Roasteria

[Benjamin Barrett]

That's a possibility I hadn't thought of. Given the power of Italian
in the espresso domain, though, my money remains on Italiano :) BB

On Jul 13, 2008, at 10:58 PM, Marc Velasco wrote:

> Could be from the Spanish too (which probably has similar construction
> rules).
>
> shoe : shoestore
>
> zapato : zapateria
>
> maybe they sell 'roast' ?
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com
> >
> wrote:
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>> Not found in the ADS4 or the CAE.
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>> "We bring people together for conversation and coffee and food," said
>> McConnell, whose cafe empire includes a roasteria on Capitol Hill,
>> four coffee shops in Seattle and one in Olympia.
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>> by Melissa Allison and Amy Martinez
>> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/retailreport/2008045842_retailrepor=
> t11.html
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>> McConnell is part owner of Caff=E9 Vita Coffee Roasting. Later in the
>> article is a bit about Espresso Vivace Roasteria, which is probably
>> where they got the word from. Ava Roastaria uses the word as well,
>> probably from roaster + -ia as Italian does not seem to use this
>> word.
>> BB

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