National Coffee Day In Palos Verdes: Where To Get Your Joe Fix

PALOS VERDES, CA — For many on the go in Palos Verdes, drinking coffee is celebrated seven mornings a week.

But there’s a specific date that is specifically set to highlight one of the world’s most consumed beverages. National Coffee Day is Sept. 29 across the United States and falls on a Wednesday in 2021.

National Coffee Day gives java lovers in Palos Verdes another reason to visit one of their local coffee shops.

In and near Palos Verdes, local coffee shops include:

• Cafe Bon Appetit, 30800 Palos Verdes Dr E, Rancho Palos Verde
• Caffe Tre Venezie, 3525 CA-1 unit b, Torrance
• CaliTeaRPV, 29050 S Western Ave #101A, Rancho Palos Verdes
• The Crepery Cafe, 810 Silver Spur Rd, Rolling Hills Estates
• Good Stuff Palos Verdes, 550 Deep Valley Dr #151, Rolling Hills Estates
• Pinwheel Cafe & Bakery, 2553 Pacific Coast Hwy, Torrance
• Reverent Coffee Bar, 627 Deep Valley Dr Suite B, Rolling Hills Estates
• Sacks on the Beach, 1611 S Catalina Ave #120, Redondo Beach
• Sea Beans, 100 Terranea Way, Rancho Palos Verdes
• Starbucks, 31202 Palos Verdes Dr W, Rancho Palos Verdes
• St Honore French Bakery & Cafe, 2201 Palos Verdes Dr W, Palos Verdes Estates
• Yellow Vase, 51 Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes Estates

The exact origin of how Sept. 29 (or Oct. 1 in other countries) became National Coffee Day is cloudy, according to a NationalToday.com summary of the country’s long connection with the drink. It points to the 1773 Boston Tea Party as a key moment in U.S. history for when the country, quite literally, dumped tea for coffee.

When the people of the 13 colonies revolted against King George III’s hefty tea tax, “tea was out, and coffee was in,” the summary states.

The United States’ connection with coffee only became stronger in the years to follow. Brothers John and Charles Arbuckle started selling coffee to cowboys in the American West during the mid-1800s, and James Folger introduced the drink to gold miners in California before creating the J.A. Folger & Co. in 1872, according to NationalToday.com.

Other brands still around today, such as Maxwell House and Hills Brothers, eventually entered the coffee market. And Starbucks “changed everything” when it formed in Seattle in 1971, according to the summary.

The U.S. coffee shop market has now grown into a $45.4 billion industry, according to an account that cites the Allegra World Coffee Portal’s 2019 Project Café USA report.

A number of chain coffee shops are expected to offer deals for National Coffee Day, TheSpruceEats.com says.

Among them, Krispy Kreme will offer a free coffee and doughnut on the day, Dunkin’ Donuts a free medium hot or iced coffee with any purchase, and LaMar’s Donuts a free small cup of coffee.

Local 7-Eleven stores will offer 7Rewards loyalty members one free, any size hot coffee - including 7-Eleven’s new fall coffee lineup: Fall Pumpkin Coffee and Pumpkin Spice Latte - with the purchase of a baked good at participating stores.

Starbucks also typically offers free samples or cups of coffee on Sept. 29, Coffeeaffection.com reported this year.

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