The cupping process is done on a weekly basis to ensure that all components going into a blend are not getting old, Hodges noted. I think they nailed it in picking the coffees.” ![]() “It’s great as black, gray with cream and sugar if you need it. “It’s a really approachable, all-day-drinker type of coffee,” Hodges explained. “One that we’re hoping to bring over to folks who we know traditionally don’t get to experience those types of vibes and lessons on coffee.”īlack Drip Coffee’s first blend is a combination of Guatemala, Brazil and Colombia beans. In future coffee cuppings, the Black Drip team hopes to invite a small group of others to share the experience, they said. David and Isaac are phenomenal as it relates to teaching folks about coffee and the notes and all these other things that come with it.” “We were hopped up on coffee for a long time because we were tasting so many different things,” Smith said. “And then we’re going to try and partner with Aya Coffee + Books once opens.”Ĭlick here to read more about The Black Pantry’s first brick-and-mortar storefront.Ĭlick here to read more about Aya Coffee + Books.īlack Drip cupping at Messenger Coffee Co. “The first location we are looking to sell at is The Black Pantry Brian Roberts,” Thompson noted. ![]() The goal for Black Drip Coffee is to partner with local businesses and coffee shops that align with their mission and sell their coffee beans in those spaces, the pair said. To that, Messenger has been really supportive in mentoring us around this Black Drip endeavor.” “Part of the reason why we do what we do is because you don’t know if something can happen unless you just try. “All of this was brand new for us,” Smith said. With the help of the folks from Messenger Coffee, the duo launched Black Drip Coffee in mid-April. We stand beside them in ongoing training - whether that be helping design a bar for them or explaining what a profit and loss statement can look like for a coffee shop.”Ĭlick here to read about Messenger Coffee’s union with FairWave Coffee Collective. “… When a new coffee shop or business wants to open up and use our coffee, the only thing they pay for is the actual coffee. “It was in that in-person meeting that we saw something unique and really impactful behind the vision of Black Drip Coffee,” Hodges said, explaining that it is part of Messenger’s ethos to help partners they believe in. Isaac Hodges, Messenger Coffee Co., FairWave Coffee Collective Hodges and David Weber, a salesperson for Messenger Coffee, met with The Porter House duo to discuss what it would look like to create a coffee bean brand, Hodges recalled. ![]() In an attempt to find a local roaster, Thompson searched LinkedIn - ultimately coming across Isaac Hodges, the vice president of sales at FairWave Coffee Collective, which includes the Messenger Coffee and The Roasterie brands. “I had a burnt popcorn smell in my house for a couple weeks.” “I was trying to roast coffee at home - it didn’t work out,” Thompson said, laughing. Thompson’s house became an early, though failed, contender, he recalled. New to the intricacies of the coffee world, the duo first needed a place to start. “It’s not about ‘Is it possible?’ It’s about what role we need to play to get it done and get it done right.” “Part of the reason we do a lot of the stuff we do with Porter House KC is to show folks that they have the capacity to do the things they dream up,” Dan Smith said. The Porter House KC is an organization dedicated to building up the entrepreneurial ecosystem in underserved populations, primarily: individuals interested in starting a business, startups and new products and existing small businesses that are up to two years old.
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