Verve is a Santa Cruz-based coffee roaster with four shops in LA, all of which feature several attributes we love in a good coffee spot. Its breezy shops are gorgeous and perfect for long coffee dates. Their nitro “flash brew” on tap always has a thick foam cap like a beautiful pint of stout. If all you want is a well-made cappuccino, cafe au lait, or gibraltar, very few coffee chains are more consistent—and convenient—than Verve.