Ann ArborEspy Cafe Seeks to Surprise and Delight in Ann Arbor
Inside the new Espy Cafe in Ann Arbor, Michigan. All images courtesy of Espy Coffee. Long communal tables set the tone at a new coffee destination in Ann Arbor, Michigan,...
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Baobab FareCoffee From Burundi Finds a Welcoming Home in Detroit at Soko by Baobab Fare
Former asylum seekers turned restaurateurs are extending a Burundi-to-Detroit pipeline of food, culture and coffee through Soko by Baobab Fare. Hamissi Mamba and his wife, Nadia Nijimbere, arrived in...
Amélie BoulangerWashed Up Coffee Makes a Multiroaster Splash in Detroit
A fresh cafe called Washed Up Coffee is now open in Detroit’s West Village neighborhood, offering scratch-made drinks and a constantly updated selection of roasters and coffees. Industry veterans Emily...
Ally CoffeeComing in July: The First Detroit Coffee Week
The inaugural Detroit Coffee Week is coming July 22-27, offering lectures, training opportunities, competitions, cuppings, parties, prizes and more for the professional specialty coffee community. Detroit-based company Dessert Oasis Coffee...
Bartholomew JonesThree Black-Owned Coffee Roasting Companies Now On Wefunder
Three separate up-and-coming Black-owned United States coffee roasting companies are currently live on the crowdfunding platform Wefunder. Wefunder is a bit like Kickstarter, with the perk being some form of...
Addis ExportersThe Sepia Coffee Project Offers a Guiding Light in Metro Detroit
When Martell Mason returned to metro Detroit in 2020, he found a more hopeful place than the one he’d left 20 years earlier. Yet when he zoomed in on his...