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"Opened on Hamline Avenue in Roseville on July 26, Makwa is an Ojibwe-owned coffee shop where owner Jamie Becker-Finn incorporates Ojibwe culture throughout the space—the name means “black bear” in Ojibwe and the Ziigwan cold brew is sweetened with maple syrup—and she’s selling bags of hand-harvested wild rice from the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. The shop reuses tables and chairs rescued from St. Paul’s Black Dog Cafe and includes a cozy Hogwarts-themed fireplace nook for sipping coffee in chilly months." - Justine Jones