Sweetwater Morning Coffee Blog

Are you aware that Gainesville has a fair share of haunted places? If you have a hankering for some ghost hunting, G-ville is rife with opportunities to seek out spectres. Our guy Vinnie Fiorello has put together a list for you that offers many oppor ...

Meet Reyna-- she is the Assistant Manager at Sweetwater Organic Coffee. As one of the primary movers and shakers on our four-person crew, she makes things happen and helps out in virtually every aspect of the business solving problems and doing whate ...

On Monday January 17th we commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. At Sweetwater we will be taking some time during the day to consider his great contributions to the Civil Rights Movement and the struggle that continues today. In ...

As the heat subsides and fall comes on we are seeing a lot of fresh faces in Gainesville. With that in mind we thought we’d put together a short list of awesome spots to check out this autumn. Whether you are a new student, a transplant from elsewher ...

Our latest collaboration with Wunderland Custom Tattoo is a snapchilled can of organic Black Dog Brew made with our Black Dog Espresso. We chatted with artist Eric Jazvac about the inspiration behind his design for the can label and why it is so s ...

Larry Green is our roaster extraordinaire, roasting green coffee beans to perfection for Sweetwater Organic Coffee for the last four years. Always styling and down for an adventure, Larry sat down for a minute in between micro-batches to tell us how ...

Julie Bailey-Steeno has lived in Gainesville, FL for the past three years and feels like there are no LGBTQ community celebrations for older people who are not part of the UF community. “70% of Gainesville is college students or faculty, and if you’r ...

Members of the Sigma Mu sorority pick up trash at Hogtown Creek in Gainesville, FL.The main day of our nation’s biggest grassroots spring-cleaning movement is Saturday, April 17.The Great American Cleanup spans March 20-June 20, encouraging people to ...

Drew Stuerman went to the University of Florida for business and ended up running a very successful start-up donut empire called Halo Potato Donuts. It took lots of experimenting, research and tweaking to get off the ground. Now that he's mastered th ...

We met Eric Jazvac through Wunderland Custom Tattoo in the heart of downtown Gainesville to create our oh-so-very-local winter blend coffee bag. He lives and works here as a full-time artist and part-owner of the tattoo shop alongside his friend ...

Set in a small wooded enclave near the center of Gainesville, Civilization is a restaurant that managing member John Berna describes as a non-hierarchal organization. Once someone has worked at Civilization for a year, they’re offered a co-op members ...

It’s easy to meet new people at coffeeshops, and sometimes these meetings turn into friendships, business partnerships and, heck, you might even pick up a life partner! For Valentine’s Day, meet three couples who crossed paths at coffeehouses ❤️ ...