I don't know what the other reviewers ordered but it obviously wasn't what I've been getting the past four weeks I've come to Oakland. I've tried their regular coffee, their lattes, and their iced drinks, and unfortunately I find them all almost undrinkable. As a former barista, I've tried to think of what could have gone wrong, and one place to start is that the coffee tastes as though it had been sitting out for too long before they served me. It also tastes overbrewed, and this is coming from a Starbucks fan! (There is actually a Starbucks right across the street so maybe the intense competition fueled some hasty/bad decision making.)
That being said, their banana nut pound cakes are to die for, and the atmosphere is nice with stable wifi. So it's not completely hopeless.