Bring your friends, family, and appetite for a delicious weekend shopping experience! The top coffee shops, coffee roasters, chocolatiers, gourmet food purveyors, and unique artisans from around the region will gather in Oaks, PA, for the Pennsylvania Chocolate and Coffee Festival. Come sip, taste, and enjoy this family-friendly festival at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center.
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Meet Philadelphia artist, Deborah Zuchman at @bennascafe (at the corner of *th & Wharton Sts.) Sunday, July 21, 2024 from 2-4pm. Deborah was an Art Demonstration Teacher and taught in the Philadelphia Public Schools for thirty-five years. She also worked as a Project Manager for the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program for several years. Zuchman paints
MorePhoto by Palette Group – palettegrp.com Serving the Community, One Espresso at a Time by Emily Kovach Consider the archetypal barista: too cool for school, perhaps tattooed, serving and pouring your coffee with no lack of mild disdain. But at The Monkey & The Elephant, a nonprofit coffee shop in Brewerytown, prepare for that image
MorePhoto by Jason Varney Four Walls and a Cup by Emily Kovach Backyard Beans Coffee Co.408 W. Main St., Lansdale, Pa.Since 2013, Backyard Beans Coffee Co. has been roasting high quality coffee in Lansdale for wholesale, always favoring responsibly sourced beans from small farms and co-ops. Owners Laura and Matt Adams began selling their beans
MoreSeeing Stars by Emily Kovach Maura Rosato, Lindsay Ferguson and Valentina Fortuna met the way so many chance encounters begin: at work. In 2013, they were all employed by The Farm and The Fisherman Tavern & Market, and all felt a natural connection with one another. A year later, Rosato and Fortuna kicked around the
MoreNice Ice, Baby by Emily Kovach 1. Milkshake Lattes at River Wards Cafe3118 Richmond St.In a stroke of genius, Joe Livewell at Riverwards Cafe in Port Richmond blends three scoops of Bassetts vanilla ice cream with milk and a double shot of espresso to create a creamy, sweet and caffeinated treat. If chocolate is what
MorePhoto courtesy of Arterial Agents New Brews by Emily Kovach Whether you’re looking for a cozy spot to read and sip tea, sit down for a meeting or enjoy a sweet treat, each of these purveyors provides a fresh take on the traditional coffee shop experience. River Wards Cafe Port Richmond gets more cool points
MorePhoto Courtesy of Good Spoon Foods Riding the Wavelength by Emily Kovach A coffee roaster takes processed “green” beans, purchased from importers or sometimes directly from coffee farmers, and uses a combination of heat and time to coax out the best flavors possible. We asked local small-batch roaster Rick Malwitz, founder of Concave Coffee Roasters,
MorePhoto courtesy of Function Coffee Labs The Scientific Method by Emily Kovach Ross Nickerson possesses two of the greatest traits a barista could ask for: the unwavering precision of a scientist and the chatty good nature of a neighborhood bartender. Working behind the counter of Function Coffee Labs, he and his fiancée Megan McCusker’s new
MorePhoto courtesy of Karen Katz Bearing Fruit by Emily Kovach Adesola Ogunleye moved to the United States from Nigeria at age 6 and spent her childhood moving around the East Coast. She attended high school and college in North Carolina, where she studied textiles and printmaking, moved to Baltimore after graduating and then came to
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