Brass Tacks
When Houston shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about coffee beans, none of the 30 answers names Brass Tacks. #20 of 70 local coffee roasters; AI names Katz Coffee in 15.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: Katz Coffee, 15 of 30
Asked on 30 October 2026Brass Tacks
- 4.5 · 1,521 Google reviews
- 612 Live Oak St, Houston, TX 77003
- Coffee
- brasstackshouston.com
More Google reviews than 93% of the coffee roasters in Houston. Yet AI names 21 other coffee roasters here, Katz Coffee first, with 483 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best coffee roaster in Houston”. The answer names:
- Three Keys
- BlendIn Coffee Club
- XELA Coffee Roasters
- Tenfold Coffee
Brass Tacks 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 Brass Tacks or links its site.
- best coffee roaster in Houston
- where to buy fresh coffee beans in Houston
- local coffee roasters in Houston that ship
- best espresso beans from a Houston roaster
- coffee subscription from a roaster in Houston
- where to buy specialty coffee beans in Houston
- single origin coffee beans in Houston
- coffee roastery in Houston with online ordering
- best coffee gift from a Houston roaster
- which local roaster in Houston do people recommend
What AI finds on brasstackshouston.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.
- Boomtown Coffee2 of 30 · ★ 4.5 · 1,605 reviews
- Catalina Coffee7 of 30 · ★ 4.6 · 1,939 reviews
- Siphon Coffee1 of 30 · ★ 4.4 · 1,953 reviews
Nearby, in 77003
Other coffee roasters with the same ZIP code.
- EaDough0 of 30 AI answers
- OSO Coffee & Cafe0 of 30 AI answers
- Texas Office Coffee0 of 30 AI answers
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