Something’s Brewing Simply peer in the window as you stroll by Kinship Coffee near the corner of 30th Avenue and Steinway Street, and you will see a pristine, intimate coffee shop seated to capacity at practically every hour it’s open. Some patrons relax over glowing computer screens and electronic tablets, while others chat with comrades over plump doughnuts and glazed pastries. But the real energy behind this java joint is the founders’ love of latte that has demanded years of meticulous brewing. In fact, the winning formula has been percolating for quite a while. Owners Jason Pierson and Stanley Rivera met eight years ago while serving as baristas in an independent café on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, but their passion for coffee began a long time before that. Rivera’s father had been working for several years in the transportation industry in Peru. When his company finally shuttered, he jumped at the opportunity to move his family to Iowa. Shortly after, young Stanley and his mother were sent to Seattle, Washington, to learn more about the coffee industry. “I fell in love with the ‘art’ of coffee first,” Rivera says. After learning the intricacies of the coffee-making process, he moved to New York City with his wife. Always working with coffee in some capacity, he developed an affinity for coffee and became interested in what it takes to operate a successful business. That is when fate introduced him to his present business partner. 6 I BOROMAG.COM | MARCH 2016 FOOD + DRINK
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