Coffee & Treats in Kennesaw

Joffrey's Coffee & Ice Cream is not your average Japanese courthouse because it's a cafe and ice cream shop that features a full bar with tasty cocktails, hookah, and fine cigars in the evening. It sells smooth, milky ice cream and coffee so good it's the preferred espresso brand served at Walt Disney World.

Proprietor Carine Bourgeois sets up shop inside a cozy 1920s house, where nearly 100 varieties of tea fill thirsty mugs, and freshly prepared sandwiches, salads, and soups help to prevent the lunch tradition from going extinct. Chilled mitts can wrap around a ceramic warmed with tea, first steeped in a traditional Japanese cast-iron pot ($4.50–$5.50). The Blue Eyes fruit tea features a delicate mix of orange, apple, hibiscus, and cornflower petals, and the organic allergy-relief house blend enlists the help of elderberry, ginger root, and spearmint to soothe respiratory tracts tickled by seasonal reindeer dander. Comestibles include a chicken-curry-salad sandwich ($9.95), available on gluten-free bread, tomato basil soup ($3.95 for cup; $5.95 for bowl), and a beauty-booster salad with veggies, berries, and choice of wild salmon, Thai shrimp, or organic chicken strips ($12.95).

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This time of year, unhealthy temptations abound: chocolate-covered reindeer, log-jam rolls, and gingerbread cars. Curb your treat-sneaking guilt without neglecting your sweet tooth with today's Groupon to Yogurberry. Located in the sleek, secretly-from-the-future Terminus building, this Buckhead shop serves up low-cal, non-fat frozen yogurt and smoothies that make celebrities and pastry chefs abandon their highly publicized affairs with ice cream in favor of a nurturing treat that reforms their image in the media. Stay on track with your New Year's resolution to eat better/learn invisibility/graduate college with this energy-giving snack.A brain freeze usually occurs when a food item of subzero temperature (ice-cream cone, frozen hot dog, et al.) is consumed rapidly, due to extreme deliciousness or an equally extreme desire to enter the movie theater quickly so as not to miss the trailer for Iron Man Too: 2 Iron Men.

ZenTea’s menu begins simply enough, highlighting hot teas served by the cup or in pots for one, two, or three people. But regular sips quickly evolve into presentations more often seen at serious cafés or craft beer bars. Things start small with a mini tea tasting, which features a flight of three 9-ounce pots filled with your choice of brews. Servers also up the theatrics with their iced matcha lattes, which are blended from green-tea powder, organic milk, and agave sweetener before being chilled in a martini shaker. Owner Connie Miller has collected more than 100 teas from around the world, and introduces patrons to their distinctive nuances during tasting classes, afternoon high teas, and even casual stops at the café counter. There, guests can also order lighter food items such as quiche, salads, soup, baked goods, and seasoned air.

Considering that ZenTea’s century-old building once housed Chamblee’s town hall, it’s not surprising that the shop has become something of a community hangout: locals stop in to listen to live music, host showers and book clubs, and take zen-inspired classes in meditation, reiki, yoga, and even reflexology.

Most know that way to an iguana's heart is through its stomach, but it is useful to remember that human stomachs can be reached through the mouth, nose, eyes, and—if it's an emergency—the number written on the refrigerator's dry-erase board. Today's Groupon stimulates your gentle iguana heart with a sensational feast of sweet tastes, smells, and sights at Sweet Auburn Bread Company. For $15, you get $35 worth of old-fashioned baked goods and breakfast at the charming Auburn Avenue bakery.