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    The story behind a traditional coffee bean store.

    Jamie Anderson learned the basics of roasting coffee from the venerable Alfred Peet of Peet’s Coffee & Tea in Berkeley, California. “Peet was the god-father of good coffee in this country,” says Jamie. But apprenticing under Mr. Peet was just the beginning. “There’s a lot of creativity in roasting and blending coffee. Nobody does it exactly the same.”

    In 1972 Jamie Anderson opened the doors to Anderson’s Coffee Company, a traditional coffee bean store tucked away on a narrow, quaint, side street in the middle of Austin. Decades later, Texans cannot imagine Austin without Anderson’s coffee.

    And it’s not just a local love affair. Since word-of-mouth praise is still the best advertising, today coffee drinkers all over the country order their beans from Anderson’s, coast to coast. Out-of-town and out of state orders are taken every day at the store in Jefferson Square.