What Do We Use
Counter Culture Coffee
Washington, D.C
For more than 25 years, Counter Culture has been a pioneer of coffee quality and sustainability. Their coffee department continues to cultivate relationships with growers and organizations around the world in order to build trust, improve quality, and foster transparency.
They believe the pursuit of coffee perfection includes educating ourselves, partners, and customers about the coffee supply chain and the best methods of preparation; whether it is a home brewer using a pour-over for the first time, or a seasoned professional working with one of our amazing cafe partners.
Their commitment to affecting positive change in every community to which they are connected is driven by their belief that they can–and should–always strive to improve upon the present. They use that commitment to set high standards and push ourselves, as well as their suppliers and customers.
Vigilante Coffee Company
Hyattsville, MD
It was in Hawaii where our founder got his start; where he likes to say “the epiphany” happened: to pursue happiness over the almighty dollar. This was fundamental in his development of a passion for coffee. His first hands-on job in coffee was as a barista at a small coffee shop in downtown Honolulu. There, he learned to roast coffee, the art of serving coffee and to appreciate coffee from seed to cup. Working directly with small coffee farmers both in Oahu & the Big Island, Chris, our founder, got a personal, in-depth understanding of specialty coffee.
Art of Tea
Los Angeles, California
Art of Tea is a tea importer and wholesaler based in Los Angeles, California that started in 1996. Art of Tea hand blend and custom craft the world’s finest organic teas and botanicals. Our teas are carefully selected directly from growers, each one offering a unique story. Many of the teas has won awards such as the Coconut Creme and the Green Tea Pomegranate Teas.
Each year the owner, Steve Schwartz travels extensively, returning with rare and unique teas from around the world and he is known to the industry as a Master Tea Blender. Through his travels in Asia, India, Africa and the Middle East, Steve and Art of Tea have developed close relationships with farmers and distributors. These personal relationships, a hallmark at Art of Tea, make possible the offering of top tier organic teas and select botanicals, while ensuring that both employees and teas are treated with great respect. At Art of Tea, our intensive care program combines aesthetics with passion, flavor and high quality control.
Knowing his fellow East Coasters would appreciate these world class coffees, he came back to the East Coast to get started on his dream of owning his own roastery and café. Arriving in Washington DC with a dream, a used 1994 4runner with over 300,000 miles on it, and a small investment from a surf/marijuana mogul buddy, Chris had just enough to get a used 5 pound roaster and launch the business from his back porch in Northeast DC in 2012.
Clover Farms
Reading, Pennsylvania
In 1937, Clover Farms was established within the rich, rolling hills of Pennsylvania Dutch dairy country. From that time, we have upheld a tradition of quality, freshness and flavor in each refreshment bearing the Clover Farms name.
Look for the Clover symbol as our pledge to you: The Clover family will only serve pure Clover quality to you and your family.
You’ll find that same standard of excellence in our full line of healthful milks, delicious juices, and other fine beverages.
Bucks County Biscotti Co. Hilltown Township, PA
Bucks County Biscotti Company is an artisan wholesale biscotti company co-founded in HilltownTownship in 1992 by Karen and Craig. Their son, Riley Silbert, has recently joined the company as a partner to continue the family tradition.
The inception of the business grew from Karen’s participation at the Doylestown Farmers Market during her pregnancy with their only son. To alleviate the pressures of fresh daily baking, she developed a biscotti recipe that offered a longer shelf life. This product development combined Craig’s background in specialty food sales and the duo’s entrepreneurial spirit.
Humankind water Elizabethtown, PA
Clean drinking water is not a luxury It’s a necessity. And yet nearly one billion people on our planet lack access to clean water. That’s 1 person in 7.
Lack of clean water kills more than all forms of violence in the world, including war.
Arguably the easiest way to save the most human lives for the least money and the most sustainable is by providing life-giving, life-saving clean water.
We use a simple sales model:
You get something awesome, and you give something amazing.
By buying a refreshing, delicious beverage, you’re automatically helping end the world’s water crisis by donating funds directly to clean water projects.
Outrageous Baking
Longmont, CO
I started Outrageous Baking in 2006, for my daughter, Grace. At just two years old, she suffered from terrible eczema so we decided to eliminate dairy and gluten from our diets to help her get better.
I’ve always loved being in the kitchen, and love creating delicious baked goods for family and friends. When I couldn’t find any delicious gluten- and dairy-free baked goods on the market, I was inspired to create them myself!
So, I started experimenting. Cake after cake didn’t turn out, but finally, I reached for my Aunt Kay’s Coffee Cake recipe. I whipped up a batch using my own gluten-free flour mix, popped it in the oven and it turned out AMAZING! I gave it to all my friends and family to try and no one even knew it was gluten-free!
Grace is now a teenager and an active part of the company. Outrageous has grown from a small, home-based business to a full commercial production, but the same wholesome ingredients haven’t changed a bit, and every single loaf is handmade with love.
– Pamela
Smart fruit - No sugar, non GMA, and vegan
Brooklyn NY
Over the years, fruit juices evolved into absurdly complicated products. Long lists of phonetically challenging ingredients, synthetic flavors, colors, preservatives and sweeteners.
Where did the juice go???
We at Smartfruit believe fruit is perfectly wonderful on its own. We simply enhanced our 100% natural fruit mixes with powerful and functional superfoods to deliver the essential daily nutrition nature intended, so our customers could sustain a smart and healthy lifestyle.
Boylan Soda
New York City, NY
Boylan Bottling’s story starts in 1891, when a pharmacist named William Boylan created an elixir in his Paterson, New Jersey, apothecary. He named that serum, a derivative of birch trees, Boylan’s Birch, and began selling individual cups from a barrel in the back of a wagon.
Although Birch Beer will always be a big part of the brand’s heritage, Boylan today is best known for its full line of hand-crafted sodas, ranging from our core four Ginger Ale, Root Beer, Black Cherry and Creme sodas, to other popular flavors, including Cane Cola, Orange and Grape.