QED Coffee is a small-batch specialty coffee roaster based in Seattle, Washington.
Description
QED Coffee is a coffee roast based in Seattle, Washington. The business name is derived from the Latin
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D. or QED is an initialism of the List of Latin phrases (full), Latin phrase , meaning "that which was to be demonstrated". Literally, it states "what was to be shown". Traditionally, the abbreviation is placed at the end of Mathematical proof ...
, an initialism of the phrase ''quod erat demonstrandum'', meaning "that which was to be demonstrated."
In addition to coffee, QED serves
sparkling wine
Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy. While it is common to refer to this as champagne, European Union countries legally reserve that word for products exclusively produced in the Champagne ( ...
and baked goods such as
banana bread
Banana bread is a type of sweet bread or cake made from mashed bananas. It is often a moist and sweet quick bread but some recipes are yeast raised.
History
Bananas appeared in the US in the 1870s, but it took a while for them to appear as ingred ...
.
History
Founded in 2014 by owner Matt Greenfield, the business began with Greenfield roasting coffee wholesale in his garage in
West Seattle
West Seattle is a conglomeration of List of neighborhoods in Seattle, neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington, United States. It comprises two of the List of neighborhoods in Seattle, thirteen districts, Delridge, Seattle, Delridge and Southwest, ...
. In 2015, he opened the first QED shop in the
Mount Baker
Mount Baker (; ), also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is a active glacier-covered andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington State in the United States. Mount Baker has the second-most ...
neighborhood.
QED participated in a fundraiser benefitting the
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The budget of the ACLU in 2024 was $383 million.
T ...
in 2017. The business also opened a shop near
Seattle Center
The Seattle Center is an entertainment, education, tourism and performing arts center located in the Lower Queen Anne, Seattle, Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Constructed for the Century 21 Exposition, 1962 W ...
.
In 2023, QED Coffee opened a second location in West Seattle.
Reception
The ''
Seattle Metropolitan
''Seattle Metropolitan'', or ''Seattle Met'', is a monthly city magazine covering Seattle, Washington
Seattle ( ) is the List of municipalities in Washington, most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and in the ...
'' has called QED's microroasts "impeccable".
See also
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Coffee in Seattle
Seattle is regarded as a world center for coffee roasting and coffee supply chain management. Related to this, many of Seattleite, the city's inhabitants are coffee enthusiasts; the city is known for its prominent coffee culture and numerous coff ...
References
External links
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{{Restaurants in Seattle
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Coffee in Seattle
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