Hi — I’m Andrew, the guy behind SipSation.
For years, my mornings looked like this: commute into DC, sprint to the pantry for coffee, sprint back to my desk, log in, go. My days were emails, calls, and meetings that should have been emails.
There was a voice in my head that never shut off: go above and beyond, always do more. So the mornings were never actually mine. Traffic owned them. A slew of overnight emails owned them, the second I sat down.
Eventually I noticed something uncomfortable: a lot of that chaos wasn't happening to me... I was creating it, by letting my inbox run my mornings before I'd had any say in it.
So I started doing something small, and honestly, a little indulgent: carving out five minutes to actually drink my coffee, away from my desk, my laptop, my inbox. Just five quiet minutes before the day took over.
That one shift changed something bigger than my mornings. I started SipSation so you can have the same five minutes.
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SipSation started at one folding table at Metropolitan Park in Arlington. It's still where you'll find me most weekends.
Since then, it's grown: SipSation is now also on the shelf at Trace, a zero-waste store in Vienna. Same coffee, wherever you find it.
What you order online is no different. The same beans, the same roasts, and the same bags you'd walk away with in person.
Take your mornings back
The world pushes speed. Taking five minutes back is how you push back.
Your first sip is a small act of ownership — five quiet minutes that feel like yours, not the inbox's. I built SipSation to make sure that cup is worth stopping for.
— Andrew, Founder & Recovering Morning Zombie