I lived in the Tampa Bay area from 1994-1998. It was during that time that I first became an espresso drinker. I give much credit to Jet City Espresso, which was in South Tampa. They are long gone, but I will always remember and be grateful for the many outstanding espresso drinks I had there. I learned a lot about coffee from Jet City.

The owner of the coffee house was originally from Seattle, which is why it was named Jet City Espresso. I even recall they used Seattles Best Coffee for their roaster. That was long before Starbucks acquired SBC.

Today I was digging through some old backup files looking for something completely unrelated when I stumbled upon this graphic. It was July 1996. I scanned in a newspaper ad they had published and then using Microsoft Paint (Windows 95!), I added some color.

UPDATE JUNE 2011: Jet City Espresso has returned to Tampa! 318 S. Edison Ave., Tampa, FL 33606

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Comments

Jessica

June 6 at 2011 at 11:47 AM

You ROCK MAS!!!! Thank you so much :) Can’t wait to see you back in Seattle or have you visit us here in Tampa~

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