What is Folkstone?
Folkstone Slow Bar is a pop-up concept by me, Taylor. After years of working in the specialty coffee industry, I left the portafilter behind to pursue a creative writing degree. During my college years, I started working with Tim at The Fuzzy Needle.
We would make pour overs in the back for the family and friends of Fuzzy, and when Tim approached me with the idea of having a full bar in the shop, I knew I could fulfill it. Tim allowed me the freedom to pursue a coffee vision that matched my exact palate and preference of coffee drinking.
I brought in coffee from my favorite roasters and created a menu that would change with the whims of flavor and season.
FOLKSTONE is a small township on the way from Wilmington to Jacksonville: the city I grew up in and the city that I currently call home. Folkstone was a halfway point between the two places of my life. Colloquially, a Folk Stone is from Gaelic tradition, a marker on the family's land of which you find yourself, a way to know exactly where you are through a familial connection.