Posts Tagged "ideas"


We introduced you to our first piece of equipment a while back- our La Marzocco Linea– and today we’re excited to share the first piece of furniture Ernest has been working on for our shop: the community table. We weren’t expecting to build our furniture or anything in the beginning. We knew the look we were going for involved raw wood, among other things. We started our shopping list, visited some furniture stores,...

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Nordic Coffee Shops After exploring coffee shops in Scotland and England, we continued our journey to Scandinavia, where we met a whole different coffee experience. The Nordic coffee culture integrates coffee as part of the daily life, and values bringing people together over a cup and conversation. There is a high standard for passion, sophistication, and precision over this craft and social art that is obvious throughout the shops...

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Must-See Coffee Shops in the United Kingdom (London & Edinburgh) We just got back from our Northern Europe adventure, where we saw countless beautiful and historically rich places, and visited around 25 to 30 coffee shops! We had previously researched and planned to check out a few well-esteemed ones, but most of them (as there were too many coffee shops to see), we decided to find through locals and barista recommendations. As we...

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I’m touched by the amount of support and excitement surrounding us through our growing circle of friends, family, and community. Not only do they believe in us and are so encouraging in this new venture, but I’m amazed by all those who want to help in offering up their resources from brainstorming and business ideas, to providing drink products, and to even wanting to work in our future shop! We’re so lucky to have a community of...

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Ernest and Pop just got back from a week in Portland and I’ve assembled their adventures to share with you! Portland has a big heart for coffee and is definitely a hub for local coffee shops. Businesses there are encouraged in their creativity, craft and originality, so it’s not hard to be inspired by such a place. Almost every block has a neat-looking coffee shop, and most of them are independent and locally owned. We...

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