Olympia Coffee Roasting
Coffee shop · Columbia City ·
Specialty lattes, pastries, espresso flights, and jazz nights
Specialty lattes, pastries, espresso flights, and jazz nights
"We loved that this Columbia City espresso bar got some shine. The terazzo-covered space set the scene for one of the most refreshing moments all season—when Micah’s family welcomed Paul with open arms, even though Micah’s dad suggested that Paul could be a serial killer. More than anything, we’re just happy to see cast members drink from regular coffee cups instead of those mysterious metallic goblets." - kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo
"Olympia Coffee Roasting has a shop right next door." - Harry Cheadle
"Olympia is the perfect terrazzo-covered backdrop for a solo work day where you can enjoy a morning latte while finding multiple excuses to stay just a few more minutes. Lines can be long on the weekends, but leisurely browsing the nearby shelves stocked with chic coffee accessories and bags of beans from all over the world is a great way to kill the time. The matcha lemonade is tangy with an earthy kick, and we love that they serve everything from chocolate croissants to Umami Kushi okazu pan as snacks. photo credit: Olympia Coffe" - Kayla Sager-Riley
"In Columbia City, I visited Olympia Coffee's new Seattle flagship, which opened on Rainier Avenue and South Edmunds Street in a brightly lit 1,750-square-foot space inside a historic 1920s building. The shop houses a cafe, a training facility, and a community room for local businesses and nonprofits, and it follows the chain's West Seattle expansion in 2018 as its second Seattle-area location. I found the cafe currently featuring a mix of Ethiopian and Colombian roasts among its signature fair-trade coffees, and offering a rotating list of snacks (pastries, sandwiches, salads and savory items). They hope their process of caramelizing the sugars within roasts—resulting in sweeter-tasting brews—will help them stand out in a neighborhood with nearby competition." - Gabe Guarente
"South Seattle should get ready for a big caffeine boost: Olympia Coffee, the chain from Washington’s capital that has won barista competitions and awards for its fair trade–focused brews, is planning to open a 1,750-square-foot Seattle flagship in Columbia City this winter. Located on Rainier Avenue and South Edmunds Street in a historic 1920s building (the former Starbucks), the space will house a cafe, a training facility, and a community room for local businesses and nonprofits, with an expanded menu of pastries and small bites still in the works. This will be Olympia Coffee’s second Seattle-area location after a West Seattle expansion in 2018, and it hopes to stand out through an intricate roasting process that caramelizes the sugars within the coffee beans for sweeter, smoother brews and by experimenting with concoctions like iced coffee with tonic, house-made coconut syrup, and candied lemon. On Instagram they announced the Columbia City shop will feature sandwiches and salads from Seattle-based Homegrown and okazu pan from Japanese street-food purveyors Umami Kushi." - Gabe Guarente
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