Addicted Espresso

Addicted Espresso LLC was established in 2009.

Addicted Espresso has 6 locations from Everett to Arlington. We are hoping our Addicted Family will continue to grow.

A family friendly drive-thru espresso establishment. We offer a large variety of flavors and our baristas always have great suggestions if you are wanting  to spice things up. We proudly serve Caffe D'arte Medium roast espresso.

How it all started…

My mom Tina worked at Starbucks for many years. She would often bring me with her to 'bring your child to work day'. I loved seeing the way she interacted with her customers. In 2004 Mom bought her first espresso stand. Located in a Chevron on Everett Mall Way. She called it Pick Me Up Espresso. She was struggling with just opening her own business and being a single Mother of three children. I would volunteer to work some weekends and afternoons. Thanks to her hard work the stand was quickly picking up and she soon was able to start paying me. I was only 15 at the time so I was thrilled to be making some money to save up for my first car. I loved all of my customers and I greatly looked forward to seeing them daily.

Slightly after my high school graduation my Mom found a stellar deal on our 38th and Rucker location. She purchased it and made me the manager. Having three stands was very difficult. My Mom would always get employees calling out sick, leaving her in a bind, machines breaking down, product running empty without warning, break-ins, and so forth. This dream of owning all these stands seemed to overtake her personal life. She decided to sell two of them and stick to her original Chevron location. She didn't want to sell them to anybody else without talking to me. She gave me first dibs to purchase her Rucker location. I had seen all of the expenses rake up so I turned her down. She called me the next day and said my brother (who has never done anything around coffee before) was purchasing her Value Village location. This made me think if he has no experience and is willing to take the risk then I should be brave. Plus, I didn't want somebody else to purchased my Rucker location and be out of a job. So I called her the next day (my 21st birthday) and said "I am in". I used up all of my savings plus had to owe my mom for a few months.





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Along came Bailey…AKA Co-Owner/Business Partner

Bailey started as my regular customer she would pull up in her slug bug on her way to class. As soon as we had a position for her she was an easy hire because I already knew her bubbly fun personality. Bailey worked for me for many years and grew the business with me because customers would follow her anywhere.

Bailey saved up money and told me she was going to purchase her own stand. She inquired with a few locations and I helped her seek out some stands for sale. In the meantime, I just had my first baby and I wasn’t sure I could open another location while teaching, being a mom and owning 3 locations but I had an opportunity that I wasn’t sure I could pass up. After lots of thought I decided to ask Bailey to be 50% owner on this new location. I didn’t want to lose her as an employee and I needed some help running a new location so I could spend some quality time with my new born. Thankfully, she was on board! Addicted on Broadway was our very first business partnership together. We now own 3 locations as a partnership. It’s so nice to have somebody to share successes and struggles with.

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I am so blessed to have such an amazing support team. My husband has always told me he believes in me and encourages me to pursue all of my dreams. If there is a mechanical emergency my brother, dad, and step-dad are frequently to the rescue. I have reliable baristas that inspire me daily that have made this business a success. My baristas are reliable, loyal and the customers can’t get enough of them.

Thank  you all for all of your support!

-Taneal Carlson