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Bleu Coffee’s locally roasted coffee is made using unique, flavorful beans sourced from small farms and co-ops in some of the most remote regions of the world. - BLEU COFFEE
Bleu Coffee’s locally roasted coffee is made using unique, flavorful beans sourced from small farms and co-ops in some of the most remote regions of the world. - BLEU COFFEE
Jersey City-based Bleu Coffee adds 2nd café
Kimberly Redmond//June 12, 2023//
Listen to this articleJersey City-based Bleu Coffee is boosting its hometown presence with the recent launch of its second café.
Located in the downtown Powerhouse Arts district at 175 Second St., the shop’s locally roasted coffee is made using unique, flavorful beans sourced from small farms and co-ops in some of the most remote regions of the world.
Along with a curated selection of coffee from the likes of Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nicaragua and Jamaica, Bleu Coffee’s menu includes pastries that are baked fresh daily.
The new café is open daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Founded in 2016, the shop was inspired by Kevin O’Gilvie’s annual summer trips to his parents’ native country of Jamaica, which, he says, is home to some of the best coffee in the world.
Before returning home, O’Gilvie would always make sure to pack his luggage full of goodies for friends and family back in the U.S. — with the most sought-after gift being Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee. As he grew older and continued traveling back and forth from Jamaica, the requests continued to grow to the point where he needed to pack multiple suitcases full of the coffee, several times a year, to meet the needs of his loved ones.
However, since the coffee was packaged in shiny gold foil bags, he found that it was never roasted to order and there was never a roast date on the packaging. That’s why he decided to partner with farms and local roasters to import Jamaica Blue Mountain green beans to the United States and roast them locally, to ensure the freshness of the beans.
In addition to allowing customers to order freshly roasted coffee directly from its website, Bleu Coffee runs a café at The Beacon (56 Beacon Way).
O’Gilvie told NJBIZ, “The most exciting part of expanding Bleu Coffee to a second location is the opportunity to reach a new audience and introduce them to our unique and flavorful coffee.”
He went on to say, “We love Jersey City for the fact that they truly support local business and look forward to continuing to grow here.”
