Coffee in Seattle

These include the Jebena Cafe in Pinehurst, Kaffa Coffee & Wine Bar in the Rainier Valley,[4] and Adey Abeba in the Central District.

[5] In the early 2000s in Seattle a coffee concept called the bikini barista began to be implemented by various marketers throughout the area.

Tom Tully O'Keefe founded the chain in Kent, Washington in 1992 to rival the expansion of Starbucks with an alternative business model.

[citation needed] On October 6, 2015, it was announced that San Francisco-based Peet's Coffee (a division of JAB Holding Company of Germany, since 2012) would acquire Stumptown.

It was a gathering place for high-level chess players and intellectuals, and the proprietor worked to "create a haven where students and the benign crazies" were welcome and where "everyone felt equal and there were no sacred cows".

[21] Top Pot Doughnuts was founded in 2002 on Capitol Hill as a pastry bakery which also roasts and sells coffee.

[31] In the NBC series Frasier, the characters are often seen drinking coffee at the fictional Café Nervosa, which is said to have been inspired by the real-life Elliott Bay Book Company.

"Our Cafe du jour is New Zealand Peaberry", says a barista, as Paulie Walnuts bemoans the acquisition of Italian coffee culture.