“I’ve always wanted my own business,” the 24-year-old said.
His parents, Craig and Carrie, opened Beans and Cream 11 years ago and he learned how to roast coffee beans at home. They eventually sold the business
After graduating from Cedarville High School and studying information technology at the Greene County Career Center, Minor worked at Speedway and planned opening his own business.
He bought an old firehouse and spent the next year remodeling. A block away, the new owners of Beans and Cream continue to operate the town’s other coffee shop.
Stoney Creek makes specialty blends for customers and focuses on giving back to the community. Several schools and a group supporting Clifton Gorge have used Stoney Creek’s blends for fundraising.
Last year, Minor roasted 7,500 pounds of coffee.
When Minor talks about coffee roasting, his love of the craft shows through.
“It’s exact — temperature plus time plus art, listening to the coffee and watching the color change, and smelling it,” he said.
He and his wife, Amanda, a nurse, have two daughters, Emma and Madeline, and are expecting their third daughter in November. Minor’s grandparents, Ernest and Hilda Taylor, are regulars at the coffee shop. Minor and his father are “50/50” owners, he said.
The Minors said they would “love to see Cedarville become the coffee center for the state of Ohio.”
Until then, they are “trying to perfect our roasting process so that our beans are a high quality, sought-after commodity,” according to their Web site, www.stoneycreekroasters.com.
“I love the atmosphere here. I like the food, and it’s relaxing. I do a lot of homework here — I love it,” said Becca Procop, a nursing senior at Cedarville University and frequent customer at Stoney Creek Roasters.
Hours for the store at 84 N. Main St., Cedarville, are 7 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to midnight Saturday.
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