Mercury Coffee Co. is now Kovella. Same hands, same coffee, new name. Read the story →

The Journal.

Photo essays from the bar, the cart, and the city. Shot on film, like everything else.

Kyle and Izzy behind the bar at 681 South Avenue

Hello, Kovella.

Same hands, same coffee, new name. The honest story of why.

A finished drink resting on the bar in morning light, shot on film

A morning at 681 South

Open to close is eight hours. The part that decides whether the day goes well takes twenty minutes, before anyone’s watching.