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Coffee Portland

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Most coffeehouses are located in either downtown, Northwest or Southeast Portland, but people at SCAA kept praising some outliers that we felt obligated to try. Even with public transportation as a slow hindrance, red...
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Coffee Portland

Sterling Coffee Roasters: Caffeinated Currency in NW Portland

During our 2008 trip to Portland, the city was as close to a specialty coffee “company town” as any place in America, with Stumptown Coffee coursing through most espresso machines, Fetco batch brewers and...
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Coffee Portland

Water Avenue Coffee: Walking the Caffeinated Walk in Portland

Running the American Barista & Coffee School and Barista Exchange somehow wasn’t enough for Matt Milletto and father Bruce, so they teamed with roaster Brandon Smyth on Water Avenue Coffee in 2010, opening down...
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Coffee Santa Cruz

Verve Coffee Roasters: These Caffeinated Roots Still Have Life

When Colby Barr and Ryan O’Donovan founded Verve Coffee Roasters in 2007, they started by the beach in east Santa Cruz. They later opened a stand-alone roasting facility, and just before Thanksgiving, they debuted...
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Coffee San Francisco

Four Barrel Coffee: Taking It Slow in the Mission

Like seemingly no other city, San Francisco has certain establishments that require precision timing. On Washington Square, Liguria Bakery routinely runs out of focaccia by noon. Conversely, Tartine Bakery doesn’t even begin to sell...
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Coffee Santa Barbara

Handlebar Coffee Roasters: Setting The Pace For S.B. Roasting

I first heard rumblings about Handlebar Coffee in 2010, when Intelligentsia’s James Marcotte said former professional cyclists Aaron Olson and Kim Anderson were planning to open a cafe in Santa Barbara. As it turned...
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