Sea-salt iced coffee, anyone?

The expansion of 85º C Bakery Café marches on with the official opening of its 48th U.S. location Friday, March 30 in east Orange. (Psst: The store is open now, part of its soft opening ahead of the grand opening.)

85 Degrees Bakery and Cafe is opening a store Friday, March 16 in Orange. The Taiwanese chain has expanded rapidly in Southern California in the last year, adding at least 10 new stores with more to come. (Courtesy of 85 Degrees)

85C Bakery Cafe is one the most popular places at the Diamond Jamboree in Irvine. (Leonard Ortiz / The Orange County Register)

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Customers including Alex Luu, left, of Los Angeles crowd the self-serve bread and pastry bins to select their favorite items at 85ºC Bakery in the Diamond Jamboree shopping center in Irvine. (PAUL RODRIGUEZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)

Shoppers at 85º C Bakery during the store’s grand opening in Cerritos. (JEFF GRITCHEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

As an employee brings out more fresh bread, customers line up to pay for their bread and pastries at 85ºC Bakery in the Diamond Jamboree shopping center in Irvine. (PAUL RODRIGUEZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)



Customers at 85ºC Bakery wait anxiously as an employee restocks bins with pastries at the Diamond Jamboree shopping center in Irvine. (PAUL RODRIGUEZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)

A boy checks out the pastries and bread at 85ºC Bakery in the Diamond Jamboree shopping center in Irvine. (PAUL RODRIGUEZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)

As an employee brings out more fresh bread, customers line up to pay for their bread and pastries at 85ºC Bakery in the Diamond Jamboree shopping center in Irvine. (PAUL RODRIGUEZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)

85ºC Bakery Cafe is one of the reasons the Diamond Jamboree shopping center is so popular and known internationally. (PAUL RODRIGUEZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)

85C Bakery Cafe features pastries of all types and has become a popular hangout place. (Leonard Ortiz / The Orange County Register)



A steady stream of fresh bread and pastries are brought out to refill the bins at 85ºC Bakery in the Diamond Jamboree shopping center in Irvine. (PAUL RODRIGUEZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)

85 Degrees Bakery and Cafe is opening a store Friday, March 16 in Orange. The Taiwanese chain has expanded rapidly in Southern California in the last year, adding at least 10 new stores with more to come. (Courtesy of 85 Degrees)

85 Degrees Bakery and Cafe is opening a store Friday, March 16 in Orange. The Taiwanese chain has expanded rapidly in Southern California in the last year, adding at least 10 new stores with more to come. (Courtesy of 85 Degrees)

85 Degrees Bakery and Cafe is opening a store Friday, March 16 in Orange. The Taiwanese chain has expanded rapidly in Southern California in the last year, adding at least 10 new stores with more to come. (Courtesy of 85 Degrees)

85 Degrees Bakery and Cafe is opening a store Friday, March 16 in Orange. The Taiwanese chain has expanded rapidly in Southern California in the last year, adding at least 10 new stores with more to come. (Courtesy of 85 Degrees)



85 Degrees Bakery and Cafe is opening a store Friday, March 16 in Orange. The Taiwanese chain has expanded rapidly in Southern California in the last year, adding at least 10 new stores with more to come. Seen here is the popular sea-salt iced coffee. (Courtesy of 85 Degrees)

The popular Taiwanese chain, which opened its first U.S. cafe at Irvine’s Diamond Jamboree shopping center in 2008, has grown rapidly in California, Texas and Washington state. At least 10 stores debuted across Southern California in the last 12 months, bringing the region’s total to 29. The company, owned by Gourmet Master Co. in Taiwan, says it has 1,000 units worldwide.

And 85 Degrees isn’t slowing down anytime soon. A company representative said Wednesday that new stores are under construction in Fountain Valley and Century City in Los Angeles. Christopher Jocson, with the company’s marketing department, said even more stores are being developed, but the company is not saying where quite yet.

“I will leave a little suspense … as the date gets closer,” Jocson said via email.

The coffee shop, named for company’s preferred temperature at which to brew coffee, quickly gained a California following for its decadent European-influenced pastries and quirky sea-salt iced coffee. The trendy coffee is topped with a salted whipped cream. The cup is sealed with a slick plastic sheath, and customers are encouraged to shake the mixture before drinking.

According to the company, with its U.S. headquarters in Brea, the bakeries sell 60 types of bread, cakes, and 40 assorted coffee and tea beverages (think: slushes, smoothies and blended drinks).

Popular bakery items include cheese tarts, marble taro buns, chocolate and berry-filled rolls, sponge cakes and savory croissants. It’s not unusual to wait in line on a weekend morning as hungry shoppers descend on the treats with trays and tongs in hand.

The privately held company doesn’t release financial information, but it’s been reported that its Irvine and Hacienda Heights locations are two of its most profitable.

The Orange location is the first for the city. It’s going into a shuttered Golden Spoon. Address: 3533 E Chapman Ave., Suite A.

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