We had the good fortune of connecting with Tim & Pat Curran and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Tim & Pat, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?
We had the thought of how could we take an everyday consumer product and impact someones life or do good with it every day. Coffee was a natural fit as we love coffee and people consume this multiple times a day.

What should our readers know about your business?
Our City Coffee was created to provide premium coffee for a cause, and I think that alone sets us apart from many. We’re a premium coffee brand that gives back with every purchase. We are rolling out our Million Dollar Coffee initiative to give back $1M to people and causes this year, so we’re pretty excited about this! We have a number of causes from planting trees, adoption, cancer research, providing clean water to communities and more. We’re allowing individuals or businesses to participate and get coffee, select a cause to support and join our digital wall-of-fame we created. This is a pretty lofty goal for us, but we believe we can get there with the support of our community. Anyone who wants to participate in the initiative can visit Get.OurCityCoffee.com

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Well, we don’t get out a ton with work and kids but we do enjoy the SoCal life. Anyone who visits is usually from Ohio where we’re from so the beach is usually the first spot. We’ll take them to the Santa Monica Pier and usually a few days of hanging at the beach. The food is one of the perks of SoCal and there are a few spots we would take them including Teddy’s Red Tacos in Venice and Blazin Hens in Redondo Beach. Of course, we’ll be brewing coffee from home though 🙂

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I think Twitter is a pretty unique and powerful place. While there may not be any specific people or groups to shoutout here, you can see inside organizations, the momentum of some startups and get inspired from just browsing through Twitter.

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