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Trip Report: Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Co. (St. Helena, CA)

Posted by TheShot on 20 May 2009 | Filed under: Beans, Foreign Brew, Roasting

This St. Helena outlet of a two-location Napa coffeehouse and roaster routinely receives “best coffeehouse” awards in the area. Given how they handle roasted beans, consumer coffee education, and filter coffee, this isn’t much of a surprise — particularly given their general lack of legitimate competition in the region. But from what we can tell, [...]

Trip Report: Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company @ Napa

Posted by TheShot on 05 Sep 2007 | Filed under: Local Brew, Roasting

This famous Napa coffee roaster has locations in downtown Napa and in St. Helena, and it routinely receives “best coffeehouse” awards in Napa town. They not only roast their own coffee in 20-lb batches, but they also offer regular coffee cuppings. And although their location gives them every excuse to abuse misplaced wine tasting analogies [...]