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家族傳統 ண௪f˼ක֐ਗ਼ञλٙդਥԌ 喬治‧武卡辛 (George Vukasin)
coffee by the pound. That entrepreneurial spirit set
the tone for the future.
THE SPECIALIST ቖֻ᎛ᝂdԨකணɓ࢕ֳࠦd 加州奧克蘭 (Oakland) 扶輪社社員
新鮮烘焙
咖啡烘豆師
A family tradition, My dad studied criminology and wanted to join the
ᜫɽ଺ঐܲᆼᒅ൯fவ၇කן
FBI, but my grandfather tapped him on the shoulder
and said, “You’re going into coffee.” My dad followed
freshly roasted
ɓЗդਥञԌࢪ࿁ෂוɧ˾ٙ ආ՟ٙΆุ࢕ၚग़މʮ̡ٙ͊ 在全職投入家族事業前，Ңಀ
that path but also made a name for himself in public
port commissioner. ၾኈГࡩܦ֮౶ψ (Chiapas) ʿ
ԫุeٟਜ˸ʿҧቃٙˀܠf Ըఢ֛ਿሜf service, serving on the Oakland City Council and as
A coffee roaster reflects on a third-generation
business, community, and Rotary 家父本來攻讀犯罪學，қΣ݊ ͙۞̔ψ (Oaxaca) ٙ̈ɹਠ΍
Today my sister and I run Peerless as the third gen-
eration. We’re proud to still be roasting in Oakland and
的祖父在青少年時期從 ̋ɝᑌԞሜݟ҅dШख़˨שə ԫd˸ଉɝᐝ༆դਥԶᏐᗡf
to be celebrating over 100 years of business in the city
我 塞爾維亞來到美國。˼ ש˼ٙٲၶႭj˜Ы੻ᘱוդ Ңা੻຅̘ࣛܰஞɓ࢕Ңࡁಀ
that supported our family all along. Like generations
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before us, we’ve been part of Rotary. My grandfather
y grandfather came to the United
States from Serbia when he was a ਥԫุf™˨ፋන੽ख़˨ٙτ
ৎڋίʫശ༺ψٙვᘤ
ڿΤʧୗཀٙդਥ୿෤ ķķ வ
was a member of the first Rotary club in Oakland,
followed by my dad, and then my sister and me.
teenager. He worked in silver mines
ʈЪdШᘤ˴Ԉ˼ϋߏ֠Ⴠd રdШ˼ɰҳԒʮ΍؂ਕdಀ ί຅ࣛԨʔర੬ ķķ ຅ҢΣԟ
in Nevada, but the mine owner, see-
ʔҜᜫ˼੽ԫνϤΦɢٙ௶ɢ ίෳдᚆ̹ᙄึ΂ᔖdԨዄ΂ З༵͏࢝ͪΙϞ˼Τοٙᅺᜀ
ing he was too young for that kind of
Before I joined the business full time, I worked with
labor, pulled him out and had him help in the kitchen an exporter in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico, to under-
ཀಥਕ։ࡰf
ʈЪdکਗ਼˼ሜֻᄼגᏍώf
ࣛd˼ชਗ੻ᆠଅޮ଼fவ΅
instead. It turned out he was a great cook, as was my stand the coffee supply chain. I remember visiting a
father, and as it happens, I went to culinary school farm we had featured by name, something that wasn’t
ӚซՑ˼࢝ତၚರᄼᖵdҢ˨
common at the time, and the farmer cried when I
too. Food and coffee run deep in our family. 如今，我與姊姊作為ୋɧ˾ટ ຾ዝᜫҢ࿁ԟԬڮϓவɓʲٙ
ፋɰ݊νϤdϾҢܦ̷ɰආə showed him the label. That gave me a deep apprecia-
ɛࡁପ͛͟হٙชዧf
Eventually, my grandfather moved to Oakland, फɛd΍Ν຾ᐄவ࢕ʮ̡fҢ
tion for the people who make this work possible.
ᄼᖵኪࣧfߕ࠮ʿդਥϘʊଉ
California, and that’s where he met my grandmother
and started what became Peerless Coffee & Tea in ࡁଉชІႴٙ݊dʮ̡Ա್ί 我為何如此熱愛這份工作？Ϊ
Why do I care about my work? Because coffee
George Vukasin
ଉಔ࣬׵Ңࡁ࢕ૄʘʕf
1924. He chose not to open a restaurant, though many Rotary Club matters. It’s a ritual, a comfort, a connection. It’s a
ෳдᚆආБञԌdԨίவࢭ֐
މդਥจ່ڢɭf̴݊ɓ၇ᄃ
people urged him to, but instead bought used roasting of Oakland, livelihood for farmers, for our team, and for my family.
equipment. He started selling the product to restau- California It still brings me joy to be part of it.
୞˕ܵഹҢࡁ࢕ૄ̹ٙ۬dᛇ
όdɓ΅ᅌᔟdһ݊ɓ၇ஹഐf
後來，祖父搬到加州奧克蘭，
rants and opened a storefront where people could buy Coffee roaster — as told to brianna cook
ίԟ༁༾Ԉख़͎dԨ׵ 1924 ᅅ຾ᐄགྷϵϋٙሾ๯Ԣ೻຦f ̴༵݊͏eҢࡁྠඟd˸ʿҢ
ϋ௴ͭ˜ೌၾࡐˢդਥ঩භʮ
Photography by Andria Lo νΝۃ఻˾ɛɓᅵdҢࡁɓٜ ࡁ࢕ૄٙ͛ࠇfਞၾՉʕdЇ
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