The World's First Spiked Cold Brew ~Premium Coffee~
The client
Cafe Agave makes spiked cold brew for people who want coffee with a kick and a premium finish. The brand sells through retailers, not only from a single storefront—so the website has to do more than look good. It has to answer a simple question: Where can I buy this near me?
The working relationship is efficient and professional, with a casual rhythm that fits a consumer brand. The technical work is not casual: hosting, WordPress, a custom integration, and ongoing maintenance of the system underneath.
The challenge
A product that lives on other people’s shelves needs two things online:
- A stable WordPress site—fast, secure, and maintainable
- A store finder tied to real retail data, not a static list that goes stale
Off-the-shelf maps were not enough. Cafe Agave already had a VIP Brand Finder API. The site had to use that source of truth, then put results on a map a customer could actually use.
What we did
Hosting and WordPress
We migrated Cafe Agave to Intrepid Network’s Cloud Sites platform for better performance and security, then made targeted improvements and updates to the existing WordPress site. As a result, the front end and admin side were ready for the next piece of work.
We migrated Cafe Agave to Intrepid Network’s Cloud Sites platform for better performance and security, then made targeted improvements and updates to the existing WordPress site. As a result, the front end and admin side were ready for the next piece of work.
Custom store locator
We built a custom WordPress plugin that connects to Cafe Agave’s VIP Brand Finder API and renders results on an interactive map using the Google Maps API. A customer enters a ZIP code and sees every store that carries Cafe Agave.
We built a custom WordPress plugin that connects to Cafe Agave’s VIP Brand Finder API and renders results on an interactive map using the Google Maps API. A customer enters a ZIP code and sees every store that carries Cafe Agave.
Ongoing care
After launch, we stayed on to maintain the site’s core system—updates, stability, and the platform the locator depends on.
After launch, we stayed on to maintain the site’s core system—updates, stability, and the platform the locator depends on.
The result
Shoppers no longer have to guess or hunt through a directory. They search by ZIP, see locations on the map, and buy the product. Cafe Agave keeps one API as the source of retailer data; the website is the public face of that data.
Services
WordPress improvements · Cloud Sites hosting migration · Custom WordPress plugin · VIP Brand Finder API integration · Google Maps store locator · Ongoing core maintenance
Small copy notes
- “CafeAgave” in the original is standardized to Cafe Agave except where you want the product/API name left as-is.
- “plug-in” is spelled plugin, which matches how WordPress and your other pages talk.
- I kept the atmosphere line, but it is no longer the first thing a prospect reads.