Insights from roasters and how cafes portray terroir

Three favorite insights from OCR and B & B:

Insight From Who/Where When
Intensity of testing coffee before buying Oliver at Olympia Coffee Roasters 11/10/15
Starbucks is ‘Specialty Coffee’ Olympia Coffee Roasters 11/10/15
Fermentation may homogenize flavor Batdorf & Bronson 11/17

How Olympia cafes educate on terroir:

Business Name Business Address Aspect of Terroir
Batdorf & Bronson 111 Market St NE, Olympia WA Coffee origin and flavor profiles
Burial Grounds 406 Washington St SE, Olympia WA A lot of emphasis on flavor rather than origin
Sizizis(closed) 704 4th ave E, Olympia WA Marketed specific origins of their coffees and teas
Obsidian 414 4th ave E, Olympia WA Use of local herbs and flavors in mixed drinks

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