In this episode, Aaron Schofield and Kylee Roberts, co-owners of Luana's Coffee & Beers, share how a rainy afternoon in a Philadelphia coffee shop turned into one of Phoenix's most soulful coffee-and-beer concepts. Aaron talks about selling nearly everything he owned to build a mobile coffee cart with his father, naming the brand after his grandmother, Luana, and opening the first brick-and-mortar location in the same house where he learned to pull espresso from his late friend and mentor, Kyle Hodge. Kylee shares how she went from a customer to fiancee and operations manager, and together they talk about weathering supply-cost swings, staying visible in their own shop every day, and why they see more coffee shops opening nearby as a reason to push harder, not a threat.
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Address: 1502 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, Arizona
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