J L Hufford Coffee & Tea

JL Hufford Coffee & Tea Company was founded in 1991 by owners Joe and Wrena Hufford who were inspired during a vacation to Seattle. The Tippecanoe Mall in Lafayette, Indiana has been our brick-and-mortar coffee shop's permanent home for almost 20 years. Focused on supplying customers only the best in gourmet 100% Arabica coffees and fine teas, our coffee shop carries an enormous selection of single-origins, espressos, blends, and flavors. We've brewed over 1 million shots of espresso and boast the best drink menu in the area. Our cafe signature is the decadent homemade flavored whipped creams like S'mores, Almond Roca Mocha, Coffee Cake and tons more we make in-house daily. In January 2002, JLHufford.com joined the online e-tailing community, offering a mere handful of gourmet coffee and tea products. Contrary to some funny commercials out there, orders don't miraculously start coming in seconds. Our first week online, we received a whopping 2 orders ' both to local customers who frequented our mall coffee shop. We didn't even have a shipping account set-up yet and we mixed-up their orders. Not a picture perfect start, but at least it was a start. Over the next months, we learned how to bring customers to our website and all the other good stuff e-tailers should know. We had our first site redesign and added 3 of our favorite brands to date, Big Train Gourmet Beverages, Vita-Mix Blenders, and Capresso Coffee Equipment. We even updated our logo. Wow!