Stan Rivera trained as a barista in the 1990s to help his parents open a cafe in Iowa. He and Ashley Wood-Rivera opened Kinship in Astoria in 2014 and have roasted their own coffee since 2020.
They roast in light to medium profiles from Ethiopia, Kenya, Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru, and the roastery by Astoria Park holds a free cupping with the roaster on Monday mornings. Four shops now serve Queens and Manhattan, and South Street is their first in Manhattan.
