Fact Sheet: Roy Street Coffee & Tea – Seattle, WA
- Coffee and tea cuppings: every day at 2 p.m., customers can explore new coffee and tea selections
- Multiple coffee and tea brewing options: manual pour-over, press, Clover® and Synesso for coffees, and sachets, automatic brewers and tea pots for full-leaf teas and herbal infusions
- Arts and entertainment: customers can enjoy film screenings, musical and literary performances, and student art exhibitions
- Gathering: customers can reserve private and semi-private spaces for work and social meetings
- Giving back: baked goods are donated to a local food bank
- Varieties of Starbucks® whole bean coffee and Tazo® full-leaf tea that are not widely available at other Starbucks locations
- Pacific Northwest regional beer and wine selections
- Locally sourced baked goods and other food items
- Super-premium Starbucks® ice cream
- Front doors were salvaged and once appeared in a movie set
- Wood materials were locally sourced and repurposed from architectural salvage yards, an area barn, our shipping crates, a wind-fallen tree, and timber from the previous space
- Much of the furniture was sourced from Seattle vintage and antique stores, and was refinished and repurposed, including reupholstered soft seating retired from other Starbucks locations
- Many of the light fixtures were created by local artists; others were found in area salvage shops and rewired or refinished
- The bar was built using slate from Garfield High School and steel from a local shipyard
- The steel table was found in a metal shop; one large wooden table was crafted using wood decking from an old ship
- Many of the building elements contain recycled material, including the insulation which was made from a combination of rapidly renewable materials and post-consumer recycled glass
- Low-flow faucets and toilets reduce water use by 30 percent
- LED lamps reduce lighting energy use by 45 percent
- Low- or no-VOC paints, finishes and adhesives were used throughout the space
