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Sweet Maria's Coffee

1. Sweet Maria's Coffee

5 star rating
22 reviews

Just another shout of love for SMs.  If you do a pick up order there's always a "free shelf" of random stuff: coffee, saucers, a voltmeter... I've been there several times to pick up greens and a couple of times to to celebrate their tenth and they put on a cupping class for free.  If you're not sure about home roasting they do small batch roasted orders on Mondays, just get your order in on the…

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Neighborhood: West Oakland

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