Washington Wizards forward Corey Kispert is no stranger to good coffee—a Seattle-area (Edmonds) native, he’s regularly spotted arriving to games in the tunnel with an Americano in hand. Last year, he started a series on Instagram called “The Grind,” in which he highlighted local coffee shops in various cities when he traveled. But in the next few weeks, the Gonzaga alum will launch his own coffee brand called the Bitter Truth Coffee. We caught up with Kispert last week to talk about it. Here are five things we learned.

1. He’s been a coffee fan since high school—despite his dad’s (now ironic) objections.

“My dad is not a coffee drinker and he was insistent that I did not drink coffee for the longest time because he said it would stunt my growth,” says Kispert, who clocks in now at 6’6″.

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