
UVA Today caught up with the trio to learn more about how they got started, their approach to business and how their time at UVA shaped them. On the surface, the businesses don’t seem as if they would be related, but, interestingly, they have all been designed to work in tandem with each other.Īt UVA, Wooten, a 2004 grad from Waynesboro, majored in religious studies and minored in architecture Uhl, a 2007 grad from West Chester, Pennsylvania, majored in economics and religious studies prior to earning his MBA at the Darden School of Business and FitzHenry is an alumnus of The College of William and Mary, who worked at the Department of Defense before earning his MBA from Darden. Today, their portfolio includes six Grit Coffee locations and The Wool Factory, a newly opened hospitality destination in Charlottesville’s newly renovated Woolen Mills, a property once owned by Thomas Jefferson that featured working mills they later produced military uniforms for the Confederate States of America before being torched by Union forces. Ten years ago, the alumni founded a design firm in Charlottesville called “ID Company” - a business designed to help other businesses via a wide range of services, including web development, marketing and rebranding. Wooten, Uhl and FitzHenry certainly seem to have the founding spirit thing down pat.

The coffee’s flavors include toasted almond, vanilla and a “subtle hint” of black cherry that, according to its website, is “great for sipping on The Lawn or cheering on the Hoos” - a blend that is a “celebration of the founding spirit and the pursuit of excellence.” The medium roast blend that they created at Charlottesville’s Grit Coffee is called “1819” - an homage to the year UVA was founded. Product name: Coffee grinder Grit Ingredients: 18-8 stainless steel (body, handle Capacity: about 120 ml (about 20 g beans) Capacity: about 120 ml (about 20 g beans) Capacity: about 120 ml (bean about 20 g) : Approximately W: 50 mm × D: 54 mm × H: 161 mm (when storing the handle) Weight: Approx.The love that entrepreneurs Brandon Wooten, Brad Uhl (EMBA ’15) and Dan FitzHenry (EMBA ’18) have for the University of Virginia is pretty obvious – just check out their coffee. Please enjoy the best cup in the best place.

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Outdoor Coffee Set Combine the tumbler such as the Diverters of the Rivers coffee series and the Slike, and the micro coffee dripper, you will be ready for the Outdoor Coffee Set.When carrying, there is no worry of hurting the main body. Silicon band which is also an icon of functional silicon band grit is easy to hold on the main body when grinding beans, it is a functional part that can hold the handle and store it.It is also adjustable from coarse ground to fine grinding In addition, ceramic blades do not rust, it is difficult to produce frictional heat, so you can grind without losing the original taste of beans. The fixed upper blade is difficult to cause blurring of blades and it is possible to keep the grain size constant.


Absolute condition for making delicious coffee, it is to grind beans just before coffee is brewed. An industrial new color "Silver" appears in the River's grinder, where you can enjoy freshly ground beans.
