Kafe Kava Haus membuka lokasi kedua di Xenia

Jun. 13—XENIA — Wilmington-based café and roastery Kava Haus has opened a second location in Greene County, bringing their signature scones, calzones and breakfast sandwiches to downtown Xenia.

Kava Haus is a “traditional” café and coffee shop with a small menu focused on homemade ingredients, owner Brad Heys said. The café roasts their own coffee beans, and everything on their menu is made from scratch, including bread for sandwiches, plus pizza and calzone dough that is baked fresh every day. Kava Haus also has a wide variety of vegetarian and vegan options.

Kava Haus is the fourth business to occupy the 29 E. Main Street storefront across from the county courthouse in the last two years.

“We do things different,” Heys said. “We love special requests, love to do things different, and unlike places that were there before, have working history of success.”

Heys, seorang pensiunan guru pendidikan jasmani untuk anak-anak berkebutuhan khusus, dan istrinya membuka kedai kopi pertama mereka di Wilmington sekitar delapan tahun yang lalu.

“From there it kind of blew up on us,” he said. “It’s been more than we could ever imagine in a great way.”

Di lokasi Xenia akan tersedia scone yang menjadi ciri khas kafe ini, dengan rasa yang populer di antaranya adalah white chocolate lemon raspberry dan oatmeal butterscotch chip. Dalam satu hari, kata Heys, ia dan stafnya membuat 100 jenis scone yang berbeda. Rasa yang paling populer dan dibuat setiap hari adalah blueberry.

“I promise you you haven’t had scones like ours,” he said. “On a Friday in Wilmington, we sell anywhere between 100 and 150 scones.”

Kava Haus’ homemade breakfast sandwiches, another fan favorite, wereéé in part a product of the COVID lockdown. As store-bought Texas toast became harder to find, instead they began making their own bread, topped with a fried egg, choice of protein, cheddar, Swiss or provolone, sweet baby bell peppers, Roma tomatoes, pesto, and Portobello mushrooms.

“We concentrate on using top-end ingredients,” Heys said. “It’s all about the quality of our product.”

Xenia’s Kava Haus is currently open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, with plans to be open until 5 p.m. those days.