Approximately 20 years ago, Paul and Tammy visited a small coffee shop right off of the interstate in North Platte, Nebraska. Seeing this coffee shop made them think of the perfect spot for a similar coffee shop near the interstate in Ames, Iowa, only a few miles from their home.
Paul and Tammy started visiting the Cabin Coffee location in Clear Lake shortly after it opened in 2002 and fell in love with it. After a Cabin Coffee location opened in Paul's hometown of Forest City in 2008, it became a popular stop whenever Paul and Tammy went home to visit family.
Tammy's goal of opening a soup, salad and sandwich shop, and Paul's love of coffee started the discussion of looking into a Cabin Coffee franchise as a possible business venture. In 2012, they began working towards their goal of opening a Cabin Coffee near their home and finally on November 12, 2018 it opened for business in the exact location they envisioned two decades earlier.