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Use These Café Accessories to Level Up Your Coffee Bar

These coffee bar upgrades will help you unleash your inner barista. And they make great gifts, too.

By Rachel Schlueter September 1, 2023 at 8:03 am

Looking for a way to brighten up your morning routine? An easy place to start is with your daily cup of coffee or tea. With some easy tweaks to your coffee bar, you can make that daily task an exciting one. Check out these home accessories that will make your morning dose of caffeine even more fun.

Virginia-themed mug with honey tea
Photo courtesy the Global Local

Virginia Is for (Tea) Lovers  

This state-inspired mug offers a taste of home along with a taste of honey-infused tea. $20 at The Global Local, 105 Loudoun St. SW, Leesburg, globallocalshop.com 

Wooden spoons
Photo courtesy Red Barn Mercantile

Mix It Up  

These teak coffee spoons are just what you need to blend your drink. $30 for a set of four at Red Barn Mercantile, 1117 King St., Alexandria, redbarnmercantile.com  

Red milk frother
Photo courtesy Sur La Table

Foam at Home  

Achieve a fluffy texture and a café-like experience with this handheld milk frother. $12.95 at Sur La Table, multiple area locations, surlatable.com 

Coffee beans in vacuum-sealed container
Photo courtesy Crate & Barrel

Cool Beans   

You’ll always know how much coffee is left with this sleek, vacuum-sealed container. $39.95 at Crate & Barrel, multiple area locations, crateandbarrel.com 

Knit mug cozies that look like a cow, an owl, and a fox
Photo courtesy Trade Roots

Warm and Toasty  

Sip on your hot cup of joe all morning long with a hand-knitted (and adorable) mug cozy to keep it warm. $15 at Trade Roots, 5852 Washington Blvd., Arlington, fairtraderoots.com 

Feature image courtesy Trade Roots

This story originally ran in our September issue. For more stories like this, subscribe to Northern Virginia Magazine.

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