Calling All Coffee Lovers!
I’ve mentioned Nicole Sauce and the Living Free in Tennessee podcast here before because I have been a huge fan of the podcast almost since the very beginning. The podcast is a great resource for newbie and veteran homesteaders alike. Nicole has also built a very vibrant online community on both Facebook and MeWe. Recently, she helped launch the Unloose the Goose podcast with other members of the liberty/agorist movement.
In addition to homesteading and hosting a podcast, Nicole runs a very successful coffee roasting business. I am particularly fond of her Jack’s Bourbon-Cooled Sumatran coffee. Nicole recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to enable her to expand her business. I thought some of you might want to know more about Holler Roast Coffee and the crowdfunding campaign. I am a supporter at the Polar Espresso level—join me and start enjoying some great coffee!
What’s Holler Roast Coffee?
Nicole Sauce occupies a typical Tennessee holler next to a stream and near a lake – with, over the years, 30 or so temporary and permanent cats and dogs (never that many at the same time!), 4 pigs, 2 goats, hundreds of chickens and ducks, side hustles, and an evolving food growing plan.
For 10 years, she has concentrated on roasting and selling small-batch, quality coffee. In fact, Holler Roast Coffee has expanded since it began, thanks to a spreading community of coffee drinkers. It’s now a thriving coffee business.
Nicole, who’s frugal but not cheap, has worked with the best equipment she can afford, including the pivotal piece, the coffee roaster. For a year or so, she has pushed her roaster to the limits of its capacity. One day, it caught fire, a sure sign that it is time to install a bigger roaster. She has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help expand her roastery.
Crowdfund the Roastery
At the core of this campaign is the idea of pre-selling coffee: you buy it now, which enables Holler Roast to buy necessary equipment. But KickstartHollerRoast.com doesn’t end there. They've assembled a set of backing levels with different "perks" – Holler Roast items, coffee tasting experiences, equipment to make coffee, dedicated time with celebrities, and, of course, just coffee. Interested already? You can join the campaign here.
Launched September 13, the campaign only runs for a month.
During the first two days after it was launched, this crowdfunding campaign reached its first benchmark. So Nicole rolled out a set of stretch goals that unlock new rewards as benchmarks are reached. You can read all about them here.
Holler Roast Coffee is great. They provide excellent customer service and Nicole does the hard work of tasting many coffee beans each season to choose the best to offer her clients.
I hope you will consider supporting Nicole as she expands her coffee business. Here are the links to her crowdfunding campaign and to Holler Roast Coffee.
