By the beginning of 2020, Blue Bottle Coffee had officially moved its roasting operations to West Sacramento.

Founded in Oakland in the early 2000s, the business has since expanded to include dozens of cafes across the U.S., Japan and Korea.

Though roasting had occurred in the Bay Area since the company’s inception, Blue Bottle took over space at West Sacramento’s Riverside Commerce Center in 2018 and began using it for packaging and distribution.

Apparently, higher-ups had been eyeing the Yolo County city as a roasting location prior to that.

“The plan for Blue Bottle to move all roasting operations to the West Sacramento facility has been in the works for three years,” a spokesperson said. “After careful evaluation, we chose Sacramento as it is an ideal geographic location to supply both our Northern California and Southern California cafes.

“The new state-of-the-art facility allows Blue Bottle to improve quality control overall, roasting coffees for all West Coast cafes from the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, and points in between, as well as for digital subscribers,” the spokesperson continued.

While its headquarters will remain in Oakland, the 39,000-square-foot building allowed the business to more than double the size of its previous West Coast production facility.

Shoppers have likely spotted Blue Bottle beverages on the shelves of local grocers like Nugget, but its closest cafes are in the Bay.

“At this time, we don’t have any plans for a cafe in the Sacramento area to share,” the spokesperson said.

Blue Bottle also sells products online. Its website offers some background on the business, which focuses on single-origin beans.

“We work directly with farmers around the world to source the most delicious and sustainable coffees we can find. Then, we roast them to our exacting flavor standards and serve them to you at peak deliciousness … We think it’s a privilege to deliver the coffees we love, by farmers we admire, into your hands or onto your doorstep.”

Nestlé paid roughly $425 million to acquire a 68% stake in Blue Bottle in 2017, according to Bloomberg.