Starbucks Reserve Roastery

Starbucks Reserve Roastery Seattle

The world's first Starbucks Reserve Roastery, opened in 2014, where you can watch coffee beans being roasted on site. It is a pilgrimage site for coffee lovers.

Seattle is the birthplace of Starbucks. The Reserve Roastery on Pike Street in Capitol Hill opened at the end of 2014 and was the first Roastery in the world; others have since opened in Shanghai, Milan, New York, Tokyo and elsewhere. The roughly 1,400-square-meter space was converted from a former car showroom. Its most striking features are the huge copper bean silos and overhead pipelines: green beans are roasted on site and then sent through the pipes to the bar, so guests can watch the whole process. The store offers small-batch rare coffee beans brewed in several ways (pour-over, siphon, Clover and cold brew), breads and pizzas from the Italian bakery Princi, and Arriviamo, a coffee cocktail bar. Coffee tasting classes are also available. The souvenir area sells Seattle-exclusive mugs and beans. Getting there: walk about 15 minutes east from Pike Place Market along Pike Street, or take light rail to Capitol Hill station and walk about 10 minutes. Allow 45 to 60 minutes. It can be combined with the original Starbucks at Pike Place Market as a 'pilgrimage' on the same day. Notes: Weekend afternoons are the busiest, and seats are hard to find. Drink prices are noticeably higher than at regular stores.

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