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These villages arein the woreda, or district, of Gibo, in Keffa, Ethiopia. When I checked out their website, the Ethiopia Tega & Tula really caught my eye.Įthiopia Tega & Tula is named for the Tega & Tula Specialty Coffee Farm which in turn is named after the two nearby villages of – you guessed it -Tega and Tula.
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They are opening Vagrant Coffee locations at two of Valery’s developments in Philadelphia in West Philadelphia and Brewerytown.Vagrant Coffee popped up on my radar over the Summer thanks, in large part, to the many articles and social media posts about noteworthy black owned coffee roasters to support. Vagrant Coffee’s beans have also been distributed to different coffee shops around the country including a recent three-month rotation at a shop in Seattle, a city well known for its coffee industry.ĭew and Cate have formed a great partnership with SAA/EVI principal Ernst Valery who started the Milk & Honey brand with his wife Dane Valery before Vagrant Coffee took it over. The mobile cafe remains an important part of their business as they have added brick-and-mortar locations. They started a mobile cafe out of a Mini Cooper and started attending events and farmers markets. Dew and Cate met when they both worked at Ceremony Coffee Roasters and decided to team up after learning that a lot of people were requesting baristas for special events. Vagrant Coffee started as a traveling pop-up and catering coffee business in 2017. He said many of the other businesses owners have come by and they’ve had many customers from Pigtown, as well as from neighboring communities of Barre Circle, Hollins Market, and Ridgely’s Delight. Dew and Cate were hoping to open in June, but COVID-19-related delays pushed it back to September.ĭew said the neighborhood has given Milk & Honey Market’s a “very warm welcome” so far. Milk & Honey Market was first proposed four years ago, and Vagrant Coffee got involved in the project in January. He said they are also interested in adding live music for weekend brunch. Dew said they may be interested in adding dinner hours in the future and have interest in acquiring a liquor license. Milk & Honey Market is open Monday to Friday from 7am to 5pm and Saturday and Sunday from 8am t0 6pm. Milk & Honey Market sells take-home bags of coffee and 32oz bottles of iced coffee. It also offers a Caesar salad and a cobb salad. Lunch sandwiches include ham and cheese as well as turkey, apple, and brie. The food menu is the same at all three cafes and features croissants, banana bread, yogurt and granola, croissant breakfast sandwiches, smoked salmon on a bagel, and avocado and hummus on toast. Milk & Honey Market serves drip coffee drinks and lattes, along with nitro cold brew, kombucha from Baltimore’s Wild Kombucha, smoothies, and tea from Baltimore’s Wight Tea Company. Dew says Vagrant sources its beans from all over the world and looks to create a medium blend. Vagrant Coffee roasts its own beans at another coffee shop in Canton, but is currently under construction to build a roaster in Station North/Greenmount West. Vagrant Coffee co-owner Jared Cate’s motorcycle is also a design piece in the cafe. The cafe features string lighting and furniture from the former Penn & Quill in Station North. ceilings, exposed brick walls, a concrete floor, and a glass garage door on the front facade that opens up to Washington Blvd. Milk & Honey Market’s Pigtown location is in a former Baltimore City Fire Station. Vagrant Coffee co-owner Josh Dew told the new Pigtown location has been an immediate success and has outperformed the other two cafes in its first week open. This new Pigtown cafe is the third location for Vagrant Coffee which also operates a Milk & Honey Market in Station North and 3 Bean Coffee in Federal Hill, which will change its sign to Vagrant Coffee in the next couple of weeks. cafe is part of the Bath House Square development by SAA/EVI. Milk & Honey Market by Vagrant Coffee opened last week at 906 Washington Blvd.