Peet’s Coffee claims to be “the original craft coffee.” Opening its first shop in 1966, the company was certainly way ahead of the coffee craze and has been credited with actually starting American cafe culture. Its owner, Alfred Peet, who is originally from the Netherlands, claims that he was inspired to start the shop when he came to the U.S. and realized the country had “the worst coffee in the world.”
As if changing coffee in the U.S. wasn’t enough, Peet went on to play a significant role in changing how the world drinks coffee, by training three entrepreneurs that would go on to found a little coffee stand in Seattle called Starbucks.
All of Peet’s Coffee beans are hand roasted to order, meaning that you are guaranteed freshness.
