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60 Black-Owned Alternatives to Starbucks

The incident of two black men recently arrested

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Despite the news that Starbucks will close all of its company-owned stores on the afternoon of May 29 for racial-bias education day, many black and brown people are seeking alternatives to Starbucks. Particularly, alternatives that are owned by black and brown people.

Here are 60 black-owned alternatives to Starbucks: 

Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books – Germantown, Pennsylvania

Watts Coffee House – South L.A. 

Stellar Coffee – Portland, Oregon 

Red Bay Coffee – Oakland

Trill Tea – online 

Serengeti Tea and Spices – online

Village Tea Co. – online 

Sweet Unity Farms – online 

Northwest Coffee Roasting Co. – St. Louis 

The Commons – Detroit 

The Narrow Way Cafe  – Detroit 

Detroit Sip – Detroit

Beyu Caffe – Durham, North Carolina 

Plus, 47 more black-owned coffee shops, courtesy of ShoppeBlack.

 

 

 

 

 

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