National Coffee Day In Culver City: Where To Get Your Joe Fix

CULVER CITY, CA — For many on the go in Culver City, drinking coffee is celebrated seven mornings a week.

But there’s a specific date that is specifically set to highlight one of the world’s most consumed beverages. National Coffee Day is Sept. 29 across the United States and falls on a Wednesday in 2021.

National Coffee Day gives java lovers in Culver City another reason to visit one of their local coffee shops.

In and near Culver City, local coffee shops include:

• Alana's Coffee Roasters, 12511 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles
• Blue Bottle Coffee, 8830 Washington Blvd Suite #103, Culver City
• Cafe 70 Degrees, 3863 Culver Center, Culver City
• Cafe Laurent, 4243 Overland Ave, Culver City
• Cafe Vida, 9755 Culver Blvd, Culver City
• Cali Street Cafe, 5601 W Slauson Ave # 171, Culver City
• 310 Coffee Company, 11625 Washington Pl, Los Angeles
• The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, 9829 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles
• The Conservatory for Coffee, Tea & Cocoa, 10117 Washington Blvd, Culver City
• Cognoscenti Coffee, 6114 Washington Blvd, Culver City
• Dunkin', 13300 Washington Blvd, Culver City
• Go Get Em Tiger, 10000 Washington Blvd Suite 103, Culver City
• goodboybob coffee, 9355 Culver Blvd, Culver City
• Grand Casino Bakery & Cafe, 3826 Main St, Culver City
• Kings Cafe, 5508 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City
• Make Out, 9426 Washington Blvd, Culver City
• Mañana Coffee, 11469 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles
• Metro Cafe, 11188 Washington Pl, Culver City
• MillCross Coffee Bar & Kitchen, 11050 Washington Blvd, Culver City
• Menotti's Coffee Stop, 12430 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles
• Philz Coffee, 9300 Culver Blvd #113, Culver City
• Spot Cafe & Lounge, 4455 Overland Ave, Culver City
• Starbucks, 9718 Washington Blvd, Culver City
• Super Domestic Coffee, 10054 Culver Blvd, Culver City
• Tanner's Coffee Co, 4342 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City

The exact origin of how Sept. 29 (or Oct. 1 in other countries) became National Coffee Day is cloudy, according to a NationalToday.com summary of the country’s long connection with the drink. It points to the 1773 Boston Tea Party as a key moment in U.S. history for when the country, quite literally, dumped tea for coffee.

When the people of the 13 colonies revolted against King George III’s hefty tea tax, “tea was out, and coffee was in,” the summary states.

The United States’ connection with coffee only became stronger in the years to follow. Brothers John and Charles Arbuckle started selling coffee to cowboys in the American West during the mid-1800s, and James Folger introduced the drink to gold miners in California before creating the J.A. Folger & Co. in 1872, according to NationalToday.com.

Other brands still around today, such as Maxwell House and Hills Brothers, eventually entered the coffee market. And Starbucks “changed everything” when it formed in Seattle in 1971, according to the summary.

The U.S. coffee shop market has now grown into a $45.4 billion industry, according to an account that cites the Allegra World Coffee Portal’s 2019 Project Café USA report.

A number of chain coffee shops are expected to offer deals for National Coffee Day, TheSpruceEats.com says.

Among them, Krispy Kreme will offer a free coffee and doughnut on the day, Dunkin’ Donuts a free medium hot or iced coffee with any purchase, and LaMar’s Donuts a free small cup of coffee.

Local 7-Eleven stores will offer 7Rewards loyalty members one free, any size hot coffee - including 7-Eleven’s new fall coffee lineup: Fall Pumpkin Coffee and Pumpkin Spice Latte - with the purchase of a baked good at participating stores.

Starbucks also typically offers free samples or cups of coffee on Sept. 29, Coffeeaffection.com reported this year.

Editor's Note: Did we miss a local coffee spot? Let us know in the comments.