The following is an exert from the blog garagesale-coffee.blogspot.com from and features my journey to Bloom Coffee of Roseville, Ca and Temple Coffee of Sacramento, Ca. Enjoy

...After feeding our bodies and spirits we hit the road for a little coffee field trip. First on the agenda was the brand spanking new Bloom Coffee in Roseville (bloomcoffee.com). This is collaborative work of brothers Lucas and Jacob Elia. The space itself is a wonderful amalgamation(sorry we forgot to take pictures). They went into a location that used to be a tea shop and gave it a very needed face lift mostly paint and some repurposed materials. As far as the feel of the shop it somehow seems to lift your spirits while also calming you at the same time. As for the coffee; Verve is the roaster of choice. We were fortunate enough to share a french press with the two Elia bros. They also pulled us a single origin Ethiopian shot , the details escape me at the moment, which had a really enjoyable hoppy floral bitterness to it and a shot of Verve's Sermon espresso. One of my favorite things about Jake and Luke is their enthusiasm, not only that but they are constantly seeking feedback and take criticism like champs. They're truly eager for any feedback that will help them grow. We picked up a bag of Verve Costa Rican Tarrazu to brew at home and hit the road.
After Bloom we ventured over to Sacramento. After hunting down some pizza with some help for Nick at Temple we returned back to Temple(templecoffee.com) to proceed with further caffeination. This I was excited for 1. because nick was working and he's one of the most down, no ego added guys in the industry and 2. they use Barefoot Coffee Roasters who never cease to satisfy. After talking for a few Nick asked Jessica to pull us some shots of Brasil Daterra Sweet Reserve. The shots were really creamy almost as though they had a bit of heavy cream in them both in taste and mouth feel. They also had a very nice butterscotch/ carmel covered apple thing going on. She also pulled us each a shot of The Boss which is a blend of Sumatra, Brasil, and Ethiopian if I'm not mistaken. My shot was slighty over extracted so I all really got to enjoy out of it was some chocolatyness. We finished it of with some macchiatos. I didn't catch which espresso it was
but it was a nice fruity cup, almost berries and cream. We decided to take home a bag of Edwin Martinez's Finca Vista Hermosa Edlyna Microlot roasted by Barefoot as Edwin is always a great producer and Barefoot always does justice to his coffees. From there we hit the road to head back to our lives in Vallejo.

More to come on the coffees we picked up for home.