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Night Swim Coffee’s Matcha Latte. N OW O P E N
AN ADVENTUROUS BLEND Two local coffee brands team up to open four new cafés and a roastery
BY TAYLOR BOWLER PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER TAYLOR
A GOOD COFFEE SHOP is more than a quick pit stop in the morning. It’s a place to unwind with a good book, catch up with an old friend, or settle in with your laptop when you need a respite from the office. Every now and then, you happen upon a place where the couches are comfortable, the outlets are plentiful, and the food is as good as the lattes. Night Swim Coffee opened its first location, in Oakhurst, in late October. At press time, a second café was scheduled to open in a 3,000-squarefoot space at Legacy Union in uptown. Night Swim is a collaboration between the owners of two of Charlotte’s most popular coffee shops: Miracle and James Yoder, who founded Not Just Coffee in 2011, and Todd and Erin Huber, who launched Undercurrent Coffee in 2018.
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