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"Designed to facilitate meaningful conversation over craft coffee, this new venture from Nabeel Silmi, Kimberly Kim, and Adrian Lopez weaves the owners’ cultures into both the space and the menu while supporting other coffee entrepreneurs and nonprofits. Signature drinks include a misugaru — a fermented blend of ginger, jujube, and cinnamon that nods to Korean heritage — and a “mexigaru” that incorporates pepitas and chocolate in tribute to Mexican roots. The team has supplied free beans to Deathless Coffee in its pop-up days, hosts latte art throwdowns, donates $1 from every bag of La Llave coffee to the Middle East Children’s Alliance, and serves medium- and light-roast coffees with a recurring milk-chocolate note." - Eater Staff