Love coffee? We do too. Our entire life we’ve lived in places where coffee is a BIG DEAL. I’m not talking about the regular morning cup of drip coffee, I mean gourmet coffee and espresso. I’m not talking about cafés or the local dine-in coffee shops with a second-thought drive-thru window either. I’m talking about a double-window drive-thru coffee shop on nearly every other corner. I’m talking about everyone having customized coffee cups or mugs they pour their daily coffee into. I’m talking about water bottles covered in stickers from the myriad of local coffee shops. That’s a “coffee culture”.

Coffee culture isn’t unique to the Northwest, you’ve probably seen the eight-car line at your local Starbucks too (BTW, who has time for that every morning?), but that doesn’t even capture it effectively. Imagine a smaller version of that, trading in the dine-in space for another drive-thru window, and having one – with the same kind of line – on every other corner wherever you go.

THAT is “coffee culture”. This culture isn’t limited to small towns either, even in a city like Seattle you’ll find one of these drive-thru coffee shops on every other block. From the morning latte and bagel as you’re heading to work, to the mid-day pick me up that so many of us need, to the evening refresher for those night owls, in a coffee culture you’re never far from gourmet coffee and espresso – simply drive-thru the next brand’s shop on the corner and you’re all set. This was what we’ve been accustomed to our whole lives. So imagine our surprise when we move to Texas and the only option aside from café’s was the one drive-thru window at Starbucks. That’s one window for a community of over 200,000 people. Yeah, if you love coffee like we do you’re already feeling our pain.

So what did we do? We decided to make our own “coffee-shop” at home. Heck, we already had the equipment list, recipes, and menu right? Why not, for us it was the perfect solution. Not satisfied with the latest Keurig or Nespresso machine, we ordered our own espresso machine with frother, tamper, coffee bean grinder, flavors, pumps, coffee cups, and we even downloaded a few new recipes. Everything we needed to have our own coffee shop at home. I’m happy to say this story ends on a high note, we enjoyed our coffee culture (well a version of it anyway) and our gourmet coffee and espresso throughout the lock down and haven’t had to settle for K-cup coffee or take on that eight-car line at Starbucks all hours of the day. We now help others enjoy the same experience in the comfort of their own homes. We built our store for other coffee lovers like us and have included all the things we needed to create our own “coffee culture” at home and make our perfect cup. 

Now you don’t have to fight the line or go searching for everything you need to do the same thing we did. From fresh craft-roasted coffee beans from all over the world, gourmet coffee flavors, best-selling coffee blends, organic coffee, coffee capsules, and coffee subscription services, Lonestar Coffee Co. offers everything you need to find and make your perfect cup. We hope you enjoy your experience and look forward to hearing from you. Until then, thanks for stopping by and enjoy that perfect cup!