Passes both the comfortable environment and tasty-coffee tests!
Not too big, yet always a place to sit. Lots of people, yet still quiet: you can come here to comfortably talk, think, read, study, and a host of other socially sanctioned coffeehouse-related activities. Win!
The coffee is fantastic and baristas knowledgeable and friendly. Carefully prepared coffee means it is not just some passive drink to wake you up in the morning. No, this is an experience that you can sit and enjoy. Win!
Add them up. That is bi-winning enough to teach Charlie Sheen something.
Oh, and it is the only place (that I have seen) around that you can find a spinach, leek, and feta scone. I am still recovering from the mind-blowing awesomeness of this trifecta of perfection!