Firefly Organic Coffee & Market

Firefly Organic Coffee & Market in Scottsdale has a menu built around one simple idea: clean ingredients. It sits right off the 101 at Pima Center, and it feels like a small organic coffee bar collided with a health focused pantry in the best possible way.

The coffee program runs on beans from Momentto Coffee Roasters. It is a roaster invested in sustainable, low acidity and mycotoxin free coffee. These beans will prevent the "post-cup regret" and your gut will thank you. The espresso blend (called Espresso Forte) is medium bodied and smooth. Organic milk throughout. The menu is focused. Espresso, americanos, cappuccinos, lattes. No sprawl, no gimmicks. If you are usually the person quietly hoping the shop you walked into uses decent milk, Firefly is going to feel like a relief.

Then there is the Firefly Glow Latte. Espresso, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, sea salt and a collagen boost thrown in for good measure. It is their most popular drink and I can see why people love it. Personally, I found it to be a lot of things happening at once (the cinnamon is not shy and apparently there are 8 grams of protein quietly lurking in there). Whether that sounds incredible or mildly chaotic probably tells you everything you need to know about whether it is your drink. Either way, it is fun and it is theirs.

The market side is what makes Firefly genuinely hard to categorize. Raw cow milk in glass bottles. Eggs. Grass fed beef from Arizona producers. Jars of local raw honey. It is not a full grocery store. The selection is focused and carefully chosen. What makes it different from the coffee counter inside your local Fry's is that this is a coffee shop first. A real one. Run by real people. On my visit, Ashley (who co-owns the place and is also known for her work with Jigsaw Health, a wellness and supplement company) was behind the bar making drinks herself. The product mix looks like it was curated by someone who actually uses everything on the shelf. The health culture thread runs through the whole place without ever feeling preachy.

This is not an Old Town stroll in flip flops kind of spot. Firefly lives in a business complex at Pima Center right off the freeway. For some people, the narrower menu, limited hours and single location in a business park will be a downside. For others, especially anyone trying to keep their food and drink on the cleaner side, that is exactly the appeal. If you want a well made organic latte and the ability to walk out with raw milk and real pantry staples in the same trip, Firefly is absolutely worth a visit.

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