Caitlynn Bargas’s passion for coffee started back in her early childhood from memorable times spent with her father, Robert.
“As a little girl and still to this day, my dad has always been an early bird,” said Caitlynn Bargas, co-owner of Headcount Coffee. “I would wake up early just so I could smell the coffee. I was too young to drink it, so I would sit with my dad and just hold the coffee cup and smell it. This little tradition happened for a long time.”
Once Caitlynn was allowed to drink coffee in high school, the two would have coffee together before school every other Friday.
“One day, I was sipping my coffee and mentioned to my dad my idea of starting this coffee company,” she said. “I didn't know it at the time, but he bought the domain name later that day.”
The father-daughter duo would go on to found Headcount Coffee, formerly known as Cult Coffee, in 2023.
Headcount Coffee presents something not often seen in the coffee industry: freshly roasted coffee every time.
“When you order from us, the coffee gets roasted after you order and it's on your doorstep in a couple days, making it the freshest cup of coffee you can get,” Caitlynn said.
Headcount Coffee offers various coffee subscription options including their full-size book box. The customer selects a book of the month along with a coffee blend of their choice.
“It's like a book club and coffee club delivered to your door every month!” she said.
Headcount Coffee also sells a “profiled pour” where customers create their own coffee blend. The customer chooses the beans, roast level and grind preference, to compile their perfect ‘pour’.
The process of creating profiled pours comes to life as Headcount Coffee opens their first roastery: Read and Roast. The shop will make the profiled pour experience more personal to the customer and allows Headcount Coffee to serve even fresher coffee than before. Headcount Coffee is also free of preservatives, additives, is organic and Fair Trade. It is also mold free and toxin free.
“You will be able to go into our roastery and create your blend, watch it get roasted right in front of you and take it home immediately,” Caitlynn said. “We will make you a cup of coffee using your new unique blend to sip on.”
With an anticipated opening this month, they will host coffee classes, roasting classes, coffee tastings and more.
Just a little jaunt north of Cypress, headed toward Dallas, Read and Roast will also double as a bookstore. They plan to have a children’s section for story time and are looking to host book clubs and book signings with local Texas authors.
“You can come in, make your roast,” she said, “sip on that same roast you just created, buy a new book and hang out!”