Thanks for sharing your story with us. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
Our story began in 2013. That year, my wife Susan and I sold all of our businesses back in Boston and moved to the DFW area with our four children. Once we had moved and established ourselves here we realized that we wanted a location where we could connect with people. We had held on to the idea of a coffee shop after we had a coffee farmer live with my family and me for seven years. He mentioned that the quality of coffee in the United States was not very good. This led us to look at alternative ways to provide quality products. We decided that we could only get the best coffee if we roast it fresh and we invested in our brand new roasting machine. We also hired a professional roaster who is still a key part in our business today.
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
We knew coming into this that starting a coffee shop was risky since most of them fail in the first six months. Therefore, it was not always easy and we had our fair share of struggles getting to where we are today. Our original name, La Famiglia, proved to be one of the biggest challenges that we faced starting out. The name was meant to be inclusive but instead, we were mistaken for a Mexican restaurant. Our name was really hurting our business and not attracting customers to our shop. That led us to change our name in 2015 to Kindred and develop our main idea into our mission statement, discover reasons to belong. It was once we made the decision to change our name that we started to see our business grow
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Kindred Coffee Co., started in 2014 with over 3,000 square feet of space that fits about 100 guests inside and up to 50 guests on the patio.
Our shop was designed to have convertible meeting rooms that would accommodate up to 20 people. These spaces are intended for both private and public events in our community that will allow people to connect. At Kindred, we are also committed to providing our guests with the best ingredients so we buy our selected, organic green coffee from about 10 different countries.
Our coffee is roasted right in our shop twice a week and all our pastries and desserts are baked fresh every morning. We are known for our popular hand-crafted drinks such as our S’mores latte along with our latte art on all our espresso drinks. We are most proud of our freshly roasted Yirgacheffe Ethiopian coffee which tastes sweet and fruity and the variety of gluten-free and vegan pastries and desserts that we offer. All our freshly roasted coffee is available for individual, bulk, and wholesale in our shop and online so we can continue to provide our guests with the best-tasting coffee.
Pricing:
- 12 oz. Coffee $1.85
- 12 oz. Latte ( 2 shots espresso) $3.50
- Frappe (2 shots espresso) $4.94
- Large Muffin $2.75
Contact Info:
- Address: 8700 N Tarrant Pkwy #109
- Website: http://kindredcoffeeco.com/
- Phone: 817-581-4444
- Email: hello@kindredcoffeeco.com
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