SERVING THE TAHOE AREA WITH FINE ROASTED COFFEES, CAPPUCCINOS, LATTES, MOCHAS, ESPRESSOS, ORGANIC TEAS, BLENDED MOCHAS, DAVID RIO CHAIS, BREAKFAST SANDWICHES, BAGELS, CREPES AND MORE!!
SINCE 1990, THE COFFEE CONNEXION HAS BEEN “TAHOE CITY’S
ORIGINAL COFFEE HOUSE”.
IN 1996, AFTER SIX YEARS OF BUYING VARIOUS GREEN BEANS FROM SUPPLIERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, JEFF AND ROBIN DECIDED TO BUY THEIR OWN ROASTER. JEFF TRAVELLED TO CORVALLIS, OREGON IN THE FALL OF 1996 AND BOUGHT THEIR FLUID BED ROASTER FROM MIKE SIVETZ OF SIVETZ COFFEE CO. AFTER LEARNING THE FINE ART OF ROASTING FROM GAVINA BROS. IN LOS ANGELES, JEFF BEGAN PURCHASING GREEN BEANS FROM ROYAL COFFEE IN EMERYVILLE, CA. ROASTING IN LAKE FOREST, THE COFFEE CONNEXION ROASTERY WAS BORN. THROUGH LOCAL FRIENDS AND CONNEXIONS, THEY SOON HAD A SOLID FOUNDATION OF WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS, MANY OF WHICH ARE WITH THEM TO THIS DAY. SADLY, JEFF PASSED AWAY IN 2001 BUT ROBIN CONTINUES THE LEGACY WITH THE HELP OF HER TWO CHILDREN, JEN AND JAKE