“We knew at some point we’d get to a place where we’d outgrown the space that we’re in currently,” Lupkey said in a conversation with St. Pete Rising. “The hotel space can feel quite limited, and there’s so much more that we can give our customers.”<\/p>\n
Success came faster than either owner expected. <\/p>\n
What began as a two-person operation has grown into an eight-person team, forcing Lupkey and Kirk to quickly learn how to scale a business while maintaining the quality and personality that attracted customers in the first place.<\/p>\n
“We used to eyeball everything,” Lupkey laughed. “Now we’re thinking about what selling 500 coffees in a day means for inventory, prep, recipes, and managing a growing team.”<\/p>\n
That attention to detail is reflected throughout Lucky Cup’s menu. <\/p>\n
Nearly every signature drink can be ordered with either espresso or matcha, including favorites like the Banana Bread latte, made with house-made banana syrup and cinnamon, or the Oh Honey, featuring honey, vanilla, cinnamon, and a touch of salt. <\/p>\n
While seasonal drinks rotate throughout the year, those two originals have remained the caf\u00e9’s best-selling beverages. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“We knew at some point we’d get to a place where we’d outgrown the space that we’re in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-331935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}