RIP

Another reference on today's Google alert for coffee - I'll raise a cup to you later, Alf.

Alfred H. Peet, the son of a Dutch coffee merchant who pioneered a revolution in roasting exotic dark beans that led to America’s love affair with high-end coffee, has died. He was 87.

Alfred H. Peet is often called the “grandfather of specialty coffee”.

The cause was cancer, several friends said. His death was announced Friday by a representative of the company he founded, Peet’s Coffee and Tea Inc.