Grindin’: Meet your local coffee purveyors

BY MATTHEW SIGUR | MSIGUR@THEADVOCATE.COM SEP 2, 2016 – 3:30 AM

Coffee.

In the United States, there are more than 150 million daily drinkers. On average, coffee fans inhale more than three cups per day. Each year, the U.S. spends $40 billion on coffee.

Coffee.

The very smell of it makes you wake up. One sip, and you could feel like Bruce Banner about to turn into the Hulk.

If you’re a calmer person, you might feel like Sheriff Hopper from “Stranger Things.” You might agree with the sheriff that “mornings are for coffee and contemplation.”

Here in Baton Rouge, we not only have the coffee chains but also local specialty shops, purveyors and roasters. For some, that goal of giving people a good cup of joe started two decades ago. For others, it has only just begun. [ Read More]