07/29/2020
To our Cups Family,
Sadly, we will be closing our doors for good on August 15, 2020. My family and I are moving to Chattanooga, TN this fall to take a job with Young Life. Due to that and some other factors, it only made sense to close the shop.
These past 2 1/2 years have been a gift to me, my business partner Timmy Boudreaux 😏, and our families. We have a common love for coffee and creating a space in which to serve it, but we wanted Cups to be more than that for Oxford. Our business was coffee but our passion is people. If you’re reading this, I’m talking about you.
It brought us life when that first customer would roll up: a double shot for Brian. Large dark roast for Niles. Large Vanilla latte for Brandy. When Kelly drove up we knew... large iced brunette with coconut. Every morning the phone would ring around 7:20 and Tim was already starting Claire’s medium iced mocha before I even answered the phone. There’s so many more. Too many to list. You know who you are. We’re going to miss starting our mornings and making it through our afternoons with you.
All of our regulars. Like Aaron walking in, with a sly grin and a “Good morning sir”. Mr. Larry sitting with us at the bar talking life. Eduardo telling stories of the old country. We’re going to miss all the college students who would come in to study, having found a home away from home. The friend seekers, the business meeters, the textbook readers. The professors and the pastors. The ones who sit and the ones who split. We’re going to miss you.
The thing is, we believe that every person who walked through those doors matters and that your coming and going was no accident. It was a divine appointment. A gift for us to serve you. Sometimes in the heat of the day we could forget that, but that’s why we came back the next day. For you.
One of the best things for us that came out of this crazy COVID-19 season, were the conversations we got to have with you. We got to cry together, pray together, lament together, hope together and laugh a lot together. I guess what I’m trying to say in all that is ...
Thank you. Thank you for making Cups your coffee shop. We’re grateful.
Bryan Spillman