Tar Heel Traveler: 321 Coffee
BE MORE DEPENDABLE FOR RIDERS
WITH DISABILITIES AND MOBILITY
CHALLENGES. IT'S A COFFEE
COMPANY THAT'S SO MUCH MORE ONE
THAT TOOK A BOLD RISK. TONIGHT
WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER
IN RALEIGH, SCOTT MASON VISITS
3 TO ONE COFFEE.
>> IT JUST WALK IN AND LIGHTS.
>> AND MEET THE EMPLOYEE.
I LOVE IT. SHE LOVES COFFEE.
IT'S AMAZING. AND SHE LOVES
MAKING THE COFFEE. I'M SUPER
PROUD OF AND SHE'S ON THE
COFFEE. AND THEN SOPHIE.
YEAH, A MONTH. AND SHE IS PART
OF SOMETHING BIGGER. THEN CALL
FOR BELIEVING IN LEAVING AND
OTHERS GIVING PEOPLE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TRY.
>> BUT TAKING ACTION TO DO
SOMETHING, THE GREATER GOOD.
>> I WAS JUST SHOCKED.
>> AND WHAT ABOUT YOU? I DO
3 TO ONE COFFEE.
>> I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THE
GOAL OF GOING TO MED SCHOOL.
AND I CAN JUST REMEMBER SITTING
THROUGH LIKE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
TO.
>> AND BEING BORED OUT OF MY
MIND AND THEN I WOULD WORK ON
THINGS WITH 3 TO ONE AND IT
WAS EXCITING. IT WAS LIKE A
STRONG BOND. ONE OF MY FRIENDS,
EMMA CHANCE DOWN 10 INCHES.
SO AWESOME. SHE HAD A JOB WHEN
WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I
REMEMBER CHATTING WITH HER ONE
DAY AND JUST SAYING LIKE A
MONTH.
>> KUDOS AND SHE SAID, THANKS.
ALTHOUGH LET ME DO IS CLAIM
THAT THERE.
>> HE STARTED 3, 2, ONE.
WE WERE 18 YEARS, ALL CLEAR.
FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE. WE STARTED
ON A FOLDING TABLE IN THE
BRICKYARD AT NC STATE. YOU HAVE
ANY COFFEE EXPERIENCE? NO.
NEITHER OF US HAD ANY COFFEE
EXPERIENCE GOING INTO THAT THEN
TURNED INTO LIKE, WELL, MAYBE
WE COULD START ROASTING AROUND
COFFEE. MAYBE WE CAN START
EXPANDING OUR BRICK AND MORTAR.
MAYBE WE COULD START GETTING
INTO GROCERY STORES AND HIRE
MORE GOOD WORK LIKE PAUL.
>> IS ROASTING THE COFFEE.
BE A NEW KIND OF US IN A 5TH OF
ALL US SUPERSTAR IN WRONG AT
3, 2, 1, COM, 3, 2, ONE
REPRESENTS DOWN SYNDROME, WHICH
IS THE 3RD COPY OF THE 21ST
CHROMOSOME POWER. THE EMPLOYEES
THAT THE BEST IT'S CONTAGIOUS,
POSITIVE ENERGY EVERY DAY.
I MEAN, WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE
ABOUT THAT? IT'S AN IMPORTANT
MISSION FOR US. AN IMPORTANT
MISSION TO SHOW OTHER
BUSINESSES THAT THIS IS A MODEL
TO FOLLOW. 3 TO ONE COFFEE IS
SOLD IN MORE THAN 500 GROCERY
STORE TO THEIR OFFICES ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY THAT 3, 2 AND
COFFEE IS BREWING IN THEIR
BREAK GROUND AND IT ALL BEGAN
WITH A LITTLE IDEA AND BEST
LITTLE FRIEND.
>> I WOULD RATHER TRY AND FAIL,
THEN REGRET NOT TRYING ANY
PLAYER, ISN'T THAT THEY'RE HARD
WORKERS. THEY'RE SMART. THEY
ARE CAPABLE. THEY ARE DRIVEN.
THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT
INCLUSION AND PASSION ABOUT THE
COFFEE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME
COMES. IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS IS
LIKE ACTUALLY SO GOOD. AND I
APPRECIATE THE COMPLIMENT BUT
I WISH IT WASN'T A SURPRISE.
BUT RIGHT, THERE'S IF THERE'S
A STIGMA THERE. AND WHEN YOU
CAN CREATE SPACES LIKE TREE TO
IN COFFEE THAT CAN BRING
EVERYONE ANDREW CAN JUST HAVE
ORGANIC CONVERSATION AND GET
TO KNOW PEOPLE AS PEOPLE GOOD