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Coffee Shops Plan Openings Across Towns
A string of new food-and-drink concepts are opening: Mooch, a disco-flavored coffee and brunch spot in Eastwood, is set to open in September; Blackbird Doughnuts and Sally’s Sandwiches are slated to debut in East Boston this fall; Kaldi Coffee is preparing a Portstewart cafe opening later this month; and Johnny Doughnuts has expanded with a Napa outpost after festival pop-ups. These openings reflect ongoing growth of specialty coffee and donut-focused concepts across the region.
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About Kaldi
Kaldi was the name of a legendary goatherd who is credited with discovering coffee in 850 CE, according to popular legend, after which such crop entered the Islamic world and then the rest of the world.
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