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Forza Coffee Company, originally uploaded by andai.

I stumbled upon Forza Coffee Company a couple of weeks ago in the most unlikely of places Dupont Wa. Dupont is a little town located in about a 15 to 20 minutes drive north of Olympia, Wa and one that you’d not really think to find any coffee shops other than a Starbucks. Funny enough, I don’t remember actually seeing an Starbucks stores there.

I chatted a bit with one of the baristas who told me a bit out the Forza Coffee Company. She told me that there were a number of Forza Coffee locations all over Washington state. Surprisingly, they do not have a location in Seattle… at least not yet. It is also my understanding that a number of these locations are franchise stores. I don’t know how I feel about that… but then I don’t own the stores so who cares what I think anyway…

She also told me that they get their beans from Dillanos Coffee Roasters and the beans are actually a roast that is made specially for Forza. One quick note about Dillanos. I have seen their trucks around Seattle, but I only know of one place on Madison where they serve Dillanos coffee. I plan on finding out other coffee shops here in Seattle that serve Dillanos so I can get a good feel with regards to Dillanos coffee beans

Ok, that’s that. Now on to the coffee. Actually, they did have pretty decent coffee. They made a nice strong latte that was fairly ‘soft and creamy’ and enjoyable. Keep in mind that at the time I had ordered the coffee, I had just picked up a latte from the Stumptown Coffee Shop located right next to Cafe Presse in the Capital Hill – First Hill area, and drinking it on the drive down to Olympia. So by the time I got down to Dupont, even though I was full of coffee, after seeing the Forza coffee cup design, I just couldn’t resist ordering another double tall latte for the road.

According to the Forza website, one of their stores is located in Kent, WA so I’ll probably be popping in there sometime later this week for another go…