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Posted Sat Jan 7, 2012, 2:15am
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Bellano 2, or B2, officially opened this week at the San Pedro Square Market in downtown San Jose.

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Posted Sat Jan 7, 2012, 2:15am
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San Pedro Square Market is a public market which will eventually have 20 local vendors.

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Posted Sat Jan 7, 2012, 2:15am
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Barefoot planned to have a coffee house there, but Bellano beat them to it.
Click Here (www.sanpedrosquaremarket.com)

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Posted Sat Jan 7, 2012, 2:16am
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B2 is located in a still mostly empty section that is planned to filled with a (non-chain) restaurant.

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Posted Sat Jan 7, 2012, 2:16am
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Sightglass Owl’s Howl espresso at B2. Pulled as a ristretto. Thick body and nice complexity. I was in San Francisco last week and had a Owl’s Howl espresso at the Sightglass coffee house which was pulled a bit longer and that espresso had more clarity.

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Posted Sat Jan 7, 2012, 2:16am
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Cappuccino at B2. Steamed a bit too hot but it had a very nice steamed milk flavor.

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Posted Sat Jan 7, 2012, 2:17am
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At B2 they also brew V60 pour-over coffee.

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Posted Sat Jan 7, 2012, 2:17am
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Nice new location for B2. Looking forward to what it will look like when San Pedro Square Market is fully occupied.

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Posted Sun Jan 8, 2012, 5:57pm
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Gary,
Thanks for the review and pictures of our new spot. Eventually we will have a permanent space at the front of the building you were in. We will be doing public cuppings at B2 every other saturday afternoon at 2pm which everyone is welcome to join at.
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Posted Thu Jan 12, 2012, 4:09pm
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Public cuppings on Saturday's in San Jose?  Somebody pinch me, I must be dreaming.  I've been seeing cuppings offered mid-day during the week up in San Francisco, but can't make it up there during the week.  Saturday in San Jose is doable, though.

 
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