Boston forgotten by the third wave of coffee may sprout a quiet revolution of coffee

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The third wave of coffee is sweeping across the United States, and big cities in the northwest corner now have famous coffee shops like San Francisco, Portland, or Seattle. The wave is also spreading from the west coast to the east coast. But in this coffee revolution, Boston, the birthplace of the American independence revolution, seems to have nothing to do with it, and now lags far behind other big cities.

This should have something to do with the strong British style of Boston. The national drink in Britain has always been tea rather than coffee. In fact, American independence originated from a "storm in a teapot" in Boston. The British Parliament passed an increase in the colonial tea tax in 1773, which was the last straw on the camel's back. on December 16 of that year, when the British tea ship arrived in Boston, Samuel Adams gathered to discuss the countermeasures. finally, the crowd forcibly boarded three tea ships and threw more than three hundred boxes of tea into Boston Harbor. This incident also started the war of independence of the United States from Britain.

Bostonians revolutionized by tea, and this beverage habit inherited from Britain seems to have made it a late start in the coffee trend. Now it is really not easy to find a good independent coffee shop in the birthplace of the Storm in the teapot. This time to try several hot is not enough, had to give up, the end of the accident, ran into this George Howell Coffee.

George Howell Coffee now bakes coffee at Acton near Boston. They don't have many branches. There is one in Newtonville and two in Boston. When I came to Boston to look for coffee, it was really difficult to find him in my dream, but suddenly I looked back on the man in the dim light.

The name George Howell Coffee was first noticed because they were used for coffee on the menu when they went to eat Puritan & Company. Later, while visiting Boston Public Market, I saw them in one of the two branches in Boston. The stores in Boston Public Market are a temporary choice in New England, and they are beginning to think that it has a long history. There is still some time in the afternoon before leaving on the last day. I want to give it a chance. As a result, it was found on the Internet that another branch in Boston was in the Godfrey Hotel Hotel, while Godfrey Hotel was next door to the Hyatt Hotel Hyatt Regency Boston, which was staying in Boston this time. It's like I found coffee in Boston this time and didn't know the strong hand was hiding under my eyes!

The coffee shop actually points out the long march route from the west coast to the east coast of the current third wave of coffee revolution. Its boss, George Howell, moved to Boston from Berkeley in the 1970s. He joined the coffee industry because he was spoiled in Berkeley by Peet's and other rising coffee shops in the West Bank at that time, and could not find a similar coffee culture after moving to Boston, which led him to set up Coffee Connection in Boston in 1974. Nearly 20 years later, in 1994, he sold Coffee Connection to Starbucks and started the George Howell Coffee under his own name.

I think I've had some decent coffee in the Boston area so far. The decoration of its branch in Godfrey Hotel is also very fashionable, which is quite to my taste. This third wave of coffee revolution may have finally begun in Boston. But what is certain is that it is absolutely unlike another revolution in Boston, the coffee revolution is absolutely serene.

This coffee counter should be able to handle a lot of guests in one breath.

The seating area is quite large.

A sparkling coffee machine.

What I drink today: a cup of iced coffee.

A latte. The coffee is good, but the pulling ability needs to be strengthened.

The address of the branch in the photo: 505 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111

Web site: http://www.georgehowellcoffee.com/