Luma Coffee: Roastery And Social Club -Brynn Lundy Staff Reporter
Coming soon to the downtown Hammond district is a coffee shop owned by four young adults from Louisiana. The creators of Luma Coffee Roasters, couples Devin and Catherine Masters and Logan and Shelby Torrance, came together about five years ago to learn more about coffee and form their own coffee roasting company. In December 2020, the entrepreneurs signed the lease for their first coffee shop location, the old Central Rexall Drugs building on East Thomas Street. Over the past couple of years, they have been operating as a coffee cart in The Mission Church in Hammond, where the Masters are worship leaders and the Torrances are youth pastors. Catherine Masters expressed the importance they place on preparing coffee for their customers. She shared what it has been like being able to share their creations with the community through their coffee cart, which will remain in business when the shop opens. “It’s been a really small window that we are able to have face time with our customers and to
serve our customers,” she said. “But that’s been a really cool stepping stone, and we’ve definitely learned a lot through having the espresso cart there and built a lot of great relationships and started that process of education with our customers.” The business brainstorming began after university alumni, Devin and Catherine, got married in 2015. They visited Nashville on their honeymoon, where, according to Devin, they experienced coffee on a level they never had before. “On the way back, we talked and talked and talked and came up with a name, and we just started making plans and making dreams,” shared Devin. “We actually drew a few logos on the way.” Not long after that, the couple decided to ask Logan and Shelby Torrance to join them on their coffee company journey. According to Catherine, they initially learned how to roast their own coffee in their apartment using a Whirley Pop popcorn machine before they saved enough money to purchase a
