Grackle Coffee opened in 2006, back when Pluto was still a planet. Our goal was and still is to have amazing coffee and serve food we are proud of. That means using the freshest, tastiest ingredients available from our painstakingly investigated list of independent suppliers. We serve all our hot drinks in bio-degradable cups with recyclable lids; the cold ones have bio-degradable lids. The take out cutlery is made from starch and also bio-degrades. The straws are paper. Yes it would be easier and cheaper to do it the normal way and go to some big company that delivers pre-portioned frozen stuff, but it wouldn’t be as good. Plus we’ve discovered over time that big companies do not always have your best interests at heart! Shocking we know. So sure, as a result of all this work we’re always tired, but we figure if we’re going to do it we should do it right.