Sawada Coffee
When Chicago shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about coffee beans, none of the 30 answers names Sawada Coffee. #13 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 2026Sawada Coffee
- 4.6 · 2,261 Google reviews
- 112 N Green St, Chicago, IL 60607
- Coffee
- sawadacoffee.com
More Google reviews than 99% 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
Sawada Coffee 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 Sawada Coffee 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 sawadacoffee.com
A free check of the store's home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, on 3 November 2026. These are the signals 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.txtNo llms.txt: no short summary written for AI assistants.
- Secure site (HTTPS)Opens over HTTPS.
Stores like it that AI names
Close in Google rating and reviews.
- The Wormhole Coffee1 of 30 · ★ 4.6 · 2,127 reviews
- Intelligentsia6 of 30 · ★ 4.3 · 2,168 reviews
- Dark Matter Coffee19 of 30 · ★ 4.8 · 1,325 reviews
Nearby, in 60607
Other coffee roasters with the same ZIP code.
- Loop Coffee1 of 30 AI answers
- La Colombe Coffee Workshop0 of 30 AI answers
- Ground Up Coffee & Bites0 of 30 AI answers
- Vietfive Coffee0 of 30 AI answers
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