urban COFFEE lounge employees are what makes this place come alive. Although each of us is completely different, we are the same in that we are all obsessed with coffee. Here is little something we'd like you to know about us...
Name: Alicia
Job Title: Owner / Manager
Favorite Drink: 10oz Americano with steamed milk poured into a heart.
Why is it your favorite?: Americano's allow you to really taste the espresso, which, when pulled properly, is sweet and full and beautiful.
What else?: I was fired from "corporate coffeebucks" for not conforming!!
Name: Melissa
Job Title: Barista
Favorite Drink: Tall vanilla americano
Why is it your Favorite?: It's sweet and simple.
What else?: I got my undergrad in Biblical Literature.
Name: Marissa
Job Title: Barista
Favorite Drink:1/2 soy, 1/2 hemp, extra vanilla short latte.
Why is it your Favorite?: It wakes me up before school
What else?: My dream is to have a Newfoundland named Nala
Name: Cameron
Job Title: Barista
Favorite Drink:The Gunslinger (iced 6 shot americano)
Why is it your Favorite?: I'm hardcore, and it has a cool name, and it keeps me awake for an hour or two
What else?: My extracurricular activities include snowboarding and drumming.
Name: Kelsey
Job Title: Manager
Favorite Drink:14 Hands Cabernet.
Why is it your Favorite?: It's a great local Cab - with fresh flavors of red fruit
What else?: When I'm not at UCL you'll most likely find me riding my horse or brewing beer!
About the Owners:
UCL was dreamed up collectively by local husband and wife, Jeff and Alicia Miner.
Creating the cafe experience is Alicia's department. She has been in and around the business most of her life. From running a independent with her sister as a teen, working at a multitude of coffee shops (even the "corporate coffee" ones), to owning her own successful espresso stand in Issaquah. Opening her own coffee shop has always been her dream. Through her acquired experience, Alicia set out to provide a superior coffee coupled with a personal cafe. You'll find Alicia at the shop most days as she promises not to rest until she and her great staff make UCL the Eastside's premier coffee shop.
Jeff is the creative mind. Being an architect by trade, it was only natural for him to design this new space. He wanted the feel of the shop to be inviting, interesting and fun while staying true to materials and clean. Jeff mixed urban-industrial with warm and comfortable - the outcome was unlike any other coffee shop. Not only did he design the shop, he also built much of what you see to give it a true personal touch.
TOGETHER they married a love of design with a passion for great coffee.