Academic Coffee is a coffee roaster in Sofa District, San Jose.
SoFa micro-roastery and matcha boutique offering single-origin espressos and house-roasted beans with Asian-inspired flavor pairings in its arts cafe.
Editorially verified June 26, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 499 S 2nd St, San Jose, CA 95113
Black women-owned roastery producing specialty blends on a Loring S15 Falcon, roasting 500-800 pounds weekly for its SoFa cafe and Bay Area wholesale.
Sources from: Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala
How they serve: espresso, pour-over, cold brew
Downtown San Jose in-house roastery sourcing fair-trade beans from five continents and small-batch roasting in its Market Street cafe since opening.
Sources from: Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, El Salvador, Kenya
How they serve: espresso, pour-over, cold brew, nitro cold brew
South San Jose specialty roaster sourcing micro-lots from Ethiopia, Colombia, and India, roasting weekly and pairing with seasonal lattes and banh mi.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, India
How they serve: espresso, pour-over, drip, cold brew
Bay Area pioneer roaster in a converted packing shed, light-roasting ethically sourced single origins and winning Metro's Best Coffee Roaster since 2012.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Honduras, El Salvador, Rwanda, Yemen
How they serve: espresso, pour-over, cold brew
Black women-owned roastery producing specialty blends on a Loring S15 Falcon, roasting 500-800 pounds weekly for its SoFa cafe and Bay Area wholesale.
Sources from: Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala
How they serve: espresso, pour-over, cold brew
Q-Grader-curated roastery founded in 2020, sourcing traceable single-farm coffees organized by cocoa-forward and citrus-forward flavor profiles.
Sources from: Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Ecuador, Indonesia
How they serve: espresso, pour-over, iced pour-over
Downtown San Jose in-house roastery sourcing fair-trade beans from five continents and small-batch roasting in its Market Street cafe since opening.
Sources from: Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, El Salvador, Kenya
How they serve: espresso, pour-over, cold brew, nitro cold brew
Zero-emissions roastery using a Bellwether electric roaster and mineral water to craft precision single-origin pour-overs at its North San Jose lab cafe.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil
How they serve: espresso, pour-over, cold brew, sparkling coffee
