National Coffee Day In Buckhead: Where To Get Your Joe Fix

ATLANTA — For many on the go in Buckhead, 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 Buckhead another reason to visit one of their local coffee shops.

In and near Buckhead, local coffee shops include:

• Cultivate Food and Coffee, 1952 Howell Mill Rd NW Suite 200, Atlanta
• BRASH Coffee, 1168 Howell Mill Rd #0516, Atlanta
• Highland Bakery Buckhead, 3353 Peachtree Rd NE #130, Atlanta
• Peet’s Coffee, 3300 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
• Corner Bakery, 3368 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
• Cafe At Pharr, 3145 Peachtree Road #101, Atlanta
• Dancing Goats @Buckhead, 3167 Peachtree Road, Atlanta
• East Pole Coffe Co., 255 Ottley Drive NE #105, Atlanta
• Kula Coffee Co., 3423 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta
• Bellwood Coffee, 1776 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta
• Brash Coffee, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta
• Garnet Gal’s Coffee Shop and Bakery, 2770 Lenox Road, Suite B-4, Atlanta
• Cultivate Food and Coffee, 1952 Howell Mill Road NW, Suite 200, Atlanta
• Corner Bakery, 3368 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
• Highland Bakery Buckhead, 3353 Peachtree Road NE #130, Atlanta
• Nordstrom Ebar Artisan Coffee, 3500 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
• Five Fifty Cafe, 550 Pharr Road NE, Atlanta
• Wave3Coffee, 3145 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta

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 have also offered National Coffee Day deals, with any size coffees going for $1 while using the store’s smartphone app.

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

Caribou Coffee

• 3621 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta

Dunkin’

• 2444 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta
• 3669 Powers Ferry Road NE, Atlanta

Starbucks

• 1968 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta
• 3535 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
• 3370 Northside Parkway NW, Atlanta
• 3550 Lenox Road NE, Atlanta
• 3393 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
• 1861 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
• 3330 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta
• 2751 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta
• 2900 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta
• 2333 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
• 1203 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta
• 2581 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta
• 3500 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta