When it opened in 2011, the legendary Starbucks Reserve Roasting House was referred to as the Willy Wonka of coffee roasting. Now, it's boarded up.

Starbucks closes historical flagship coffee roasting facility as part of job cuts

Geekwire and other sources are reporting Starbucks is making another round of job cuts, in an effort to streamline and regain its peak of the coffee market share.

Located at 1124 Pike Street, the Reserve House was full of incredible tech, and was given the Wonka name by former CEO Howard Schultz shortly after it opened. The coffee giant has numerous bean roasting facilities, but none were like this.

Inside the building was an amazing amount of Wonka-like tech. According to Geekwire:

"Technology was packed into the space, from sensors that prevented cross con

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