Inside The Commons
Maybe you’ve heard that we’re at work on a third location. That, sometime later this year we will open the doors (so to speak) of our storefront at Greenville’s...
Coffee Culture
Home Barista / Alli Claridge
I knock on the kitchen door at Alli Claridge’s house and am greeted first by a caramel-colored shepherd head popping up over the patio wall. It’s Maggie, The Claridge’s friendly...
The EXPO Files
The Specialty Coffee Association’s annual EXPO is a lot like Disneyworld. Hear me out. Like Disney, EXPO tries to pack more into 3-5 days than is humanly possible. There are...
The Decaf Revival
A coffee shop menu is a many-splendored thing. In most shops, they read like a choose your own adventure novel, offering an origin for all tastes, a sweetener for all...
Home Barista / Andrew Sutton
Hospitality in a specialty cafe requires the baristas to be on their top game - attentive, well-paced, ready to be thrown a wrench every now and then. At home, baristas...
Methodical's chef at work / Sydney Taylor
It’s early on a foggy Wednesday morning and Sydney Taylor is cleaving serenely into a bunch of broccoli. She brings down her weathered chef’s knife, it’s handle smooth from use,...
