This Christmas, we need your help!
We have dreams. HUGE dreams!!!
As many of you know, Paden and I have started our very own coffee business; A dream I've had for a very long time! I had always imagined I'd have to hold off on it until Paden retired from the Air Force, but we have managed to figure out a way to make it work & keep making it work for most of the places we could ever live. Thus, the coffee TRAILER! Although much easier to accomplish than a brick and mortar, it still comes with its own unique challenges and expenses. Let me break it down! Here's what you need to start a coffee trailer.
1. A trailer/truck/van/ect.
2. Equiptment & supplies.
3. Cash register/credit card machine.
4. Espresso Machine and/or someway to make the actual coffee.
5. A truck to tow said trailer.
6. Very hardworking people who are willing to do whatever it takes to make it work.
7. A very powerful (but quiet) generator.
8. A visually appealing presence.
So let's go down the list.
1. Check. First thing we purchased.
2. Done & done.
3. Check!
4. YES!!!!
5. Absolutely we do.
6. The most vital part of this whole adventure. YES.
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This is where we need your help.
Around Black Friday, we purchased a generator. However, when we got it home, we started it up and could barely hear eachother standing right next to one another. Unfortunately we had to return the generator as it would not work for our purposes. We had to forfeit an event because without a generator, we would be without power and unable to serve our menu. After some more research and lots of conferring with other businesses like ours, we finally found the generator we need and WHEW! We are very limited to the event spaces we can serve at because of our lack of access to electricity. Having a generator would eliminate that issue.
Here's a link to the generator if you'd like to check it out yourself.
Next is the trailer vinyl wrap itself. We have received a couple of quotes which have ranged from $3,800-$7,000. We have also looked into doing it ourself, as we are doing much of the rest of the trailer, but we decided this is someting a professional needs to manage as we need it to be durable and last us for a very long time.
Our two main goals through this whole adventure have been this:
1. LOVE what we are doing. If at any time it becomes not fun, we take a break and recollect. This is our dream & our way to even bigger dreams for the future. We want to do what we love & love what we do.
2. Never go in debt because of it. I'm very very very thankful that up to this point we have had to take $0 out in loans to accomplish our dreams. We have invested in ourselves & are super grateful for all of your investments in us as well, this far.
I couldn't be more proud of our accomplishments this far this year & am BLOWN AWAY by everyone's support with our dream. It truly has meant the world to us! We are very eager to get our trailer up and running and be able to serve at a higher volume.
But now we are to a point where we need to ask for some help! We will work as hard as we can to get these items checked off of our list and up and running as a full coffee trailer, but we would so greatly appreciate any help you are willing to offer!
We completely understand if you are unable to help monetarily, but hope you will still share our story and pass it on!!
*****As a way to show our gratitude to everyone who has helped and will help through this way, we plan to donate half of our profits from our first event as a coffee TRAILER to an organization of our choosing.
We love you all, and thank you for your unwavering belief & support in us. We hope you have a very Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
Love,
Maddison & Paden
p.s. Here is my design board for the trailer to help you visualize the dream!!
