James Marcotte, a Beloved Figure in California Coffee, Dies at 63
James Marcotte. Courtesy photo. James Paul Marcotte, the co-founder of City Bean Roasters and longtime Western U.S. sales director for Intelligentsia Coffee, died Feb. 16 at the age of 63. Marcotte, who received a life-saving lung transplant in 2020 after being diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, succumbed to multiple infections, according to a family obituary. …