If you're gonna innovate something the world has never seen, there's probably gonna be a pretty good story behind how you got there. This is ours. THE SHORT VERSION: Don and Carissa Niemyer were always interested in minimalism. They accidentally became really good at it when they moved "temporarily" into 99 square feet of living space with their two kids and ended up staying there for almost 4 years. A year of that was spent traveling the nation, visiting over 200 great coffee shops in 45 states, getting inspiration, and dreaming about their next coffee move. These experiences culminated in the idea to create a Tiny House Coffee Shop. After searching around for others who had done this and finding nothing, they decided to do it anyway, becoming the first people in the world that they know of to build a Tiny House Coffee Shop where customers come inside. It's sitting in Downtown Colorado Spring's Acacia Park right this very minute, serving up great coffee in a simple yet elegant environment. And the Niemyers are having the time of their lives.