Coffee & Treats in Englewood

In ancient China, the tea house was the traditional venue for apothecaries, Confucian scholars, and spice merchants to do business and engage in kung-fu negotiations that involved a lot of wire work. Today’s Groupon gives you a taste of that tradition with $10 worth of tea and sweets at Seven Cups Denver Tea House for $5. Voted a Best Tea House in Denver by CityVoters and Best Store on Old South Pearl Street by Westword, Seven Cups is Denver’s first and only traditional Chinese tea house.

Coffee is often called a miracle drug, not only because it cures numerous diseases including ataxia and ear splints, but also because it has the amazing power to either wake you up or help you relax. Wake up or unwind with today's Groupon, offering $10 worth of buzzy beverages at Rooster & Moon Coffee Pub for $5.

Cold Stone's ice cream, made fresh in stores every day, inhabits a quantum flux between soft-serve and traditional ice cream, with a rich, creamy texture that whispers tales of its super-premium quality as it glides over taste buds. The ice cream generously welcomes dozens of toppings, as traditional as crumbled cookies and chopped nuts or as quirky as granola and black licorice. Choose your favorite ice cream from among dozens of silky flavors, such as irish cream and butter pecan. Then make certain no one will try and steal a taste by topping it protectively with brownies, gumballs, and cherry-pie filling. Whatever Frankencream you create, it'll be scooped cold off the grill into a freshly made waffle cone or bowl. Cold Stone's ice cream and toppings vary between seasons and location, and they also offer sorbet and an array of lighter toppings such as fruit and honey. Ice-cream creations run between $4 and $6, depending on size.

The menu offers a white mocha ($3.25 for 12 ounces), latte ($2.60), cappuccino ($2.60), hot chocolate ($2.50), steamers ($2.10), blended drinks such as the Frozen Hotty ($3.85) and more. Coffee comes in A, B, and C-sized perky cups. An A-cup of house blend costs $1.75, so this Groupon could caffeinate your mornings for an entire workweek. Add a $.40 flavor shot or a $.50 soy shot for an extra boost. Freshly baked pastries are available daily to complement the coffee. Cold drinks include an iced latte ($2.60 for 12 ounces), mocha ($3), and coffee ($1.55) as well as an Italian soda ($2.75) and an Arnold Palmer ($2).

At English Tealeaves, you can throw a tea party ($15–$27.50 per guest) for yourself and up to 26 guests or stuffed-animal friends. Or throw caution to the wind and ride into the café as a lone, crumpet-craving desperado to sate a solo palate. Pots of hot tea come in more than 125 varieties ($4.35) or as a tea latte ($4.75), or ice any brew for $3.25. Teatime isn't complete without a scone ($5.65), British meat pie (including Cornish pasties, Scotch pie, and English favorite steak and kidney, $8.65), or crumpet and jam ($4.50). If gluten makes you feel all funny inside or itch uncontrollably, English Tealeaves offers traditional gluten-free offerings such as scones ($4.25–$6.25), brownies ($2.95), and cucumber sandwiches on GF bread ($6 half-sandwich, $7.50 whole). For the home brewer, all the teas on the menu are available for loose-leaf purchase. Bags range from 2 to 4 ounces and typically cost $11.25, although prices vary with specialties such as Japanese Sencha ($11, 3 oz.) and Darjeeling First Flush ($15.75, 3 oz.).

Voted 5280 magazine Readers' Choice for Top Gelato, The Red Trolley was founded by Julie and Patrick Shaw, who wanted to take their kids out for ice cream that didn't give off an unnatural glow. Ice creams and sorbettos at The Red Trolley are made in-house without the deal-breaking lineup of high fructose corn syrup, trans fat, and artificial colors and flavors. Denver Magazine named the banana chocolate peanut butter gelato one of the 100 must eats in Denver ($3.50 for a single scoop), and the charming counter stools are well-suited for sealing truces with root beer floats ($4.99). Mix and match flavors such as the cupcake junky without neglecting a favorite such as the sea-salt chocolate-covered caramel gelato.