A group of young entrepreneurs are working to bring cold brew coffee to Detroit via tricycle this summer with a new company,
Tomo Coffee Co.
Husband-and-wife-duo Kara and Wesley Eggebrecht moved back to metro Detroit earlier this year from the East Coast. While away they developed a taste for cold brew coffee and and were disappointed when they couldn’t find it here.
"We decided to make our own at home," Kara Eggebrecht says.
They brought in a friend, Alex MacKenzie, to help perfect their product and come up with a delivery system. Today they raising $7,000 with a crowdfunding campaign to build a custom tricycle from which they will sell their cold, caffeinated beverages. They have already raised more than $4,000 toward their goal as of Monday evening. Check out the crowdfunding site
here.
Wesley Eggebrecht is an illustrator and a graduate of the College of Creative Studies. He is helping direct the art for the tricycle from his studio in the Russell Industrial Center. The tricycle is designed by
Motorless City Bicycles in Eastern Market.
"We want to distribute coffee a little bit differently than the way it is being done lately," Kara Eggebrecht says.
The trio hopes to have the trike built and running by May. They are looking to sell their cold-brew coffees from it at farmers markets across the region.
"Eastern Market is our primary target," Kara Eggebrecht says.
Source: Kara Eggebrecht, co-founder of Tomo Coffee Co
Writer: Jon Zemke
Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
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