Coffee & Treats in Rancho San Diego

Following in the words of Japanese arts scholar Okakura Kakuzo, “Strangely enough humanity has so far met in a teacup.” For $11, today's Groupon invites you and your humanity for an afternoon tea in a tearoom at San Diego’s renowned Tea Upon Chatsworth. Spend some quality time focusing deeply on your qi and forgetting about your problematic investment in that land-ski company.America: FootballEngland: Not football

Jennifer and Kristee are best friends who opened Big City Bagels & Deli in 1994. They have been owner/operators for the past 16 years. BCB serves up New York style bagels, boiled and baked. Delicious deli sandwiches are made with Boarshead meats and cheeses. BCB serves Cafe Moto organic coffee and espresso.

Shakespeare’s Corner Shoppe imports products from across the pond and welcomes neighbors for afternoon tea, served daily with finger sandwiches and cakes. An extensive online and in-store inventory spans everything from canned jellies, curds, and jams to animal collars patterned with the British flag. Should an item of desire elude shoppers or Sherlock Holmes, store associates occasionally place special orders. The tea experts stock a selection of English bone china, which is available to purchase or rent for an at-home garden party or a sophisticated rave. The store's quaint outdoor patio is home to daily afternoon tea, a British tradition that the crew has modernized to include vegetarian and sugar- or gluten-free delicacies.

More exciting than opening your front door to a charitable crew of gingerbread track stars, a half-dozen gang of cupcakes is haute even when the weather's not. Haute Pink Cakes is locally owned and operated by three mums and a pair of anthropomorphic cakes that bake inspired creations for the dessert-loving tums of human beings.

Chuao Chocolatier creates signature morsels from fresh, natural ingredients. Eight decadent chocolate concoctions form a collection characterized by imaginative melds and divergently delicious flavor combinations. The chipotle and dark chocolate Firecracker bar explodes with peonies of popping candy and sea salt, and the Spicy Maya romances taste buds with dark chocolate, pasilla chili, cayenne peppers, and cinnamon. Bergamot citrus fills the Earl Grey bar with more interesting accents than a Spanish class taught by a Canadian parrot. One bar each of Chinita Nibs, Honeycomb, Coco, Coffee & Anise, and Panko round out the octet. As with cage matches and differential calculus, substitutions are not allowed. Upgrades from ground shipping are available for an additional fee.

Cuppa Cuppa is a locally owned, independent, drive-thru caffeination station featuring high-quality brews from a local roaster. Browse Cuppa Cuppa's espresso-packed menu for the brew that best entices your taste buds, whether it's the whipped cream-topped espresso con panna ($1.90–$2.50) or the white mocha infused with Ghirardelli white chocolate ($3.40–$4.35). A deliciously foamy large latte ($3.60) rolls down the highway of your esophagus like the well-oiled Rolls Royce of the coffee community. A simple, strong cup of coffee ($1.60–$1.90) is also available. Fresh fruit smoothies provide a chilled rush of flavor, with varieties including strawberry-banana and peach-raspberry ($3.60–$4.60). The stand also serves up hearty muffins, scones, biscotti, and bagels ($1.85–$2.10) for taming snarling stomachs.