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Created by Lauren Bailey, a barista for the coffee roaster Go Get Em Tiger, Coffee Buddy also struts their stuff on a T-shirt surrounded by a cloud that reads “Roasted in L.A. County.”

His East Hollywood coffee shop serves Vietnam-grown beans transformed into pandan lattes, rich and foamy egg coffees, ube-cream lattes, sugarcane-juice coffees and beyond, but the roaster also offers his own branded phin filter, a traditional Vietnamese brewing vessel that slow-drips coffee directly into your cup.

Today, the Air Force veteran has two huge warehouses with an array of equipment: a roaster, a cooking tank, a large mill.

And during last year’s Women’s World Cup soccer tournament, FanDuel ran a promotion with a female-owned coffee roaster aimed at helping viewers stay awake in the middle of the night to watch live matches on the other side of the globe.

“It’s going to be an all-day clubhouse for people to come hang and have music several days a week and be open to all the events that happen in Pioneer Square,” said Granger, a former partner and roaster at a Portland Caffe Vita.