Bica Coffee House is a charming little corner shop in the Rockridge district of Oakland. Though relatively unassuming, it is a solid coffee stop that posesses something unique; it carries multiple roaster’s coffees. Through my experience, this can be a double edged sword. Although such an unrivaled degree of variety gives customers tons of options,…
Category: Oakland
Highwire Roasters
Coffee kiosks can be fickle. From my experience, they are generally one of two things; a stripped down version of a very professional and high end roasting company’s retail space with all the quality but less hassle OR some fru-fru stand featuring whatever, specializing in something, and ultimately lacking in quality because it is “just a kiosk.”…
Sweet Maria’s
While Sweet Maria’s is not a coffee shop perse, their influence over the local coffee scene, the industry, Bay Area coffee culture, and the amateur home roaster is beyond noteworthy. Many of my friends travel to see Tom and Maria for all their brewing supplies, green coffee, and most importantly, coffee wisdom. They carry everything from brewing apparatuses to home…
Remedy Coffee
Remedy is a fun little shop in North Oakland that serves a great, straightforward product. Though it was a little hard to find at first, it is a really solid shop not too far from the Berkeley Campus. I was originally mislead by some weird face book ad; though I thought the place was just…
Coffee is for Lovers 