From Coffee Shop to Coffee Trailer: How Dodo Coffee Co. Kept Brewing

Dodo Coffee is celebrating their first anniversary this month and reminiscing about their build process inspired our own team again.

When Dodo Coffee Co. opened its doors in Fayetteville, Arkansas in January 2024, it was already more than a coffee shop. It was a family dream six people deep.

Founded by NFL wide receiver Cooper Kupp, his wife Anna, Anna's sister Sarah and her husband Isaiah Ojeda, and their parents Nathan and Veronica Croskrey — Dodo was built on a simple conviction: coffee should be intentional. Ethically sourced. Made by people who care about every step, from the farmer's handshake to the cup in your hand.

And the community felt it immediately. The little shop on MLK Boulevard in Fayetteville became a neighborhood fixture — the kind of place where you walk in for an espresso and stay for the conversation.

Then they lost the building to eminent domain. Road construction. No warning that matters when you're a small business. One day you have a home, the next day you don't.

A lot of brands would have hit pause. Dodo didn't.

Instead of waiting for a new lease or breaking ground on a new build, the Dodo team called us. They needed to keep serving their community — and they needed a way to do it fast. We built them a mobile coffee trailer. Sleek, functional, and designed to deliver the same quality experience their customers expected — just on wheels. Isaiah Ojeda, who runs day-to-day operations, put it best: "You lose the building, you don't know what that really means for the company. I think we have shown how cool this community is, and even out of a trailer, they are still willing to support."

That's the thing about a mobile setup. It doesn't just keep you in business — it keeps you in the community. Same faces. Same coffee. New location every time the opportunity calls.

What makes Dodo special is the depth of the team.

Isaiah is the master roaster and head barista, obsessing over roast curves and flavor profiles with a biologist's precision. Sarah brings a professional baker's attention to detail. Nathan and Veronica — Army veteran and Bolivian native — bring a global perspective shaped by years of service and mission work. Cooper and Anna handle branding and strategy, driven by Cooper's frustration with the chemical-laden coffee he watched teammates drink in NFL locker rooms.

Every blend is single-origin, Q-graded between 82 and 93 out of 100 by Specialty Coffee Association standards. They source from Colombia, Guatemala, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Mexico, Brazil, Hawaii, and Indonesia. They pay premiums to brokers instead of bargaining down growers. No shortcuts.

"We don't align with the McDonald's and Starbucks of the world," Cooper has said. "We want to do things that are intentional and that are lifting people up."

The trailer is still rolling — you can find it off Wedington Drive in Fayetteville or track their pop-up schedule on Instagram @dodo_coffee_co. But the bigger news: a brand-new flagship location is being built on Wedington, designed by architect Jeffrey Dungan. It's going to be the kind of space that matches the coffee.

We're proud to have played a part in keeping Dodo brewing when it mattered most. That's what mobile does — it turns a setback into a setup.

If you're dreaming about launching your own mobile coffee business, or you just need a way to keep going when the plan changes, we build for that.

We Build Like It's Ours.