Tatte will be busy but you could maybe snag a table upstairs. LA Burdick's is a coffee/chocolate shop I recently discovered and enjoyed. I would stay away from Blue Bottle or the Starbucks if you're looking to hunker down for work.

Smith Center will be perfect for your needs I think

Darwin’s and Tatte

There's space in the lobby of the Science Center that you might find suitable.

The Barker Center on campus has a cute lil coffee shop with a great vibe, if you want to hang out on campus

Recreo in city hall or trek all the way to west Roxbury. They single source from their own farm in Nicaragua and are the best I've had in the city. Plus relatively inexpensive ($14-18/lb)

Barismo, broadsheet, gracenote, and George Howell all have excellent coffee. They roast their beans and they have many types for many uses.

I grab mine from Broadsheet. They do a pretty good job and have a lot of roast profiles to select from. I also use an aeropress :)

I like George Howell beans - you can get them at the GH stores or at Whole Foods.
I like medium roast beans brewed strong & hot
They make light and darker roasts too, single source with tasting notes for each roast

box cafe on norfolk street. its out of the way and not much to look at but they do banging meze and coffee.

Michaelhouse Cafe, Trinity Street 

Kanto on Cherry Hinton Road.

Can't believe nobody's said Barbarella in Chesterton yet - hands down the best brownies in Cambridge and a really cute aesthetic

Kerb Kollective @ Cambridge Museum of Technology

Clover serves George Howell - arguably some of the best coffee you can get in MA.

Pavement in the Smith Campus Center.

Broadsheet for sure; Simon's is up Mass Ave a bit.

Broadsheet, faro, curio, cicada and Simon's are the spots that are closest to Harvard that I would easily recommend.

Broadsheet roasts in Cambridge and is featured at many local cafes (including curio) and their cafe has great espresso drinks and a constantly rotating batch brew which is really fun to try something different with.

Faro was at one point brewing broadsheet, but is now rotating beans every month. This month they are brewing with beans from dayglow and ilse and pour overs from Brandywine. They are a newer cafe but are doing good things and focusing on quality in a busy area. They also get their pastries from la saison, an awesome local bakery.

Simon's brews gracenote which is another favorite local roaster which has cafes across the river in Boston. Simon's is one of the classic local 3rd wave cafes in Cambridge.

Cicada is a great Vietnamese coffee shop that has a location with great vibes and fun Vietnamese influenced espresso drinks.

Curio brews broadsheet and has great liege waffles, a great cozy spot that is in East Cambridge, but can be worth a trip.

3 little figs is in Somerville and a little awkward to get to, but is great and brews tandem which is a roaster out of Portland, ME.

Barismo is another local roaster that is good, but not at the same level as broadsheet and gracenote for the variety they roast.

There are a bunch of other cafes/bakery's that have amazing baked goods, but this list is mostly focusing on coffee spots.

Unfortunately Harvard Square isn’t very friendly to local businesses these days. Flour (Mt. Auburn) street is a great local chain of bakeries with coffee. Broadsheet Coffee Roasters on Kirkland Street, is a true local shop. They’re a bit of a walk from the square just down the street from Memorial Hall, past the Divinity school.

Check out Roust. It’s very close to the square and quite new. They serve broadsheet coffee (local roaster) and have a pleasant atmosphere that’s quieter than more of the other things around.

Haven't seen it here yet, but 1369 is a good pick too!

Had no idea. More info on that please?

Best coffee in Boston but not a sit down.

Phin Coffee House near South Station is good!

I love Farmer's Horse in the South End

Correct, unless you count the HSP location but that's not very cozy at all. GREAT coffee though.

Glasser Coffee Co in Oak Square is awesome!

Specifically the South End one.. Great memories in that glass ceiling atrium grinding on work or just daydreaming

Render closed?!

I loved Render. 

Paradiso

honestly, I think mad goat is pretty solid.  elm city is second place for coffee but better for studying.  is yummy future any good? 

Genuinely not trying to throw shade, but I think your BF may just be a bit of a hater haha.

Mad Goat is genuinely pretty dang good coffee. Columbia Street Roastery which is an old school roaster in town just opened their first café at The Yard on Broadway. That may be worth a shot, though idk what blend(s) they use at the Cafe. They admittedly have some god awful flavored coffees, but their single origin and unflavored blends are pretty good imo

You mentioned he liked sweet lavender lattes, do you/does he know if his favorite place used like a flavored coffee or something? Does his coffee shop back home ship coffee? He could maybe get some in the mail or something that may get him close.

He could also email his old cafe and explain the situation and see if they're willing to let him know what they use for their lavender latte that he can try to recreate at home. I've done it to a few of my old favorite BBQ places from Austin when trying to mimic them and have never had anyone turn me away!

Avionics is good. The wife likes the lattes at art mart

Mad Goat.

Columbia street has the best local roast. They are opening a cafe.

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This place has hands down the best and most unique chai latte I've ever had. And I almost always order chai in every cafe I go to. Also really cool decorations and vibes. I really recommend it.

Location: DTLA

Bohemian House of Espresso + Chai https://g.co/kgs/CaCAMnS

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Looks cool where located pls?

vienna has a great crowd of regulars, i live right above it and have met many amazing and interesting people there. great coffee selection and even better taste

greyhouse is a nonprofit affiliated with campus house, had a guy from there tell me i should try conversion therapy so i generally try to avoid. super over priced too for the honestly small drink sizes. coffee is alright

copper moon in the hivine building has amazing staff but has terrible hours for the summer. judging from last year they will probably be open for longer the school year. coffee is great here too. cant really speak for the other coppermoons around here.

leaps in the union has alright coffee but its also incredibly over priced seeing that its in pmu hotel and affiliated with aramark. really only go there when my friend is working to get free drinks lol

theres a starbucks on 3rd street and in MSEE and theyre about what you would expect

Lavazza in Marriott hall knows what they are doing

Highly recommend Vienna. It’s right behind Greyhouse and I think it’s better

Vienna

Sometimes earhart bathroom gives free coffees