In a high-end coffee shop in tech-centric San Francisco, I’m sipping on an espresso made from an unconventional source: beanless coffee. This new trend, spearheaded by start-ups like Atomo, aims to replicate traditional coffee’s taste and experience without using actual coffee beans.
Atomo, a Seattle-based company founded in 2019, is at the forefront of this innovation. “We take great…

