Oakland's Peerless Coffee is still going strong


	Oakland's Peerless Coffee is still going strong

Lexica

11-6-2009 4:41 PM

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coffee, oakland, business, family-businesses

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Peerless' cupping room, in fact, might be the most charming around, with the same furniture that John Vukasinovich used decades ago lining its cramped quarters, along with a shiny new spittoon - essential for cupping.

"We thought for hygienic purposes, we should retire the old one," jokes George Jr.

Perhaps it will last into the next generation - there's already a fourth in the wings. Will Kristina's oldest son, 7-year-old John William, become the family's next great cupper?

"I hope," George Jr. says with smile. "Bring him on."

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