Ispirare Coffee (Kittanning, PA)
Ispirare Coffee: The Coffee Shop on the corner
The fall is filled with beautiful colors, cold mornings and warm afternoons, and the aroma of pumpkin spice lattes and light roast coffees. For me, it also provides me with an opportunity to leave my office on campus for my day job and head out to visit staff members who are located in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania. During my travels, I always do some pre-trip research to try and discover new coffee shops that I have yet to visit. This week, I hit the jackpot. Nestled on the corner in downtown Kittanning, PA, Ispirare Coffee checked off all the boxes and more to surpass the qualifications to be a top-notch coffee shop.
When visiting Ispirare, make sure you have a quarter with you, which will get you 2.5 hours on the old-school parking meters that align the town streets. As soon as you open the door and walk into the coffee shop, you will find yourself in one of the most welcoming and spacious coffee haunts that you have probably ever been in. There is a counter on the left with some cups, mugs, beans, and swag that you can purchase, and there is a large sign on the wall outlining your coffee options, all of which are more than reasonably priced.
The baristas and staff are incredibly skilled and carry on conversations with patrons as though they have known them their whole lives. As you are sitting at a table drinking your americano or pumpkin spice latte, you can play a game of chess on a beautiful chess board, you can work on your laptop while writing your next novel, or you can do what I love to do and just take in the atmosphere. I was in the shop for about two hours, and there were locals having their weekly get-together, professionals completing their daily work emails, and almost every person who walked through the door was on a first-name basis with either the staff or a patron. There was an indescribable feeling of comfort that overtook me, and it made me want to find an excuse to stay longer and definitely visit again.
As you are out leaf-peeping this fall or on a drive with your family, if you find yourself near Kittanning, PA, it is definitely worth a detour to stop in at Ispirare Coffee and get yourself both a cup of coffee and a piece of small-town charm and class.
To learn more about Ispirare Coffee please visit:
www.https://www.ispirarecoffee.com