

Heirloom Brewshop in Raleigh 

Cha House Raleigh is a bubble tea shop that also serves a variety of hot and cold teas. They have a wide selection of toppings, so you can customize your drink to your liking. Cha House Raleigh is located in the Five Points area, and they are open from 10:30am to 8pm daily. 

Discover Cha House: Raleigh's premier bubble tea shop

Cha House Raleigh

Lucky Tree Café & Makers Market is a café and art gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded by twin sisters Amanda and Ashley in 2015. The café is inspired by the sisters' childhood treehouse, which was a place where they could be creative and connect with their community.

Sustainable café with local art: Lucky Tree Café & Makers Market

Baked goods at Lucky Tree 

Interview with Thai  Phommavong about Heirloom a specialty coffee shop and tea house in Downtown Raleigh, NC. Laotian and Taiwanese restaurant.

The business is actually founded in, I believe it was 2018 by my sister and brother in law. So Anna and Chin and they started the business because they love, you know, the community, they love Raleigh. They want a way for Raleigh to connect with each other and what better way than to connect them with coffee, tea. And those are all like kind of kind of social activities that people kind of get together and do. Um So this is how heirloom first started and then the dishes that we provide are dishes that are coming from um more of like an Asian influence. Um mainly Laos and Taiwanese. Um those are from our backgrounds. Mine and Nanas are gonna be um play ocean and uh China is going to be Taiwanese. And so they, we tend to kind of merge together and formed this little uh business here.

Discover Heirloom: A coffee, tea and sake haven 

Heirloom Brewshop

Here are the best locally owned tea shops in the Raleigh-Durham area.

The best locally owned tea shops in the Triangle

Tin Roof Teas Raleigh 

Tin Roof Tea is a locally owned and operated tea shop in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 2009 by Ryan Hinson, Tin Roof Tea has been serving the community with quality loose leaf teas for over 14 years.

Tin Roof Tea: 14 years of serving Raleigh with quality loose leaf tea

Raleigh tea shop with over 400+ varieties 

For owners Matt and Christy Griffith, years of dreams and planning went into Pimiento Tea Room, an eclectic tea house and restaurant that is anything but ordinary.

Pimiento Tea Room: Meet the owners behind this eclectic Holly Springs tea house 

Southern reuben at Pimiento Tea Room

For sisters Julia and Lulu, family is everything.

Family traditions inspire new Asian tea house in Cary

Cha House

Health and Wellness Coach Lyndada Harding shares her three favorite teas.

everyone I'm gonna tell you My three favorite teas toe have and I drink tea for medicinal properties. But also to relax. The 1st 1 want to share with you is what we call a cleansing teeth in the cleansing Teague from me. The favorite element is Lipper's route that allows me to talk to my body. I'm also allowed me to like get everything going the next T everyone is familiar with. And I also grew it like this is green tea, green tea, a national energy boost. It also increases your metabolism. Nice way to have a team keep tablets go especially here at home. As much movement used to. I also like chai tea. T certain Try teas have something to work towards a great element for as anti chemical. So for those who have issues with rheumatoid arthritis, other inflammatory issues this is a great Tito work. So for me, I like to have this stock and rage 1/2 and sit in summary Rechy great energy. This particular teaches a detox tea. Nice way to keep your your body cleanse and in great shape and then for child. I love the flavor of chai with additional property for tumeric. Great element. Great anti inflammatory. See, when you're stuck at home, you can't get out to do all these other things. Teas could actually help you keep your rep and keep you going.

Living it Up: Enjoy some tea

Although there are no cases of coronavirus in North Carolina, Paul Davis is feeling sick over outbreak of the illness in China.

Coronavirus stalls Chinese factories Durham entrepreneur using to make tea infuser

Durham man's business plans interrupted by coronavirus

Although there are no cases of coronavirus in North Carolina, Paul Davis is feeling sick over the outbreak of the illness in China.

A report published in 'Environmental Science & Technology' uncovered the alarming amount of microplastics that are present in plastic tea bags.

Study: Tea bags contain billions of plastic particles

Sweetwaters Coffee and Tea is expected to open in Amberly Sqaure off McCrimmon Parkway on May 28. 

Asian-inspired coffee and tea cafe opening in west Cary

Sweetwaters Coffee and Tea

The latest pop-up business at the American Tobacco Campus is The Bamboo Cookhouse, a Filipino-inspired eatery.

Tea shop next pop-up at American Tobacco Campus in Durham

Jeddah’s Tea

For some waging the battle of bulge, the latest wight loss weapon comes in a little bag.