Looking for coffee shops for a regular customer, traveling abroad

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Permalink Reply by Kevin on November 16, 2009 at 11:02pm

For Seattle (and Portland) I would recommend Stumptown, they have cafes in both cities which do regular cuppings. On a recent trip to Seattle I had a great time with Herkimer and Zoka. Herkimer does cuppings upon request at their cafe in the Ballard neighborhood, it's also where they roast. Zoka does daily cuppings at their offices, just give them a call. Cafe Vita and Victrola are supposed to be good, or not depending on who you talk to, either way I'd recommend their shops on Pike (Pine?) for being cool cafes. Vivace is great as well.

A little outside of Seattle is Olympia Coffee Roasters which I have really enjoyed over the last couple months. They do a fantastic job.

Hope this helps!

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Permalink Reply by Ricky Sutton on November 17, 2009 at 10:15am

A few standards;

Espresse Vivace
321 Broadway, Seattle - (206) 324-8861

Espresse Vivace
227 Yale Ave, Seattle - (206) 388-5164

Espresse Vivace
538 Broadway, Seattle - (206) 860-2722

Victrola
411 15th Avenue E, Seattle
206.325.6520

Victrola
310 E Pike Street, Seattle
206.624.1725

Victrola
3215 Beacon Ave S, Seattle
206.860.7767

Vita
1005 East Pike Street, Seattle
(206) 709-4440 or (888) 223-VITA

Vita
813 5th Avenue North, Seattle
(206) 285-9662

Vita
4301 Fremont Avenue North, Seattle
(206) 632-3535

Vita
5028 Wilson Avenue South, Seattle
(206) 721-0111

Zoka
2200 North 56th Street, Seattle
206.545.4277

Zoka
2901 NE Blakeley Street, Seattle
206.527.0990

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Permalink Reply by peter pan on November 18, 2009 at 8:49am

I would recomend www.jewelboxcafe.net in the Seattle area.

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Permalink Reply by Jarred Hoffpauir on November 18, 2009 at 7:03pm

What does your customer like in his coffee shop? And what kind of coffee does he enjoy and why?

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Permalink Reply by Paul Yates on November 19, 2009 at 9:46am

This is off the subject, but has anyone else thought about the quality of customer service we are seeing here? I mean, getting online and finding out-of-town shops of high quality for a traveling customer! That just ROCKS! Props to you, man! Keep up that kind of customer service and you will go far!

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Permalink Reply by Al Sterling on November 19, 2009 at 7:37pm

As far as I know, there is only one quality specialty coffee retailer in Orange County, and that would be Kean Coffee, owned by Karen and Martin Diedrich. See their website for details: www.keancoffee.com BTW, Fullerton is just a little suburb city in North Orange County. They do have a Cal State University, but evidently, that's not enough to prompt competent coffee. The Tustin Kean store is about 15-20 minutes down the road, by freeway, from Fullerton. It's rather funny to see "Fullerton" paired with "Seattle" when thinking of coffee.

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Permalink Reply by Henry on November 20, 2009 at 4:21pm

Erik....you are an awesome barista for helping your customer find quality shops for his/her travels. That is taking customer service to a new level. Keep up the great work.

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