WSU alumni create local coffee roast company
MATAYA SIEMION, Evergreen reporter
September 21, 2020
Two years ago, Kyle O’Malley and Grant Schoenlein decided to quit their stable jobs and start working on their dream of creating a premium coffee company in Moscow. Both O’Malley and Schoenlein graduated from WSU and are two of just a handful of WSU alumni that started their own coffee roast...
OPINION: Pumpkin spice has gone too far
JOEY FRANKLIN, Evergreen columnist
September 17, 2020
Fall is upon us. Along with the leaves turning brown, Halloween season and the beginning of school comes one more player — pumpkin spice lattes. I have never understood the hype behind pumpkin spice lattes until this fall. I drank my first PSL (pumpkin spice latte) before my first day of class, an...
Purpose Roasters changes management, continues to expand
SARAH DANIELS, Evergreen reporter
July 6, 2020
Just when the front doors of a coffee shop in Colfax seemed like it was closed for good, it found a way to come back to life. When Purpose Roasters opened in spring 2018, it started with spouses Travis and Janelle Harrison, as well as friend Nick Wright. The doors of the first Purpose Roasters’ cafe closed March...
OPINION: Battle of the coffee shops
SARAH DANIELS, Evergreen columnist
June 17, 2020
I started going to Starbucks when I was about five years old. My dad and I would go every Sunday, and I would get an iced hot chocolate (still my fave) with a chocolate-glazed old-fashioned donut. I lived in Arizona during my childhood and bore witness to the first Dutch Bros Coffee shop when one...
The Daily Grind closes main shop
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
May 8, 2020
The Daily Grind closed its main coffee shop on May 1 in response to COVID-19 regulations. The closed shop is located on Main Street. Both drive-through stands located on North & South Grand Avenue will remain open, according to a statement on the Daily Grind website. The Daily Grind’s co...
Three individuals tested positive for COVID-19 today, bringing Whitman County’s total to 1,312 cases. Of the new cases, one female and two males...
