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| Wound Up Café - Mobile Coffee |
Have you met the guy in Richardson
who owns an incredibly rare and slow moving Italian Apé? These were first discovered in the 1940’s and
the one Jason Hapka cares for happens to put off a super strong aroma. Try pronouncing Apé as Ah-Pay and substitute three wheels for the pair of hairy legs you
may have visualized.
Five years ago, Jason tracked down
this European scooter to start a new business, the Wound Up Café. Cottonwood Art Festival invited him to
participate as a vendor that same year and he continues to participate at the
semi-annual show.
“Richardson is home so I love to set-up at Cottonwood Art Festival and Huffhines Art Trails in the city where I grew up.” Jason Hapka
Jason is a former chef who stepped out of the restaurant biz and
onto a food truck, “The Little Vessel Grill,” for about a year. People always asked
for coffee but it’s never found on a food truck because the machines take up
space and require massive power. The Wound Up Café offers the public delicious custom coffee choices, including the signature “Chai-Co
Latte” that is three drinks combined including hot chocolate. During the warmer seasons the iced latte, and
passion fruit boysenberry tea are served as refreshing favorites.
“The aroma, with a little help from a breeze, is my biggest marketing ploy. People say they can smell the coffee from a mile away.”
The Wound Up Café serves up thousands of cups of coffee each
year, leaving a dirt-like discard of used, water packed, finely ground, coffee
beans. As a community-minded citizen,
Jason reached out to Project Eden, one of three gardens partnered with
the City of Richardson. An average of
60-100 pounds of coffee grounds are regularly dumped into their organic compost
pile. Coffee grounds are close to pH
neutral (between 6.5-6.8 pH), they improve soil tilth, and help repel slugs and
snails in gardens.
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| Jason Hapka donating coffee grounds to Project Eden in Richardson, TX. |
Jason’s wife Angela is not only his business partner, but
also the company’s favorite barista during the busy season and weekends. The Wound Up Café is available for private
events, company parties, corporate meetings, trade shows, and more at an
average starting fee of $200 per hour.
Follow Jason and his Apé on Facebook and be sure to meet him in person May 6-7, 2017 at the Cottonwood Art Festival in Richardson, Texas.
Find out more information about
the City of Richardson Community
Gardens or additional details about
Project Eden may be found via these site: