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Black and woman-owned Sunday Morning Coffee Company celebrates the culture of coffee Savannah Mitchell has long been fascinated by coffee, but there was a time where she did not know she could have a profession in it.  After studying hospitality management at Howard University, Mitchell held various jobs to support her family, but her desire to work in the coffee industry persisted.  She interned at black-owned bed and breakfast Akwaaba in D.C. for a few summers, and after her experience she was sure that one day she would open her own coffee company.  “The entrepreneurial bug would not leave me...

Black Americans are distinctly under-represented in the coffee industry, as both customers and entrepreneurs. In the U.S., African Americans are the least likely ethnic group to drink coffee regularly, according to 2019 research from the National Coffee Association, a market research and lobbying organization. The lack of available information about the history of Blacks and coffee contributes a significant role to these statistics. However, there is a new wave of coffee happening that is mission-focused in making coffee more accessible and available to everyone. When the urge for a cup of perfectly brewed coffee strikes, the first venue is no longer the mass-producing, commercialized...

SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE COMPANY Certified by: Women’s Business Enterprise National Council...   

Roasting brings out the aroma and flavor that is locked inside the green coffee beans. Beans are stored green, a state in which they can be kept without loss of quality or taste.  A green bean has none of the characteristics of a roasted bean -- it’s soft and spongy to the bite and smells grassy. Roasting causes chemical changes to take place as the beans are rapidly brought to very high temperatures. When they reach the peak of perfection, they are quickly cooled to stop the process. Roasted beans smell like coffee and weigh less because the moisture has been roasted...