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Classmates turned farmers. Students turned vendors. Dope boys turned customers. Strangers turned SpiceGirls. Community turned friends. 🥹 — Gratitude isn’t even sufficient for what I feel. 🖤 — We’ve been offering space and opportunity for FREE to Black farmers and vendors at the Black and Forth market. It’s a unique offering and one that I hope is replicated. We need us. — We even provide tents. This year, with the love and gifting from @876eventsandrentals we also provide complimentary tables and chairs. — Name a more generous market manager lol. Nah but really. It’s my pleasure to continue serving. — We hope you all bring friends and family and join us at the farmer’s markets EVERY 2nd and 4th Sunday 10a-2p. — Support sustains our efforts. — See you on Mother’s Day!! — And don’t forget @something.suite is open Tuesday-Saturday 8a-12p — The Spice Suite open Thursday-Sunday — Grateful to @eventsdc for sponsoring the entertainment — 📽️: @childish_.jayyy

DMV coffee tea and mocktail lovers…. I got one for yall 😮‍💨🩷 @something.suite @thespicesuite DC girls up 100 with this one Garment by @shop.fulllength

SAVE THE DATE — 4.27.25 — @something.suite IS OPENING — A massive shoutout to the dream team behind Something Suite — our brilliant contractors, creative architects, genius engineers, and the GOAT GC! You turned blueprints into brews and beams into beauty. We couldn’t have done it without you. Also. My GC, engineers, architect, electrician, plumber and HVAC tech were all Black. Stop spreading rumors. We do good business. — Come celebrate with us at our Grand Opening Farmer’s Market Block Party & Ribbon Cutting on Sunday, April 27! — Good vibes, great drinks, local goods, and community magic await ☕️✨🎉✂️ — 10a-2p : Farmer’s Market 2p: Ribbon Cutting 3p: UCB Live Band Performance — @shortkeyssolutionsllc led me through this project and then left me and handled it. I just sat and waited for updates. BEST GC/PM EVER!! — Every inspection passed on the first try. Shoutout to the MEN WHO HELD ME DOWN!! — @samerironworks on steel and framing -Jermaine on the electrical -Keith and John on plumbing -Jose on flooring and dry wall -Makahi on HVAC @heavypaperco on practically everything inside lol. From cabinets and booths to signage and custom Dutch doors @e2_creations on the custom bar stools Halftime Printing in Iverson Mall printed all graphics/wall menu @reliablewindowtint wrapped alllll of my appliances, the trash can and came and did the electrical panel. Literally bringing the project together — Lauren. All the way in Germany, created my custom paisley print with tea leaves and coffee beans and wrote my menu. Logo by my bff @signedrachelrebecca Grills by @richgrillz @adonaibeautymua on the BEAT/MUA — @sokvision_weddings ON THE VISUALS

WELCOME TO DC — So grateful to @destinationdc and @zuriprod for this beautiful capture — I was asked to allow a camera crew to tag along with me as I frolicked through my city as a commercial for tourists wanting to explore DC through the eyes of a native, beyond the monuments — See yall this week at Something Suite @something.suite and The Spice Suite

It’s my (coffee/tea shop) birthday!! — We love a lil dance and a theme song ☺️🖤 — Followed by my trips to: Turkey, Pakistan, Colombia, Japan since opening @Something.Suite to shop for teas ..

Happy Birthday @something.suite !! — This baby business turns 1 — We are open Wednesday-Sunday 9a-5p — Come see, sip and say hi

WE GOT FOOD AT HOME!! — I’ll go first.. RICE 🫣 I do not like rice lol — Also. We have SpiceBoxes online 🖤

See yall this week — 9a-5p Wednesday-Sunday — Tea and coffee based mocktails

The @black.and.forth Farmers market IS NOW WEEKLY AND LASTING UNTIL 3p — 10am-3p EVERY SUNDAY — 2201 Channing St NE DC — This week’s lineup includes — Bartlett Pears Asian Pears Grapefruit Honeycrisp apples Granny Smith apples Evercrisp apples Gold rush apples Grapefruit Golden beets Red beets Yellow onion Rainbow carrots Organic purple Marasaki sweet potatoes Organic sweet potatoes Organic red potatoes Organic red cabbage Spicy mustard micro greens Turkey Pork Baker’s Dozen egg cartons & refills Fresh Chicken (whole & cut) Baked Goods * Country Sourdough Loaves * Polenta Sourdough Loaves * Sesame Seed Sourdough Loaves * Buttermilk Biscuits * Sweet Potato Brioche Dinner Rolls * Caramelized Onion, Oregano, & Olive Focaccia * Sea Salt Focaccia Pickled Goods * Cajun Okra * Hot Chili Pickle Spears * Sweet Pickle Chips •Luffa sponge • Ginger root starts *Starter plants: •Thai Hibiscus Roselle •Bok Choy •Green okra •Red okra •Pickling cucumber •Orange Watermelon •Yellow watermelon Spinach Salad mix Spring mix Kale mix Lettuce Curly kale (sauté) White Russian kale Mustard greens Carrots(orange)

Thank you so much @marissamtchll for having me!! — I’ll post the link to my interview — Always grateful for every platform. And superrrr grateful to @adonaibeautymua who alwayssss makes time to let me sit in her chair while she beats my face — And she’s fast. You know how much I love you, Eboni!

WE GOT STARBUCKS (actually they could never) — What we do at Something Suite is for people who like nice things — We don’t compromise on quality. Highest quality ingredients and a slow process that makes it worth the wait — While your tea or coffee is brewing, you can decide whether you want to add sangria simple syrup, blackberry sugar, cardamom or caramel on top — We encourage guests to sweeten their experience on their own and add Something Suite on top of each drink — We sell some of the teas in jars with the recipe on the back so you can make your own mocktail at home too

Because I lead with love. — Love lives at @black.and.forth — Love lives here. At The Spice Suite, it’s in the way we line the shelves with stories of countries visited and outfits reimagined as seasonings (because FOOD IS FASHION®️) — At @something.suite we pour tea like it’s therapy and every ingredient is intentional. — It’s in the way we choose community over competition, abundance over fear, and flavor over blandness. — This space was built with heart. — I hope yall feel loved and are told you are loved everyday. — 📸: @thearthype