NEIGHBORS/PARTNERS/OWNERS
Not sure why it’s taken me this long to write anything about Debbi and me, but I’m finally sitting in one place to do it. Debbi and I live in and love this neighborhood and we are just approaching our 10 year anniversary together. Debbi is a professor at the University of Colorado; I was an oncology nurse/massage therapist. Having a coffee house was not a “dream realized”…. it was a spontaneous act of intuition when the opportunity came up to share a business in our neighborhood, enjoying two of our favorite things: community and coffee. We used to walk on weekends , 40 minutes each way, to Kaladi Coffee and spend our mornings reading, yacking and enjoying the superb coffee. We had no other initial thought but to bring Kaladi Coffee a little closer to us! I love comfortable spaces, snacks, service and generally pleasant people, so altogether it just seemed to happen. Before we opened on April 1st, 2008, we asked neighbors to vote on a name for the shop. And so, WASH PERK was born!
Wash Perk loves its customers, community, and the planet! We are a green business and a great place to be (at least we obviously think so…).
Our Menu
WASH PERK OFFERINGS
- We offer a wide menu of items including:
Wash Perk’s house chai
Wash Perk’s $2 bottomless house coffee/yerba mate’(tradional, ginger peach, peppermint) - Barackti Chai (traditional Bhakti Chai infused with Kaladi Kenyon coffee)
- Mate’ Lattes and a variety of Mate’ Specialty drinks (Lavender Marshmallow, Bengal Chai Mate Latte, Honey Cinnamon Mate Latte)
- Traditional and specialty espresso drinks
- Mame’s Breakfast Burritos, Moe’s Bagels, Bluepoint Bakery pastries
- Gluten-free and Vegan options from The Bakery at Watercourse, Beet Box, The Last Crumb and Deby’s
- A welcoming, comfortable, and convenient location with:
FREE WiFi
A dog-friendly patio
A variety of publications for your perusal, including the Sunday New York Times, New Yorker, Tricycle, Runner’s World, The Sun, Orion, The Economist,The Atlantic Monthly and more.
Shared space with On A Lark, one of the coolest art consignment and vintage ware stores in the city
WASH PERK GREEN BUSINESS PRACTICES
We are open to suggestions of more we can do to be as gentle with our use on the planet as possible.
The following are things we are doing to care for our Planet…
- We use local vendors to minimize shipping and fuel costs
- Our coffee is mostly organic and all Fair Trade from local roaster, Kaladi Brothers…and they’re just good peeps
- We use a water-efficient, high-temp sanitizing dishwasher
- We have multiple recycling and composting bins
- We are involved with the Denver Compost Pilot Program
- We provide coffee grounds to customers for composting
- We promote washable containers instead of paper products through Wash Perk’s Travel Mug Program. Bring in a mug to use and you’ll get $.10 off your drink, or bring in one to use and one to donate and you’ll get a free drink.
- We use Eco-Products compostable products, including to-go containers, plasticware, straws and cups
- We use Green Seal cleaning products and sanitation
- We use Cintas maintenance, an eco-conscious company
