Cleveland roaster, ex-Sweet Maria's, selling rare small-lot coffees.
Cal Verga worked at Sweet Maria's in Oakland, where the first Duck-Rabbit coffees were roasted on the company's Probat L-12, then returned to Cleveland and rented roasting time at Brioso before moving to his own early-1980s Probat G-12. His green coffee comes through Coffee Shrub, an importer tied to Sweet Maria's.
As of November 2026 the shop lists single lots from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nicaragua and El Salvador. An Exotics subscription sends subscribers rare small-lot varietals each month; most of an October 2026 Aji lot went to them.
