The original Empire Coffee and Tea Company was at 568 Ninth Avenue NY, NY on an out of the way stretch of that avenue famous for its gourmet foods.  Savvy New York cooks come here for the fish store, the bakery, the pasta store, the butcher, the cheese, the Italian deli, and of course coffee  

Ninth Avenue is the cradle of NY Gourmet hip. It's where the great food is at great prices.  It's everything you imagine shopping in NY, NY ought to be -- high-quality, great bargains, and worldly style.

The Ninth Avenue Empire Coffee and Tea Company was not a pretty little boutique shop. Nope. This store is all about fresh imported gourmet coffee and unique imported tea ... lots of it.  Bags and bags of every imaginable fresh roasted goumet coffee from around the world cover the walls and floor. The selection is dazzling and the smell intoxicating.  

Empire Coffee & Tea expanded to Hoboken (the birthplace of Frank Sinatra and baseball)  in 1994 Empire Coffee and Tea Company got tastier and more relaxed.  There's a buzz of hipsters, creativity, and generally java cravin' ne'er-do-wells in and around this place; and a near constant stream of artists, musicians, day-jobbers, freelancers, web designers ;) and bankers sipping cups of Empire Coffee & Teas finest.

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