K² Coffee Company

10/11/2026

☕💕 K² COFFEE: A LITTLE PROGRESS UPDATE! 💕

We have been getting one question more than any other lately: "WHEN ARE Y'ALL OPENING?!" 😅

And believe us when we say, nobody wants the answer to that question more than WE do!

We know we've been a little quiet about our progress lately, but we promise things are moving forward! Maybe not quite as quickly as we'd like, but steadily, and every week brings us a little closer to opening our doors.

So, what have we been up to?

• We've purchased an AMAZING new espresso machine and professional grinders, and we're eagerly awaiting their arrival!
• Our counters and cabinetry are currently being built, and we cannot WAIT to see everything come together!
• Our appliances arrived a few months ago, our sinks have been installed, and we've upgraded to a new gas tankless water heater.
• More electrical work is scheduled for this Wednesday!
• And then there's all the less glamorous stuff that nobody really thinks about when they picture opening a coffee shop: fire safety upgrades, automatic door closers, weather stripping, exit signs, emergency lighting, applications, permits, licenses, inspections... the list goes on and on!

Basically, we've been working hard, learning a LOT, checking things off the list, and spending money like it's our newest hobby. 😂💸

So, when is our grand opening?

We wish we could give you a date. We certainly have one in mind, but there are still a few things that are simply outside of our control. Construction timelines, electrical work, application approvals, inspections, and licensing all have to fall into place before we can officially welcome you inside.

And rather than announce a date and risk having to push it back, we'd prefer to wait until we can confidently tell you, "IT'S TIME!" 🎉

Please know that we are putting so much of ourselves into making K² Coffee a reality. This little coffee shop means the world to our family, and we have so many plans for it beyond just serving a great cup of coffee. We can't wait to have a place where our community can gather, friendships can grow, memories can be made, and we can host all the fun events we've been dreaming up!

We are SO ready for that chapter to begin.

In the meantime, we ask for just a little more patience, continued encouragement, and maybe a few prayers that everything remaining comes together smoothly (and quickly! 🙏😅).

Thank you for being excited with us, cheering us on, and reminding us every day that there are people out there waiting for K² Coffee just as eagerly as we are. Your support has meant more than you know.

We're getting there, y'all. One inspection, one installation, one very expensive purchase at a time. 😂☕💕

And we promise, when we have an opening date, you'll be among the first to know!

With love and gratitude,
The K² Coffee Family 💕

10/07/2026

Progress!! 🥳

10/05/2026

I came into K² today and saw the counters being framed, and for the first time I had one of those "holy s**t, this is actually becoming a real coffee shop" moments.

And then, because apparently our human hearts don't know how to experience one emotion at a time, it hit me in about seventeen different places at once.

Building K² has been exciting and overwhelming and exhausting and incredibly fulfilling. I'm constantly making decisions I've never had to make before. Plans, layouts, measurements, workflow, equipment, menus, training, stocking, permits, forms, city and state requirements... and approximately 4,732 other things I didn't know I needed to have an opinion about until someone asked me to make a decision about them. 😅

For a perfectionist who is perpetually terrified of making the wrong decision, this has been... character building. 😬

But I've also never had to do any of it alone.

My family has jumped into this crazy thing with me every step of the way. Our community has been so excited and supportive that I can barely go a day without someone asking when we're opening. (Spoiler Alert: we don't know - we're just taking it one project at a time). People have donated, bought drinks while we experimented and learned, shared our posts, told their friends and families about us, and cheered us on. My massage clients, many of whom already supported me while I built Mahara, have turned around and supported my family through this adventure too.

I don't think I will ever be able to adequately explain how much that means to me.

There's a really satisfying kind of exhaustion that comes from burning the candle at both ends when you can finally start to see what all that work is becoming.

But there's another side to it, too.

Today I looked at those wooden frames and thought about how exciting it is that this thing we've talked about and planned and worked toward is becoming real.

And immediately, my heart broke thinking about Krysta and Kira.

That's the strange, bittersweet thing about creating something in memory of people you would give absolutely anything to have standing beside you while you create it.

They'll never walk into K².

They'll never see the finished counters or tease me about something I agonized over for three days. They'll never order their drinks or sit in their corners or see their names and pieces of themselves woven into this place.

And yet...

They are everywhere.

They are the beating heart of the whole thing.

They're my WHY.

They're part of the reason I agonize over tiny decisions, cry over painted walls & unfinished pieces of wood that probably look like absolutely nothing to anyone else, and then get so excited about some little bit of progress that I feel like my face might burst.

Maybe that's why I feel the need to share all of this, even the messy parts.

Because this journey isn't just pretty murals and fun drinks and exciting updates. Sometimes it's sawdust and paperwork and exhaustion. Sometimes it's laughter and excitement. Sometimes it's crying in the middle of an unfinished coffee shop feeling incredibly grateful, incredibly proud, incredibly sad, and incredibly happy all at the same time.

Grief and joy are weird roommates. Neither one waits for the other to leave before walking into the room.

So today, you might see some wood and the beginnings of a counter.

I see K² becoming real.

And somehow, heartbreakingly and beautifully, I see my girls in it too. 🩷🖤

10/02/2026

Guess what's happening?! 🤩

09/23/2026

Happy 21st birthday, Krysta. 🖤

I wonder who you would be at 21. What you’d be doing. What you’d be wearing. What smartass thing you’d say if I got too sentimental about your birthday. How many tattoos you'd have. Because I KNOW you'd have at least 3 by now.

But then I make videos like these, and I’m reminded that I already know so much about who you are.

You are bold and hilarious. Stubborn and sassy. Fiercely protective of the people you love. Equal parts attitude and tenderness. You could make me laugh, make me crazy, and make absolutely sure nobody messed with the people who belonged to you. Sometimes that included beating up your brother yourself. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Even as the introvert you were, there was never anything quiet about the space you occupied in this world. You were Krysta. Entirely, unapologetically, unmistakably you. And you still are.

I wish more than anything that I could see what 21 looks like on you. I wish I could hug you today. Take too many pictures. Buy you a drink. Hear you complain about me posting those pictures or videos. Maybe I'd even take you for another tattoo myself, much to Nanna's disapproval. 😅

Instead, I’ll celebrate every version of you I was lucky enough to know. The sweet ones. The ridiculous ones. The sassy ones. The ones that still make me laugh out loud when I watch them.

21 years ago today, you made me your mom.

And I will love you to the moon and back for every single one of mine. 🌙🖤

Happy birthday, baby girl.

09/12/2026

09/02/2026

Truelove Studios
There she goes again, painting everything. 🥰
Caroline Truelove

08/27/2026

Some people double-fist drinks at the bar.

I double-fist coffee in my daughters’ mugs while taking a selfie one-handed like the highly trained professional I am. ☕☕📸

Kira in the black mug. Krysta in the travel mug.
Both still have coffee in them.

This is not a prop situation. I have a problem. 😂