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…
Category: San Jose (area)
Bellano Coffee
Belano is a gem sitting on the otherwise endless and busy Steven’s Creek, which has about 100 shopping centers you could pass by without taking notice. This shop was recommended to me by my buddy Josh since he used to run their account. My prior experiences with San Jose coffee on Steven’s Creek have been…
Red Velvet Latte from Bitter+Sweet Cafe
This is the first in a series of articles featuring the specialty drinks of certain shops; original creations that demonstrate the imagination of baristas pushing the culinary art of coffee towards new directions. When I first walk into a shop, I usually notice the shop specialty. Generally, this is just curiosity. In all honesty, I…
Barefoot Roasters
I really enjoy how much these guys love their business and roast their own coffee and I definitely will visit more often in the future, but I am pretty mixed on the place. I had a good cap one day, a good but not as good coffee the next day, a really helpful and knowledgeable…
Bitter+Sweet
Fantastic store, great atmosphere and aesthetics, outstanding products, and above and beyond staffing. Their barista Daniel is very welcoming, knowledgable, and willing to coffee talk. Really appreciated that. He had great technique, has wonderful milk texture in his capps, and though I am not a huge fan of Sightglass espresso (a little to heavy and…
Coffee is for Lovers 