Where handmade meets hand-roasted

Some businesses sell products. Others create experiences. Soapy Roads & The Makery Bar does both and they do it with the kind of intention we recognize.

Located in downtown Lombard, Soapy Roads is a creative workshop space where you can make your own soap, candles, bath bombs, and other handcrafted goods. The Makery Bar extends this into a full DIY experience with classes, events, and custom creations.

We're proud to partner with them, Spiritus coffee and the Soapy Blend made just for them is always in stock. 

The Handmade Connection

There's something that connects handmade soap and small-batch coffee. Both reject the industrial, mass-produced default. Both prioritize quality ingredients and careful process over efficiency and scale.

When you make soap by hand, you control every ingredient. You choose the oils, the scents, the colors. You pour it, cut it, cure it. The result is something you made, not something a factory produced.

That's how we feel about coffee. Every batch roasted by hand, every decision intentional. The parallel isn't accidental.

What They Offer

Soapy Roads & The Makery Bar hosts:

• DIY workshops: Soap making, candle making, bath bombs, and more. No experience required.
• Private events: Birthday parties, team building, bridal showers. Creative activities in a welcoming space.
• Custom creations: Work with their team to design your own products.
• Retail: Can't make it yourself? Buy their handcrafted goods ready to go.

The atmosphere is warm, the instruction is patient, and yes—there's Spiritus coffee to fuel your creativity.

Why We Partner

We partner with businesses that share our values. Soapy Roads fits because:

• Handmade ethos: They believe in making things yourself, with care
• Local focus: A Lombard business serving the Lombard community
• Experience over transaction: They're creating memories, not just selling products
• Community space: Their workshops bring people together

Brooke and Joe even use Spiritus Coffee in their coffee soap and we're honored,

Visit Them

Check their website or social media for upcoming workshops and events. If you're looking for a unique activity in Lombard, something hands-on, creative, and memorable Soapy Roads delivers.

And while you're making soap, pick up a bag of the Soapy Blend from Spiritus Coffee. 

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Happy New Year! We hope you had a lovely New Year's Eve, whether it was a big party or a solitary night of rest. The new year is a natural time to reflect on what went well and what we'd like to change or improve for the coming year. We've given up on "resolutions;" it seems like a quick way to feel good and then a quick way to feel bad when we forget, fail, or find that we were too ambitious in our goals.

Instead, we set intentions for the year. Things that we'd like to use as guidelines for our thoughts and actions to help achieve that change and improvement we tried to find through resolutions to do this or be that. An intention that we have every year (and have some stake in, let's be honest) is to buy from small businesses when we can.

It's not just a vague "feel-good" concept. Buying from local, small businesses has noticeable, discrete effects that go beyond theory. When we're talking coffee, it's simple -- when you buy from a local roaster (Spiritus!), you get fresher coffee, which leads to better flavor and quality of bean. And that's what we're going for, right? Delicious coffee? (A: Yes, it is.) Our coffee doesn't sit in a warehouse for months at a time; it's going from green to roasted bean and to your door in two to three days. It's magic!

But, it's also bigger than the cup. Buying local encourages sustainability; there's a smaller carbon footprint when there aren't trucks and warehouses and overproduction (waste). It stimulates the local economy, creating jobs and helping small businesses thrive. And, let's be honest -- you're not going to get better customer service from a chain -- because every single customer matters to us and we are always working to innovate and grow with you.

In Lombard, we are collaborating with Soapy Roads -- they've made one of their handcrafted soaps with our coffee!! We personally roast our coffee, and they are personally making soap with all sorts of different scents (but we're partial to the coffee). We are a local business, and we also support our fellows. Go and check them out -- they're on Instagram here and Facebook here.

Happy New Year to all!

We're wrapping up National Recovery Month, and we're excited to tell you about Octoberfest, an event put on by one of our current collaborators, NAMI DuPage. While recovery and mental illness are serious business, it's not a life resigned to boring complacency. In fact, it's just the opposite. We've found there's always something to do.

To wit: Octoberfest. Octoberfest has something for everyone. Car show, carnival, kids' activities, live music and much, much more. Come out and support a good cause and enjoy a great kick-off to October and fall.

Next weekend, we will be there showcasing Spiritus Coffee as part of our partnership with NAMI DuPage. We always donate 20% of our profits to organizations working to help those with mental illness and addiction issues to recover.

Come by, taste one of our coffees, and pick up a bag for yourself. Our newest offering, Aether, will be available for purchase, too!

Octoberfest is Friday, October 7th, to Sunday, October 9th, at the DuPage County Fairgrounds. You can get tickets here. We look forward to seeing you!