People living in or near East Palestine will have a new coffee shop to check out, but it's not your traditional cup of joe.

Perk Avenue Mobile Sip Shop was conceived from an idea to turn an enclosed trailer into a caffeine hub on wheels. 

"We bought a box trailer, and we cut the window into it. We did all the plumbing, and we built the counter and built it from the ground up," said Katie Brockman, owner of Perk Avenue Mobile Sip Shop. 

Brockman says the last few months have felt like a shot of espresso.  "We are blown away by the amount of support that we've gotten," she added.

Constructing the mobile coffee shop was a summer project that opened for business in August, hard work that's already paying dividends.

"We have specialty coffees and lattes, so we got the espresso machine in there. You can get a latte, cappuccino, or americano," along with crafted sodas, teas, and chai. It's been a nice blend of hot and cold beverages that have been a hit everywhere they go.

Brockman tells 21 News it's a family affair, and you could find up to four people working at any given time, particularly when demand is high, and so far that's been the case.

"You'll see me, my mom, my dad, my husband, maybe even my brothers...you never know," Brockman said with a smile, adding that the operation has quickly gone from a two-day-a-week gig to four and sometimes even five days a week.

"You'll see us at the East Palestine Dollar Tree on Fridays; you see us here at East Palestine Schools on Wednesdays; we go to New Springfield schools every other Thursday, and then we do special events on the weekend," the new business owner listed.

Schools tend to be a popular spot, with teachers having the ability to place orders online and pick them up on the fly; it's also frequented by kids looking for a sweet treat after class.

"We do have online ordering, and that's especially helpful during the colder months; we can just bring it right out to your car, place the order right on your phone, and it's easy," Brockman added.

"Katie was kind of teasing me, 'Dad, you're going to be working for me.' I'm like, 'Yeah, okay,'" said Philip Kimmel, Katie's father. Little did Kimmel know that would eventually be the case. "We did our first setup," she says. "When can you start? "So I called my boss and said, 'I'mI'm going to venture onwards,'" added Kimmel.

It's a fresh brew for the city of East Palestine, which didn't have a coffee shop within a 15-minute drive.

"We have a few things we're working on right now. We would like to build a cart and have an inside operation available for parties and maybe basketball games; we're not sure, and then I guess we'll just have to see the rest," Brockman emphasized.