Seattle coffee: three roaster/retailers that helped breathe life into the specialty coffee movement. (Cup Service).

Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, April, 2003

Amelia Levy takes a quick look at one small-, one medium- and one very large-sized roaster/retailer all headquartered in Seattle. She discovers that each have not only played an integral role in the birth of the U.S. specialty coffee movement, but continue to be a part of coffee culture in Seattle and beyond.

ZOKA COFFEE ROASTERS & TEA CO.

Named by USA Today as one of the top ten "Great-Places for Caffeine and Conversation," Zoka Coffee Roasters, located in the Green Lake district of Seattle, delivers just that. Seven days a week until midnight, 2,500 sq. feet of what Zoka's Neal Brown calls a "true coffee house," is brimming with residents of the neighborhood, the local university, and beyond. Around the clock they relax on cushy couches and spacious...