>> LOCATED RIGHT ON ROUTE 100, THE BIG, RED BARN BUILDING IS HARD TO MISS.
I HAVE SEEN IT GO UP AND OPEN, BUT I MISSED WHAT A COFFEE COLOSSUS IS INSIDE.
>> IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH COFFEE.
>> HER HUSBAND BEGAN THE COMPANY AND BEGAN A CAREER IN COFFEE.
>> HE IS IN ENTREPRENEUR WITH COFFEE.
>> QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR OTHER COMPANIES.
A RETAIL CAFE OF THEIR OWN AND A COFFEE SCHOOL.
NO WONDER THEY NEED A BIG BARN.
THIS PLACE IS ONLY HERE BECAUSE IN 2011, TROPICAL STORM I’VE BEEN DISPLACED THE OLD PLACE.
>> WE TOOK PROBABLY THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO GET BACK.
WE DID NOT WANT TO RISK IT AGAIN.
>> SERVING THEIR OWN COFFEE IN THEIR OWN CAFE IS A FIRST, BUT IT WAS THE COFFEE SCHOOL THAT REALLY INTRIGUED ME.
WHO ARE YOUR STUDENTS?
>> WE START AT SQUARE ZERO AND WORK THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM.
>> WE WILL START WITH 52 GRAMS OF GROUND COFFEE.
>> IS THERE GOING TO BE A LOT OF MATH INVOLVED?
>> WE REALLY NEED TO SPRAY THE COFFEE SO THAT WE GET THE FULL EFFECT.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SMELL AND TASTE AT THE SAME TIME.
>> I AM A COFFEE SCHOOL DROPOUT, BUT I HAVE A GREAT DIPLOMA FOR PLACES TO HAVE COFFEE.
WE WERE DRAWN TO A MASSIVE MURAL, A STUDY PUBLIC ART.
SARAH WORKED FROM A CHERRY PICKER TO PAINT IT.
>> IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO RESEARCH AND SEVEN WEEKS ON SITE, FULL TIME TO FINISH.
>> HER WORKS CAN BE MOVING, LITERALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, NONE MORE SO THAN THIS.
>> THE GENERAL FEEL IS OF A FOREST.
THE CLOSE-UP PART IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES.
>> THE VERMONT STATE HOSPITAL OPERATED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS UNTIL 2011.
>> THIS TOWN REALLY HOSTED THE HOSPITAL IN A WAY.
>> IS THAT PART OF WHAT YOU TRY TAKES US HERE?
>> IT IS A COMPLICATED STORY AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES.
I AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL SEE THAT PIECE EVERY DAY.
WHAT I WANTED TO CREATE WAS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD LEARN NOT TO IGNORE.
>> THAT SEEMS UNLIKELY.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE OFF THE INTERSTATE TO ENJOY.
THIS ICON NEEDS TO BE ENJOYED BETWEEN SPRING AND EARLY FALL.
THERE WAS NO TIME TO WASTE ON THIS VISIT.
>> VERMONT PEOPLE ARE VERY PARTICULAR.
THEY WILL DRIVE BY FOUR OTHER CREAMY STANDS TO GO TO THE ONE THAT THEY LIKE.
>> I CHOSE ONE IN JERICHO, VERMONT.
>> I LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE A MAPLE FARM THAT DABBLES IN ICE CREAM.
>> THEY OPENED THEIR RETAIL STORE YEARS AGO.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT PEOPLE WANTED MORE THAN MAPLE SYRUP.
>> WE HAD 40 TO 50 PEOPLE ASK IF WE WERE DOING MAPLE CREAMY.
>> IF YOU THINK THIS LOOKS ARE SAUCED -- IF YOU THINK THIS LOOKS LIKE SOFTSERVE, YOU ARE RIGHT.
>> OTHERWISE, IT IS JUST SOFTSERVE.
>> THEY ARE WONDERFUL.
>> LAST YEAR, THEY ADDED A TRUCK . SOME BRIDES HAVE THEIR PRIORITIES IN ORDER.
>> THERE WERE TWO THINGS I WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY.
ONE WAS GETTING THE CREAMY AND THE OTHER WAS GETTING MARRIED, IN THAT ORDER.
>> I WENT FULL MAPLE.
IT WILL BE NEXT APRIL BEFORE THEY BEGIN AGAIN.
>> A MAPLE CREAMY IS RELIGION.
IT IS WHAT