Close to home.
Uncompromising on quality.
Every product we pour and plate comes from a maker we believe in. We start in our own backyard — and when the very best lives a little farther away, we seek out the people whose craft and values match our own.
Neighbors first
When a Northern Virginia or regional maker can deliver real quality, they get the shelf space. Shorter trips, fresher product, a stronger community.
Quality over distance
Some things are simply done best elsewhere. For those, we partner with small, independent makers who obsess over their craft the way we obsess over ours.
People we'd vouch for
Family-run, mission-driven, organic, transparent. We choose partners by the values behind the label, not only the taste in the glass.
Culture Regional
Counter Culture Coffee
Founded in Durham in 1995, Counter Culture has spent three decades setting the standard for coffee quality and sustainability — building direct, traceable relationships with growers to improve quality, earn trust, and keep the supply chain transparent.
They run one of their regional training labs right here in D.C., so the people roasting and teaching behind our beans are practically neighbors.
Roasting since 1995Tea Coast to Coast
Art of Tea
Founded in 1996, Art of Tea hand-blends some of the world's finest organic teas — each leaf selected directly from growers, each blend carrying its own story. Several, like their Coconut Crème and Green Tea Pomegranate, have taken home awards.
Master blender Steve Schwartz travels the globe to build the close, respectful relationships with farmers that make truly exceptional tea possible.
Master-blended since 1996Magic Right down the road
Mad Magic Kombucha
A short drive from our shops, Mad Magic has been hand-brewing kombucha in Northern Virginia since 2010 — purely organic, made the traditional way, with no artificial ingredients and no added sugar.
This is local exactly as we mean it: a small Virginia brewer pouring real care into every bottle, delivered fresh to our taps. Proof that quality and "close to home" are never a trade-off.
Brewing in NoVA since 2010Boylan Bottling
Boylan's story begins in 1891, when a New Jersey pharmacist created his now-famous birch beer and sold it by the cup from the back of a wagon.
Today they're known for a full line of hand-crafted sodas — Ginger Ale, Root Beer, Black Cherry, Crème and more — made with cane sugar and over a century of know-how.
Bottling since 1891fruit Regional
Smartfruit
Somewhere along the way, fruit juice got complicated — long lists of synthetic flavors, colors, preservatives and sweeteners. Smartfruit went the other direction.
Their blends are 100% natural fruit, enhanced only with functional superfoods, so a smoothie tastes the way fruit is supposed to and still does something good for you.
Real fruit, nothing fakekind Regional
Humankind Water
Nearly one in seven people on the planet lacks access to clean drinking water — a crisis that quietly costs more lives than violence.
Humankind's model is simple: you get something refreshing, and you give something amazing. Every bottle funds clean-water projects, turning an everyday drink into real help.
Drink water, give waterFarms Regional
Clover Farms
Established in 1937 among the rolling hills of Pennsylvania Dutch dairy country, Clover Farms has held to one promise ever since: quality, freshness and flavor in everything that carries their name.
That clover symbol is their pledge — and the reason their milk steams in our lattes and cappuccinos.
Family dairy since 1937Biscotti Regional
Bucks County Biscotti Co.
Karen and Craig co-founded Bucks County Biscotti in 1992, born from Karen's recipe for a market-friendly treat with a longer shelf life and Craig's background in specialty foods.
Their son Riley has since joined as a partner — keeping it a true family operation, and the perfect companion to a cup of our coffee.
A family recipe since 1992Baking Coast to Coast
Outrageous Baking
Pamela started Outrageous Baking in 2006 for her daughter Grace, who needed to cut gluten and dairy from her diet. After plenty of failed cakes, an old family coffee-cake recipe finally turned out so well no one could tell it was gluten-free.
What began at home is now a full bakery — but every loaf is still handmade with the same wholesome ingredients and the same love.
Baked with love since 2006Great products, good people, served three ways.
Stop by Fairfax, Vienna, or Reston and taste the difference that choosing the right makers makes.
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