The new 1A Coffee bar and roastery in Wilmington, Vermont. All images courtesy of 1A Coffee.
A version of a dream hatched in apartment 1A on a cobblestone street in Helsinki, Finland, recently became a reality in Wilmington, Vermont, as doors to 1A Coffee opened to the public.
To the Green Mountain State, 1A Coffee Co-Founders Brian and Chrystal Holt bring clean roasts and a serene Scandinavian design sensibility that they hope stands refreshingly apart from the Wilmington norm.
Between the clean white walls and ceiling of the new shop stands a Diedrich IR5 roaster and a 12-foot live-edge American black walnut bar over which the couple serves drip coffee and espresso with a single Decent DE1XL espresso machine.