It starts in college in Yakima, Washington. Audie Stroud was working nights and going to school during the day, running on a lot of coffee. His mother joked that it would be cheaper to just buy the store.
He took it literally. A shop called Lincoln Ave. Espresso happened to be selling a portable coffee stand, so Audie bought it, spent a summer learning every drink and every machine, and hit the road.
"True story, I wanted to go to Texas but I ran out of gas," he says. "I met a trucker who told me to stop in Lincoln for a football game. Well, look where I am today."
