No matter what side of the Coffee vs Tea debate you fall on, give a listen to the founders of Moonday Coffee and Tea Maineia as they share their stories around the rituals that define how we wake up or relax. As the “sweet ending,” Krystina from The Messy Cookie offers inspiring words for anyone looking to take a leap and start a new business, even with no experience. 

• Moonday Coffee
  • David Kessel started Moonday Coffee as a cart that served as a wonderful respite for al fresco coffee drinkers during the pandemic. This past winter, he moved into the Black Box shops on Washington Ave, where he continues to explore the intimate relationships people have with their daily ritual. 
• Tea Maineia
  • Dan and Debbie Holmes talk to us from their welcoming shop and lounge, Tea Maineia, in Westport. They offer more loose tea options than any other shop in Maine…and lots of passion as well. They share how their business came to be, the health benefits of tea and which one of the pair never 
    “cheats” with coffee.
• The Messy Cookie
  • Krystina Fischer shares the steps she made to leave the marketing world and start The Messy Cookie…with no baking experience. She now runs virtual and in-person “icing parties” and uses her creativity to inspire everyone’s inner cookie artist from corporate groups to baby showers. 

Hosted by Maggie Knowles

Produced by: Sam Workman

A Muse Global Group Production with Ramshackle Studios

Original Music, “Stay Awhile” by Monique Barrett 

Original Animation: No Umbrella Media 

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