I’ve found a new favorite here in the Valley. It’s Dutch Bros Coffee and it is good.

Dutch Bros Coffee, Bell Road, Phoenix, AZ

Dutch Bros Coffee, Bell Road, Phoenix, AZ

Dutch Bros is a small company from Grants Pass, Oregon. While they are set up as a drive-thru syle coffee place, the coffee is first class. If you know coffee, then you know that the freshness of the bean is very important. They roast their own, grind only fresh roasted beans, and the proof is in the taste. Quite unique as well is even if you order a regular coffee, it is made to order! There are no pots of Joe sitting around on heat plates to be poured for cup orders. Your coffee is made when you order it.

There are only two locations at this time in Phoenix (Tempe and North Phoenix Bell Road), but I hear that there are plans for upwards of 20 kiosks long term with half of those planned in the next year. Watch for one in your area because on opening day, coffee is FREE. This coffee deserves a shot :) .

Update: according to azcentral.com, here are the tentative plans for future openings!

Dutch Bros. Coffee in the Valley

Tempe: Rural Road and Lemon Street, open.

Phoenix: Bell Road and 29th Street, open.

Scottsdale: Scottsdale and McDowell roads, Thanksgiving weekend. (I’ll have to check this out!)

Central Phoenix: Camelback Road and Central Avenue, January.

Gilbert: Gilbert and McKellips roads, February.

Tempe: Mill and Southern avenues, February.

Gilbert: McQueen and Guadalupe roads, March.

North Phoenix: Cave Creek Road and Loop 101, August or September.