Vine & Walnut, Our Ode to Autumn
NOW ROASTING: VINE & WALNUT AUTUMN 2025
Our autumn blend, Vine & Walnut, is an ode to the very first Peet's location, where our coffee revolution began. Alfred Peet had a very clear vision for his store, a rundown former paint shop on the corner of Vine and Walnut Streets. Every detail, from the counters to the logo, he designed or chose with deliberate care. He roasted an eclectic selection of quality coffee beans with the same meticulousness, and it didn't take long for people to notice that something special was happening. Crowds started to gather on the street outside of Alfred's store (perhaps because he refused to put in seating), bonding over the best coffee in town.
THE SPARK THAT SPREAD
Alfred's store turned a sleepy Berkeley neighborhood into a bustling hub for flavor-seekers. Like a magnet for connoisseurs, its success drew gourmet cheese shops, chocolatiers, and soon-to-be legendary chefs. Not only was the store on Vine and Walnut the first coffee shop to feature specialty beans from around the world, but it also laid the groundwork for the introduction of sourdough baguettes, chocolate truffles, and the farm-to-table movement to the United States. From abandoned paint shop to cultural landmark.
THE PERFECT TRIO
Vine & Walnut 2025—a full-throated medium roast that sings with fall flavor—recognizes our flagship store as the origin of our DNA, and this year we're playing all the hits. With slightly more body than our 2024 blend and just the right touch of brightness, it’s as delicious brewed in a drip machine as it is in a French Press or as espresso. And this year, our blend showcases the diversity of processing in coffee, bringing together washed, natural, and wet-hulled coffees in harmonious concert.
UP FIRST . . .
Panama Don Bosco is our washed coffee, with the fruit of the coffee cherry removed as soon as possible after harvest. The remaining pulp is soaked off and washed free, yielding clean, sweet notes of chocolate-covered citrus and praline.
THE SECOND COMPONENT
Our natural is an Ethiopian Guji coffee on par with Ethiopian Super Natural. The seeds dry inside of the coffee cherry, soaking up all its fruity sweetness to deliver pops of ripe fruit on the nose, and bringing a heady red-wine complexity to the cup.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST
Bali Blue Moon is stripped down to the green seed while it’s still porous to soak up the tropical environment like a sponge. This baritone gives us a spicy, oaken full body with a roasty, lingering finish.
ONE FINAL THOUGHT
A supergroup of crowd-pleasers, which we trust befits the discerning taste of the professors, hippies, and foodies who gathered on the corner of Vine and Walnut to start a coffee revolution. This one goes out to you, Peetniks.
– Alysse Wishart, Peet’s Coffee Quality Specialist