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    3.4 (16 reviews)
    InexpensiveCoffee & Tea
    Closed 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Drew G.

    Came to Birmingham on a Sunday.. this was one of the closer coffee shops that was said to be open.. after our 10 minute walk at 7:45am... it was closed! Birmingham!! Open your coffee shops on Sunday!!!!

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    Bright C.

    I love this Starbucks! It's in the new UAB Student Center which has Panera Bread! The atmosphere is very nice and opens until 12 am. I'm only disappointed they have not set up the Starbucks Rewards system so that I can get more stars but I'm very eager for them to start it up. Generally, it's very quiet. This is especially true at night. But at the same time, you feel that it is a semi-casual coffee shop atmosphere.

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    My iced matcha late was awful it was dark green and sticky, no ice. I waited for it 25 minutes

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    First latte I had from Cala was here and it was amazing. Brown sugar vanilla iced. This place has…read morebeen my fav go-to coffee shop since. Nice baristas and it's always pretty packed inside. I frequent both locations and will most likely frequent the new one in mountain brook as well!

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