The best way to describe Coffee Society is quaint. It is definitely a second-wave shop and there is no way that it can compare to the bigger shops in the area; it is almost unnoticeable except that one of their barista’s mentioned their name once at my store. That being said, I liked their shop for what it is; homey,…
Category: California
B2 (Bellano Coffee)
My recent visit to B2 was as enjoyable as my experience at B-1 (Bellano Coffee). No, maybe it was better, but I loved their second location for different reasons. B2 is located at the San Pedro Market Square and qualms about parking in downtown SJ aside, it is pretty easy to get to. It is on…
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…
Roy’s Station
I first came across Roy’s by chance. I really like the Japantown in SJ and saw this old, converted gas station while checking out the Buddhist temple (see my work on Watsonville, CA Japantown on the JACL website!!). My friend, Joshua Kaplan, told me that walking past Roy’s was a mistake. He couldn’t recommend them…
Coffee+Pastry Pairing with Companion Bakeshop, Part 1: Sweet Pastries
Erin, one of the owners of Companion Bakeshop, approached me with a novel idea; pairing coffee/cappaccinos with pastries like wine and cheese. I thought it was just brilliant, coffee shops and specialty bakeries are becoming such mainstream culinary staples, why shouldn’t we take pairing seriously? I bounced the idea around and got a lot of…
Coffee is for Lovers 
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