How we got here The two of us used to giggle and pass notes in 8th grade math. After college, walkabouts, and real jobs, we met back up in Alaska and lived in a old VW van, down by the river. That’s when we decided to open a coffeehouse back in Virginia. We wanted to make a difference. People thought we were crazy. Banks thought we were crazy, but we persevered, starting with a little cart on the mall and at our beautiful city farmers market, and now here we are, 20+ years later, in the middle of a dream, roasting coffee together for people we love and playing around, still giggling like two little monkeys. The Art of Roasting The Art of Roasting begins after you have applied the right amount of dreaming and science. Roasting coffee is not alchemy. Our coffee mentor once reminded us that you cannot make gold from straw. You have to start with great green beans. So every week we cup coffees from small farms across the globe from Ethiopia to Panama to Indonesia. We look for coffees that are as satisfying as your favorite chocolate blanket, your threadbare jeans, your dogeared copy of Gravity’s Rainbow. We look for organic, Fair Trade, Rainforest, 4C, and bird-friendly certifications. We look for coffees from small farms where our purchase will have an impact. We look for coffees that will change how you see coffee forever. Above all, we look for beautiful coffees that are so sweet and clean that you will want to marry them.