Website http://www.peets.com/

 

Peet's Coffee & Tea is a San Francisco Bay Area based specialty coffeeroaster and retailer. Founded in 1966 by Alfred Peet in Berkeley, California as Peet's Coffee, Tea & Spices, Peet's is known for its early introduction of darker roasted arabica coffee, such as french roast and grades appropriate for espresso drinks, to Bay Area and US coffee retailing, both the freshly roasted beans and brewed coffee.

 

Operation

Peet's operated 193 retail locations within the US as of the first quarter of 2010. Most locations are in California, with further locations in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, and Massachusetts.

 

Peet's has outlets at many transit centers, including several airport locations, such as both major Houston airports (HOU and IAH), Reno/Tahoe (RNO) in Reno, Nevada, Kennedy Airport (JFK) in New York City, Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), and all three major airports in the San Francisco Bay Area (SFO, OAK, & SJC). A number of franchised Peet's kiosks opened in BART stations around the Bay Area in early 2008.