| Peet's
Coffee & Tea
- Known as the "grandfather of specialty coffee," Peet's
Coffee & Tea has been a Berkeley institution since we started
more than thirty-five years ago. Alfred Peet opened the first
Peet's store in 1966 - with a roasting machine on the premises
- at the corner of Walnut and Vine in Berkeley, a few blocks from
the University of California. Mr. Peet grew up in the family's
coffee and tea business in Alkmaar, Holland. After World War II,
Peet worked in the tea trade in Indonesia.
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