Design District hang-out Andante is both a fragrant florist selling pot plants and bouquets of blooms and a cafe brewing organic, fair-trade coffee etched with intricate coffee art (oat milk available). There's also a wide range of Chinese teas, seasonal smoothies and juices, and snacks such as raw cakes with raspberry and goji berry or green tea and lingonberry.
Andante
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