California/Pacific

Creature’s Plants & Coffee Offers Multiple Comforts in LA

A hybrid plant nursery and coffee shop named Creature’s Plants & Coffee opened in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles last fall, creating connections between plants, people and coffee. ...

2025.01.08

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25 New Coffee Roasters to Support in 2025

This year, dozens of new facilities dedicated to roasting specialty coffee opened across the United States. While some are led by seasoned industry veterans and others by newcomers, nearly all...

2024.12.31

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2024 Year In Review: 10 New Coffee Shops on the US West Coast

Continuing DCN’s 2024 Year in Review, here are 10 exciting new coffee shops that opened up in the U.S. West Coas states in 2024. For all the latest coffee shop openings...

2024.12.25

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Em Coffee House Brings Modern Vietnam to San Diego

The owners of the San Diego-based Ding Tea bubble tea chain expanded earlier this fall with a cafe concept that celebrates Vietnamese coffee called Em Coffee House. Opened Nov. 18,...

2024.12.18

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Inaugural Oakland Coffee Market Happening December 14

It’s well established that coffee stuff is the only gift worth giving. Luckily for people in the Bay Area, a new in-person popup market called the Oakland Coffee Market is...

2024.12.03

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Ohm Coffee Roasters Turns It Up in California Wine Country

Rock-themed coffee company Ohm Coffee Roasters just rolled from its mobile retail operation into two permanent cafes in California wine country. The openings follow Ohm’s acquisition of the Monday Bakery...

2024.11.26

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Verve Coffee Roasters’ Latest Fixation is the Dwell Dripper

It’s rare for a coffee roasting company to get into equipment development, yet Colby Barr and a team at California’s Verve Coffee Roasters kept ruminating on the concept that a...

2024.11.04

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Asip Coffee Focused on Flavor at The Sensory Lab in Merced, CA

In California’s Central Valley city of Merced, roasting company Asip Coffee is encouraging sips galore with a second cafe location called The Sensory Lab. Asip Coffee Founder Justin Shen, a...

2024.10.31

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San Diego Coffee Legend Returns with Chuck’s Roast and Patton Consulting

A pioneering figure in the San Diego coffee scene in the early 2000s and 2010s recently re-emerged with a new roasting business and a dual focus on small-batch, high-quality coffees...

2024.10.28

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Kei Coffee House Promises a World of Asian Coffee Styles in Southern California

Kei Concepts, the Southern California hospitality group behind numerous restaurant brands, has opened its first coffee-focused concept, Kei Coffee House. The coffee program inside the spacious standalone coffee shop in...

2024.10.28

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