With the right brewer and beans, though, he quickly came to recognize the standalone beauty of different coffees in their own right. I was always a cream-and-sugar kind of guy,” said Smith. “I’ve always drank coffee, but from a construction point of view, it’s just a black cup at the end of a hallway, sitting in the pot, just burnt. Smith’s palate for fine coffee was only just beginning to expand at that time, after his brother-in-law, who worked at Tampa specialty coffee market pioneer Buddy Brew, had given him a Chemex brewer for Christmas, enabling him to experiment with some of the Tampa roaster’s single-origins and blends. “We were like, ‘Man, how can we get more and more people to come in here to see what we’re doing with our spaces and our patio areas, but not make them feel like we’re trying to sell them stuff all the time?'” Jason Smith told Daily Coffee News. With a taste for Tampa’s high-quality specialty coffee but none convenient enough to their Riverside office, Outdoor Impressions and Foundation Coffee cofounders Jason and Emily Smith decided to utilize an outdoor space adjoining their office to both showcase their kitchen and patio-building expertise while also catering to their yen for top-shelf brews. In the past year and a half Foundation has essentially stolen the show, growing into a second retail cafe and now an accompanying roasting company. The coffee company originated as a sort of showroom for Outdoor Impressions, a Riverview, Fla.-based company that designs and installs custom outdoor kitchens, patios, fire pits, pergolas and other luxurious fair-weather environments. Naturally it can get a little windy from time to time when working outdoors, although specialty coffee might just sweep you off your feet, as happened with Foundation Coffee Company . All images courtesy of Foundation Coffee Co.
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