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FTC located at 1 Highland Ave Suite A, Fort Thomas, KY 41075

Fort Thomas Coffee embraces community through creativity and connection

Elita St. Clair, Reporter March 19, 2023

Fort Thomas Coffee’s mission and purpose is to embrace and foster a community environment.  Fort Thomas Coffee was founded by the Valentine family in 2012 and sold to the Smalley family in 2019. The...

Brass Key Coffee shop, located at 8109 Alexandria Pike #9 in Alexandria.

Brass Key Coffee fosters safe haven for community interaction

Elita St. Clair, Contributor February 20, 2023

Tami Trunick said that her mission at Brass Key Coffee (BKC) is to serve God and serve people by offering customers a safe environment where they can “feel at home and have a good cup of coffee.”    Located...

Over 50 percent of Americans drink coffee daily.

How a coffee crisis could hound NKU

Killian Baarlaer, Reporter March 13, 2022

Coffee is a fixture in American culture that has dependably fueled people’s daily routines for centuries, but a combination of factors—unstable weather patterns and supply chain constraints—pose...

Andrea Rinck and Renee Jennings pour coffee in Griffin Hall lobby.

On-campus ministry shares message, love through coffee

Elena Ferguson, Reporter November 14, 2019
Vine and Branches, a ministry of the United Methodist Church on NKU’s campus, is trying to change the way people view Christianity by passing out free coffee to students.
Dunkin’ to open near campus in October

Dunkin’ to open near campus in October

Kane Mitten, Arts & Life Editor May 23, 2019
The popular coffee and donut chain, which changed its name to just ‘Dunkin’ at the start of 2019, will soon be available near campus.
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