Blue Bottle founder James Freeman is numero uno on Food Republic's list of the "most influential people in the world of coffee today." "Blue Bottle now has cafés around San Francisco and New York, and is responsible for super-slow-drip cold brewing kettles from Japan catching on in serious coffee bars around the country." They've picked another local "rock stars of caffeination" for slot # 7: Tom Owen of Sweet Maria’s in Oakland. [Food Republic via NBC]
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