Groundswell
When Chicago shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about coffee beans, none of the 30 answers names Groundswell. #43 of 71 local coffee roasters; AI names Dark Matter Coffee in 19.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: Dark Matter Coffee, 19 of 30
Asked on 29 October 2026Groundswell
- 4.6 · 304 Google reviews
- 1168 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60607 · 2 locations
- Coffee
- groundswellcoffeeroasters.com
More Google reviews than 43% of the coffee roasters in Chicago. Yet AI names 20 other coffee roasters here, Dark Matter Coffee first, with 1,325 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks Perplexity: “best coffee roaster in Chicago”. The answer names:
- Intelligentsia
- Metric
- Dark Matter Coffee
- Big Shoulders Coffee
Groundswell is not in it, or in any of the other 29 answers.
The 10 questions we asked
Each asked in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode. A tick: at least one answer to it names Groundswell or links its site.
- best coffee roaster in Chicago
- where to buy fresh coffee beans in Chicago
- local coffee roasters in Chicago that ship
- best espresso beans from a Chicago roaster
- coffee subscription from a roaster in Chicago
- where to buy specialty coffee beans in Chicago
- single origin coffee beans in Chicago
- coffee roastery in Chicago with online ordering
- best coffee gift from a Chicago roaster
- which local roaster in Chicago do people recommend
What AI finds on groundswellcoffeeroasters.com
Its home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, checked on 3 November 2026: what AI assistants read first.
- Store details in structured dataNo Organization or LocalBusiness data on the home page: AI has to guess who and where the store is.
- Products in structured dataNo Product data on the home page: AI cannot see what the store sells or for how much.
- Ratings in structured dataNo rating or review data: AI leans on other sites to judge the store.
- Open to AI assistantsrobots.txt lets the AI crawlers in.
- llms.txtA plain summary for AI assistants.
- Secure site (HTTPS)Opens over HTTPS.
Stores like it that AI names
Close in Google rating and reviews.
- Printer's Row Coffee Co.1 of 30 · ★ 4.5 · 250 reviews
- Metric10 of 30 · ★ 4.6 · 530 reviews
- Coffee Lab & Roasters5 of 30 · ★ 4.8 · 452 reviews
Nearby, in 60607
Other coffee roasters with the same ZIP code.
- Loop Coffee1 of 30 AI answers
- Sawada Coffee0 of 30 AI answers
- La Colombe Coffee Workshop0 of 30 AI answers
- Ground Up Coffee & Bites0 of 30 AI answers
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