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Counter Culture Coffee This Durham-based craft roaster is quality-driven and dedicated to real sustainability. Counter Culture partners directly with coffee farmers to create its award-winning coffees and roasts with both modern precision and old-world skill to bring out the coffee’s unique characteristics. Counter Culture holds weekly public coffee “cuppings,” or tastings, and teaches hands-on coffee courses at regional training centers in the eastern U.S. Coffee sold includes beans from the Americas, Asia and the Pacific and Africa. A 12-ounce bag of Kenya coffee sells for $12.95. Counter Culture also offers a coffee delivery subscription service. Counter Culture Coffee 4911 S. Alston Ave., Durham, NC 27713 |
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Berry Towne Crafts Berry Towne Crafts, an artisan program for persons with developmental difficulties, sells hand-thrown pottery, organic lotions and oils, organic honey, bluebird nesting boxes, wood crafts and other handmade wares. The crafts’ creators live at the O’ Berry Center, a cluster of group homes in Goldsboro. The Center, part of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, has been providing care to individuals with mental and physical challenges for more than 50 years. In addition to its Web site the program maintains a well-stocked retail store on campus. Pottery items are all one-of-a-kind (except signature Berry Towne Stoneware mugs) and start at $9.95. Berry Towne Crafts O’Berry Center, 400 Old Smithfield Road, Goldsboro, NC 27530 |
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“Memories” art print After the great response Ronald Ragland received when his “Memories” art print was featured in Carolina Country magazine last year, he decided to present it one more time to those who missed it. It depicts his father, Hugh Ragland (right), priming tobacco with associate, Albert Downey, and his mule, George, while others in the background put tobacco in the curing barn. Ronald says the scene is along Durham Road in Granville County where he grew up. Signed prints of “Memories,” measuring 16 by 20 inches, are available in full color on museum-quality paper, for $60 (includes shipping). Ragland Prints 4215 Jane Lane, Raleigh, NC 27604 |
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Southern Proper menswear Combining elements of southern heritage and classic haberdashery, Southern Proper is a southern-inspired line for men with an appreciation for style. Based in Atlanta, the company sells clothing, neckties, bowties and accessories such as colorful pocket squares and frat hats. Collections feature both time-tested and unique patterns. Co-owner Reagan Elizabeth Hardy was raised in Kinston and co-owner Emmie Claire Henderson is from Tennessee. Southern Proper will be donating a portion of sales from its new fall collection, Southern Crops, to southern farm-preserving organizations such as Carolina Farm Stewardship Association. Bowties and ties are $48 and $68, respectively. Southern Proper 1872 Hickory Road, Atlanta, GA 30341 |