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Good Karma Coffee is building its vision for Kansas City: "Just wait until I'm done,' owner says
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1109+ words) After a caffeinated burst of early word-of-mouth support, Brian Roberts" new coffee and wine space near Tower East got a months-long jolt of good karma, he said " but as its newness cooled on the counter, the fledgling business began to…...
Kansas City's first Yemeni-style coffee house wants you to stay out late with friends
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (410+ words) Mocha Point Coffee first opened near St. Louis in 2024. Now, owner Omar Abdelmoity is bringing the late-night coffeehouse to Kansas City. Abdelmoity grew up in Overland Park and said he always wanted a place where he could spend late nights…...
Kansas City's tea shops and tea rooms offer cozy spaces to discover your new favorite brews
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (1340+ words) What's in your tea leaves for the next year? Hopefully some cozy, warm beverages! Tea has six major categories: white, green, yellow, oolong, black and pu-erh. From that, thousands of variations exist, but all come from the tea plant, Camellia…...
Tariffs are driving up costs for American coffee roasters: 'We've never seen anything like this'
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1202+ words) Hundreds of coffee beans tumble inside a tall metal machine at Broadway Roasting Company in Kansas City, Missouri. Co-owner Jon Cates and his team, equipped with stopwatches and clipboards, watch closely to make sure the beans roast for just the…...
America's food system is driving climate change, and 'the problem is getting worse'
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (213+ words) It's clear that our reliance on fossil fuels is contributing to climate change around the world. But about one-third of our climate problem is related to our approach to agriculture. In his book "We Are Eating The Earth: The Race…...
A new Westport coffee shop is sourcing beans from its very own farm in Colombia
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (898+ words) A hemisphere away from Brett Janssen's former job at General Motors in Kansas City's Northland, the now-budding Westport coffee shop owner found a fresh batch of opportunities: his wife, business partner and a transcontinental farm-to-cup Columbian coffee operation. Janssen's House…...