Elmwood coffee shop pops up with soft openings

A coffee upstart in Elmwood is easing into service with pop-ups.

Graf Kofe is in a renovated house, painted black, at Edgefield and Tennessee. The photo below, via Google Maps, shows what it looked like under renovation.

Owner German Sierra is a Los Angeles transplant who began roasting coffee at home after relocating to Oak Cliff with his wife several years ago. That led to a coffee-roasting business, selling his own roasted beans to local coffee shops and doing pop-up events.

Sierra bought this building last year with plans to open a retail coffee shop.

Graf Kofe held its first pop-up earlier this month. Watch their Instagram page for future events.