Timeless Coffee Roasters

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Timeless Coffee Roasters

Timeless Coffee Roasters is an Oakland-based specialty coffee roaster and bakery offering freshly roasted single-origin and blended coffees, artisan baked goods, and custom cakes. They operate two café locations and provide subscription services, wholesale options, and local delivery.

Active Monitoring

timelesscoffee.com

Food & Beverage

AI Visibility Score

37/100

Low

Sentiment Score

96/100

AI Perception

Summary

Timeless Coffee Roasters has successfully captured the 'Oakland local' narrative in Claude and Gemini, yet suffers from a total blackout in ChatGPT that masks its true market presence. While the brand dominates 'non-corporate' cafe searches, it is currently forfeiting the high-value specialty subscription and custom bakery categories to competitors like Red Bay and Ritual.

Value Proposition

Locally roasted specialty coffee with a distinctive, bold identity—combining quality single-origin beans, fresh bakery items, and custom cakes in a unique Oakland café experience.

Overview

Mission

Roasting timeless quality coffee in Oakland for the local community and beyond.

Products & Services

Specialty roasted coffee beansCoffee subscriptionsCustom cake builderArtisan bakery items and cookiesWholesale coffee services

Agent Breakdown

AI Platforms

How often do different AI platforms reference Timeless Coffee Roasters?

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Conversation Analysis

Topics

What conversations is Timeless Coffee Roasters included in — or excluded from?

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Buyer Personas

Personas

Who does each AI platform recommend Timeless Coffee Roasters to, and when?

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Programmatic Testing

Sample Conversations

We programmatically analyze questions that real customers are asking to AI agents and chatbots, extract brand mentions and sentiment, analyze every response, and synthesize the data into an action plan to increase AI visibility.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

AI Overviews

Local Oakland Cafe Culture Discovery(2 queries)

“coolest coffee shops in oakland that aren't super corporate”

2/4 platforms mentioned

ChatGPT

No brands listed

Claude

1.Highwire Coffee Roasters

2.Timeless Coffee

3.Blue Bottle Coffee

4.Dig Coffee

5.Lovebot Espresso Bar

+4 more

Gemini

1.Red Bay Coffee Roasters

2.Swan's Market

3.Timeless Coffee

4.The Goat Coffee Roasting Company

5.K toho

+7 more

AI Overviews

1.Starbucks

2.Dunkin'

3.McDonald's McCafe

4.Dutch Bros

5.Caribou Coffee

+9 more

“best spots for a morning coffee and a fresh pastry near piedmont avenue”

2/4 platforms mentioned

ChatGPT

1.V60

2.Chemex

Claude

1.Timeless Coffee

2.Awake Chocolate

3.Paramount Cafe

4.Sightglass

Gemini

1.Red Bay Coffee Roasters

2.Timeless Coffee

3.Fentons Creamery & Restaurant

AI Overviews

1.Stumptown

2.Hair Bender

3.Holler Mountain

4.Tasting Table

5.YouTube

+10 more

Specialty Home Brewing & Subscriptions(2 queries)

“best specialty coffee subscriptions for people who like small batch beans”

0/4 platforms mentioned

ChatGPT

1.Trade Coffee

2.Atlas Coffee Club

3.Bean Box

4.Onyx Coffee Lab

5.Counter Culture Coffee

+7 more

Claude

1.Blue Bottle Coffee

2.Intelligentsia Coffee

3.Onyx Coffee Lab

4.Passenger Coffee

5.Counter Culture Coffee

+2 more

Gemini

1.Trade Coffee

2.Atlas Coffee Club

3.Bona Fide Coffee

4.Joe Coffee Company

5.Counter Culture Coffee

+1 more

AI Overviews

1.Podium Coffee Club

2.Podium Platinum

3.Bean Box

4.Wirecutter

5.Black & White Roaster's

+3 more

“where can i buy fresh roasted single origin coffee beans in oakland”

3/4 platforms mentioned

ChatGPT

1.Red Bay Coffee

2.Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters

3.Ritual Coffee Roasters

4.Sightglass Coffee

5.V60

+1 more

Claude

1.Red Bay Coffee

2.Awaken Cafe

3.Timeless Coffee Roasters

4.Red Bay

Gemini

1.Red Bay Coffee Roasters

2.Timeless Coffee

3.Fauna Coffee

AI Overviews

1.Peerless Coffee

2.Sweet Maria's Coffee

3.East Fourteenth

4.Timeless Coffee

5.RoastCo

+1 more

Custom Event Catering & Specialty Baking(1 query)

“help me find a place to order a custom cake in oakland for a birthday”

0/4 platforms mentioned

ChatGPT

1.Yelp

2.Google Maps

3.Instagram

Claude

1.Starter Bakery

2.Bakery Lorraine

3.The Cake Booth

4.Montclair Bakery

5.Vie Cakes

+3 more

Gemini

1.Sweet Bar Bakery

2.Pretty Sweet NYC

3.Arizmendi Bakery

4.Katrina's Cake Shop

5.The Sweetest Thing Bakery

+3 more

AI Overviews

1.Debbie Does Cakes

2.Lavender Bakery & Cafe'

3.Silver Dahlia Baking

4.James and the Giant Cupcake

5.Full Belly Bakery

+3 more

Category Trust & Local Quality Benchmarking(1 query)

“most highly rated independent coffee roasters in the bay area”

1/4 platforms mentioned

ChatGPT

1.Sightglass Coffee

2.Ritual Coffee Roasters

3.Andytown Coffee Roasters

4.Red Bay Coffee

5.Equator Coffees & Teas

+3 more

Claude

1.Blue Bottle Coffee

2.Nestle

3.Ritual Coffee Roasters

4.Barefoot Coffee Roasters

5.Saint Frank Coffee

6.Timeless Coffee

+4 more

Gemini

1.Verve Coffee Roasters

2.Four Barrel Coffee

3.Ritual Coffee Roasters

4.Chromatic Coffee

5.Saint Frank Coffee

+3 more

AI Overviews

1.Red Bay Coffee

2.Ritual

3.Verve

4.Equator

5.Pachamama

+14 more

Analysis

Key Insights

What AI visibility analysis reveals about this brand

Strength

High-authority positioning in Claude (55% mention rate) and Gemini (50% mention rate) for local discovery queries.

Strength

Top-tier performance for 'The Oakland Coffee Purist' persona with an average position of 2.6.

Strength

Successfully identified as a premier 'non-corporate' alternative in the East Bay across multiple LLMs.

Gap

Zero visibility in ChatGPT across all 18 standard discovery queries, indicating a critical disconnect from the world's most-used AI agent.

Gap

Total absence in 'custom cake' and 'specialty baking' queries, failing to leverage the brand's unique position as a vegan bakery.

Gap

Underperforming in AI Overviews with only a 15% mention rate compared to competitors like Ritual and Red Bay.

Opportunity

Aggressively optimize for 'specialty coffee subscription' keywords to capture volume currently dominated by national aggregators like Trade Coffee.

Opportunity

Bridge the 'bakery' gap by implementing structured data that highlights custom catering and cake services to AI crawlers.

Opportunity

Target the 'Neighborhood Event Coordinator' persona by creating content specifically around local Oakland event hosting and catering.

Technical Health

Site Health for AI Visibility

How well Timeless Coffee Roasters's website is optimized for AI agent discovery and comprehension.

88/100

15 passed 4 warnings 1 issues

Audited 2/19/2026

Crawlability96

Can AI bots find your pages?

Technical100

SSL, mobile, doctype basics

On-Page SEO84

Titles, descriptions, headings

Content Quality80

Word count, depth, freshness

Schema Markup100

Structured data for AI comprehension

Social & OG95

Open Graph, Twitter cards

AI Readability60

How well AI can parse your content

Critical Issues

Page is very large

Reduce page size by optimizing content and removing unnecessary code.

Warnings

Title is too short (24 characters)

Expand the title to 50-60 characters with descriptive keywords.

Page has 4 H1 tags. Best practice is one.

Use a single H1 for the main heading, and H2-H6 for subheadings.

Content may be too short

Expand your content to at least 300-500 words with valuable information.

5 image(s) missing alt text

Add descriptive alt text to all images. Consider converting to WebP format.

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Brand Identity

Brand Voice & Style

How AI perceives Timeless Coffee Roasters's communication style and personality

Timeless Coffee Roasters communicates with a bold, unapologetic edge that reflects their distinctive scorpion branding. The voice is warm and welcoming to the local community while maintaining an independent, craft-focused attitude. They balance approachability with expertise, speaking confidently about their coffee without being pretentious. There's a subtle rebellious streak that sets them apart from polished corporate coffee brands.

Core Tone Traits

Bold & Distinctive

Unapologetic brand identity with edge, reflected in the scorpion imagery

Community-Rooted

Warm, neighborhood-focused communication that celebrates Oakland

Craft-Confident

Knowledgeable about coffee without being snobby or inaccessible

Inviting & Unpretentious

Welcoming tone that makes specialty coffee approachable

Competitive Landscape

Related Ecosystem

Related products and services that AI mentions in conversations alongside or instead of Timeless Coffee Roasters

Timeless Coffee Roasters40 mentions

Instagram21 mentions

Ritual Coffee Roasters14 mentions

Highwire Coffee Roasters13 mentions

Trade Coffee12 mentions

Red Bay Coffee Roasters11 mentions

Bean Box10 mentions

Blue Bottle10 mentions

Red Bay Coffee9 mentions

Blue Bottle Coffee8 mentions

Peet's8 mentions

Source Intelligence

Citations

Sources that AI assistants cite. Getting featured here improves visibility.

kartikahuja.com

Referenced in 1 query

Review

alternative.cafe

Referenced in 1 query

Review

What are good alternatives to Starbucks and Dutch Bros for coffee?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/237920857699504/posts/1315464653278447/#:~:text=7%20brew%20and%20Dutch%20bros,they%20were%20made%20very%20well.

Referenced in 1 query

Pitch Story

Buy These Alternatives to Nestle and Starbucks

https://lakotalaw.org/resources/nestle-alternatives#:~:text=T2:%20Jasper%20Coffee%2C%20Peace%20Coffee,Dunkin%20Donuts%2C%20Caribou%20Coffee%2C%20Peet's

Referenced in 1 query

Review

Is Blank Street Coffee a Cheaper Alternative to Starbucks? - Cheapism

https://www.cheapism.com/blank-street-cheaper-starbucks/#:~:text=After%20taking%20a%20sip%2C%20I,sandwiches%2C%20and%20other%20light%20fare.&text=The%20location%20I%20visited%20in,crowded%20world%20of%20coffee%20shops.

Referenced in 1 query

Review

What is the best alternative to Starbucks? - Quora

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-alternative-to-Starbucks#:~:text=Google%20or%20Yelp%20for%20a,never%20listen%20to%20me%20again;

Referenced in 1 query

Join Discussion

15 Best Alternatives to Starbucks Coffee

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/15-best-alternatives-starbucks-coffee-140537160.html

Referenced in 1 query

Review

Starbucks Competitors 2025: My Top Rivals Ranked

https://kartikahuja.com/starbucks-competitors/#:~:text=If%20you're%20wondering%20about,aren't%20just%20copying%20Starbucks.

Referenced in 1 query

Review

Starbucks Competitors: How They Shape the Market

https://www.ultimamarkets.com/academy/starbucks-competitors-how-they-shape-the-market/#:~:text=Dunkin%20%E2%80%93%20Franchised%20Scale%20Story,is%20Starbucks'%20largest%20US%20competitor.

Referenced in 1 query

Review

Alternative Café - World's best roasted coffees

https://alternative.cafe/en/#:~:text=Alternative%20Caf%C3%A9%20offers%20a%20selection%20of%20coffee,**Customer%20service%20that%20responds%20within%2024%20hours**

Referenced in 1 query

Review

China's Luckin Coffee opens its first high-end store - CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/08/chinas-luckin-coffee-opens-its-first-high-end-store.html#:~:text=China's%20Luckin%20Coffee%20opens%20first,as%20it%20takes%20on%20Starbucks&text=As%20Starbucks%20sells%20off%20most,store%2C%20which%20officially%20opened%20Sunday.

Referenced in 1 query

Review

Starbucks Competitors: Dunkin', McDonald's, and More - Investopedia

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/101315/who-are-starbucks-main-competitors.asp#:~:text=In%20the%20caf%C3%A9%20space%2C%20its,market%20leadership%20across%20multiple%20channels.

Referenced in 1 query

Review

Content Engineering

Goals & Content Ideas

Ideas to help AI agents better understand the business and be more likely to use Timeless Coffee Roasters's resources to help users.

Dominate ChatGPT with Third-Party Citations

Address the critical 0% mention rate on ChatGPT by aggressively building presence on third-party platforms that feed OpenAI's training data. This means claiming and optimizing listings on food directories, coffee industry databases, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and local Oakland business directories. Social media will amplify these efforts by driving reviews and engagement that strengthen our authority signals.

The Complete Guide to Finding Oakland's Best Single-Origin Coffee Roasters

Why Local Coffee Directories Matter More Than You Think for Discovery

5 Questions to Ask Before Choosing Your Neighborhood Coffee Roaster

What Makes a Specialty Coffee Shop Worth the Trip Across Town

Own Vegan Custom Cake Search Queries

Capture 100% of the custom cake queries we're currently missing by creating dedicated, crawlable landing pages optimized for 'Vegan Custom Cakes' and 'Oakland Event Catering.' We'll support this with social content showcasing our cake portfolio and catering capabilities, building the content library that AI assistants reference when recommending local bakeries.

Behind the Design: How We Create Show-Stopping Vegan Celebration Cakes

Everything You Need to Know About Ordering a Custom Vegan Cake in Oakland

Event Catering Checklist: Planning Your Oakland Office Party or Private Event

Real Customers Share Their Custom Cake Experience with Timeless

Vegan Wedding Cakes That Look as Good as They Taste

Rebrand Subscriptions Around Single-Origin Excellence

Restructure our subscription messaging to emphasize 'Single Origin' and 'Small Batch' keywords, directly competing with national brands by leveraging our Oakland neighborhood advantage. Content will position Timeless as the local authority on specialty subscriptions, creating keyword-rich assets that AI assistants will index and recommend over generic competitors.

Single Origin vs. Blends: Which Coffee Subscription Is Right for You

What 'Small Batch' Actually Means and Why It Matters for Your Morning Cup

The Insider's Guide to Building Your Perfect Coffee Subscription

How Our Oakland Roasters Select Each Month's Single Origin Beans

Implement Schema Markup for AI Overview Visibility

Address the 15% AI Overview mention rate by implementing robust LocalBusiness schema markup across our website, ensuring Google's AI can properly index our locations, services, and offerings. Social media will drive traffic to these optimized pages while content reinforces the structured data with consistent NAP information and service descriptions.

Two Locations, One Mission: Exploring Both Timeless Coffee Cafés

Your Complete Guide to Timeless Coffee's Services and Offerings

From Bean to Cup: What to Expect When You Visit Our Oakland Roastery

Local Delivery, Subscriptions, and Wholesale: All the Ways to Get Timeless Coffee

Content Engineering

Recommended Actions

Address the ChatGPT visibility gap by updating third-party citations and industry directories that feed OpenAI's training data.

A 0% mention rate on the world's leading AI platform suggests Timeless is invisible to a massive segment of modern consumers.

Impact: High

Optimize landing pages for 'Vegan Custom Cakes' and 'Oakland Event Catering' with clear, crawlable service descriptions.

Timeless is currently missing 100% of custom cake queries despite this being a core business differentiator.

Impact: High

Restructure the 'Subscription' section of the website to focus on 'Single Origin' and 'Small Batch' keywords.

Competitive positions are currently held by national brands; localized authority gives Timeless a 'neighborhood' advantage if indexed correctly.

Impact: Medium

Implement more robust schema markup for 'LocalBusiness' specifically for Google AI Overviews.

A 15% mention rate in AI Overviews is significantly lower than the brand's performance in LLMs, indicating a need for better search engine-facing metadata.

Impact: Medium

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Data generated by Pendium.ai AI visibility scanning. Last scanned February 19, 2026.