I drive a tractor trailer so I get most of my coffee from truck stops- Love's, Pilot/Flying J, T/A, etc. but I very much prefer Mom & Pop shops. Small businesses are the backbone of our country and, when I buy a cup from Turquoise Coffee in Chillicothe, TX, I'm not helping a corporation buy a company jet or pay for the CEO's vacation home in St. Maarten. I'm helping the owner who lives here in town pay his mortgage, send their daughter to dance classes, buy food for the family. That resonates deeply in me.
The ONLY thing I care about, the make-or-break qualifier is they MUST have real cream (or at least half n half). No non-dairy, no powder creamer, no flavored bottle of chemicals... just real deal dairy.