ONE DE-CAF 16 OZ. MOCHA WITH NON-FAT MILK, PLEASE

Otherwise known as a "Niente" or "Why Bother?"

Coffee Cravings is a locally owned drive-through coffee shop serving hot and cold coffee drinks at two locations: 

1615 E. Isaacs and 801 W. Poplar.

Baristas busy at work

MORE COFFEE TO GO-GO

Dutch Bros. Coffee

This privately held drive-through coffee chain is headquartered in Grants Pass, Oregon.

At last count a total of 233 company-owned and franchise stores are located in seven states in the western USA. 

The Walla Walla store has been open for over four years.

Dutch Bros. was founded on February 3, 1992 by brothers Dane and Travis Boersma, third-generation dairy farmers in Grants Pass. 

They bought an espresso machine and experimented with a hundred pounds of coffee in their empty milk house.

After a month of handing out free samples to friends and family, the brothers began serving up mochas and lattes 

from a pushcart set up in downtown Grants Pass. They named their company 

Dutch Brothers Coffee Company, or Dutch Bros.

Over the next few years, permanent kiosks opened in other parts of Grants Pass, 

including a coffeehouse a few blocks from the original stand.

Dutch Bros. roasts all their own coffee, a three-bean blend sourced from 

direct relationships with plantations in El Salvador, Brazil and Colombia.

Flavored coffee drinks are made from ingredients such as Torani syrups, 

a blend of Dutch chocolate milk, Oregon Chai, Pacific soy milk, and Harney & Sons teas.

In October 2009, co-founder Dane Boersma died of Lou Gehrig's disease. 

In his honor, all locations annually donate one designated day's proceeds 

to the Muscular Distrophy Association.

JAVA TO GO-GO

Satisfying America's Car Culture

FUEL Coffee Shop is one of many drive-thru coffee shops in Walla Walla. They number more than actual walk-in coffee establishments of which there are several including four Starbucks--two free standing stores and two smaller versions within grocery stores.

While coffee purists may cringe, Baskin Robbins' 31 flavors of ice cream
has nothing on the 57 flavors of syrup that can be added to your coffee at FUEL. 

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