Caffè Strada

caffè strada sits on college avenue like it belongs there, which it does after years of pulling shots for berkeley regulars who know good coffee when they taste it. the 4.3 rating from over a thousand google reviews tells you something real is happening here. not flashy, just consistent. the baristas actually care about your drink. you can tell by the way steam hisses at just the right temperature, how they pause to check the crema before sliding your cup across the counter. regulars don't just come for caffeine. they come because someone here remembers how they take their cortado. this isn't starbucks with its predictable everything. strada has that lived-in feeling of a place that earned its reputation one espresso at a time. the kind of spot where you taste the difference between rushed coffee and coffee made right. berkeley knows its coffee shops, and this one has staying…