Looking for coffee shops for a regular customer, traveling abroad

[Erik Fenstermacher]

I am trying to help a regular customer at my shop find good coffee abroad, can anybody give me a list of places to be in Seattle and/or Fullerton California?

[Kevin]

For Seattle (and Portland) I would recommend Stumptown, they have cafes in both cities which do regular cuppings. On a recent trip to Seattle I had a great time with Herkimer and Zoka. Herkimer does cuppings upon request at their cafe in the Ballard neighborhood, it's also where they roast. Zoka does daily cuppings at their offices, just give them a call. Cafe Vita and Victrola are supposed to be good, or not depending on who you talk to, either way I'd recommend their shops on Pike (Pine?) for being cool cafes. Vivace is great as well.

A little outside of Seattle is Olympia Coffee Roasters which I have really enjoyed over the last couple months. They do a fantastic job.

Hope this helps!

[Ricky Sutton]

A few standards;

Espresse Vivace
321 Broadway, Seattle - [phone]

Espresse Vivace
227 Yale Ave, Seattle - [phone]

Espresse Vivace
538 Broadway, Seattle - [phone]

Victrola
411 15th Avenue E, Seattle
206.325.6520

Victrola
310 E Pike Street, Seattle
206.624.1725

Victrola
3215 Beacon Ave S, Seattle
206.860.7767

Vita
1005 East Pike Street, Seattle
[phone] or (888) 223-VITA

Vita
813 5th Avenue North, Seattle
[phone]

Vita
4301 Fremont Avenue North, Seattle
[phone]

Vita
5028 Wilson Avenue South, Seattle
[phone]

Zoka
2200 North 56th Street, Seattle
206.545.4277

Zoka
2901 NE Blakeley Street, Seattle
206.527.0990

[peter pan]

I would recomend www.jewelboxcafe.net in the Seattle area.

[Jarred Hoffpauir]

What does your customer like in his coffee shop? And what kind of coffee does he enjoy and why?

[Paul Yates]

This is off the subject, but has anyone else thought about the quality of customer service we are seeing here? I mean, getting online and finding out-of-town shops of high quality for a traveling customer! That just ROCKS! Props to you, man! Keep up that kind of customer service and you will go far!

[Al Sterling]

As far as I know, there is only one quality specialty coffee retailer in Orange County, and that would be Kean Coffee, owned by Karen and Martin Diedrich. See their website for details: www.keancoffee.com BTW, Fullerton is just a little suburb city in North Orange County. They do have a Cal State University, but evidently, that's not enough to prompt competent coffee. The Tustin Kean store is about 15-20 minutes down the road, by freeway, from Fullerton. It's rather funny to see "Fullerton" paired with "Seattle" when thinking of coffee.

[Henry]

Erik....you are an awesome barista for helping your customer find quality shops for his/her travels. That is taking customer service to a new level. Keep up the great work.