Wizards' Player Corey Kispert Is Launching a Coffee Brand - Washingtonian

"The Bitter Truth Coffee will be available in January. Washington Wizards forward Corey Kispert is no stranger to good coffee-a Seattle-area (Edmonds) native, he's regularly spotted arriving to games in the tunnel with an Americano in hand. Last year, he started a series on Instagram called "The Grind," in which he highlighted local coffee shops in various cities when he traveled. But in the next few weeks, the Gonzaga alum will launch his own coffee brand called the Bitter Truth Coffee."

""My dad is not a coffee drinker and he was insistent that I did not drink coffee for the longest time because he said it would stunt my growth," says Kispert, who clocks in now at 6'6". During his senior year of high school, Kispert says a group of his friends would go to a local breakfast spot before school on Fridays, and coffee was just part of the routine. "I got black coffee straight off the jump, so I had to get used to that-it took me a while to actually appreciate and enjoy it, but it was a slippery slope.""

"Kipsert, who earned a degree in business administration before getting drafted by the Wizards in 2021, says that when he got to the NBA and people would ask about his hobbies, or what he'd want to do if he wasn't playing basketball, his thoughts always came back to coffee. "I'm not bound to a single order or a temperature," Kispert insists. He drinks about four cups a day-six on game days-and while he bops between black coffee and Americanos (espresso mixed with water), he says he typically starts the day with a hot coffee and switches to iced in the afternoon. When asked if that includes drinking iced coffee in the winter, he replied: "I would say in the afternoons, hot coffee is a rarity.""

Corey Kispert, a Seattle-area (Edmonds) native and Washington Wizards forward, will launch Bitter Truth Coffee in January. Kispert became a coffee fan in high school despite his father's objections that coffee would stunt growth. He developed a taste for black coffee, later created an Instagram series called "The Grind" to highlight local coffee shops, and kept coffee at the center of his off-court interests. Kispert earned a business administration degree, was drafted by the Wizards in 2021, and typically drinks four cups daily (six on game days), favoring black coffee and Americanos and switching from hot to iced in the afternoons.

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