From Origin to Open Water: Afficionado Sets Sail with Northrop & Johnson

Afficionado is proud to join Northrop & Johnson as their chosen coffee purveyor for the 2025 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. A partnership that reflects a shared commitment to craftsmanship, precision, and an unwavering pursuit of quality. For us, this collaboration is far more than placement at an event; it represents a natural alignment between two independently driven brands that value integrity, expertise, and excellence above all.

Since day one in 2008, Afficionado has been 100% independently owned and self-funded. That independence is the backbone of everything we do. It empowers us to make decisions guided not by investors, but by relationships: with our producers, our partners, and our customers. It is the reason we can uphold our second core pillar: true vertical integration. From sourcing to importing to roasting to packaging, every element of our craft happens under one roof, by our own hands. While so much of the industry leans on outsourcing, we remain rooted in full control, transparency, and responsibility.

Our third pillar, a high-touch service experience, extends far beyond the coffee. As we introduce Afficionado to the yachting world, we bring with us not only exceptional coffee and our signature cold brew, but elite support for life on the water. For any vessel in the N&J fleet, we service, supply, and maintain all coffee and espresso equipment needs at sea, ensuring consistency and performance wherever the journey leads.

FLIBS was just the beginning. With several upcoming trips to some of the world’s most remote coffee farms, we invite you to follow along as we continue building relationships, exploring origin, and bringing the story of coffee, from seed to sea to life.

Follow our journey as we explore extraordinary places, forge meaningful partnerships, and bring our signature coffees and cold brew to new destinations. Extraordinary coffee starts at the source, and we can’t wait to take you there.

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