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There's a third wave in coffee a brewing, and at least one investor thinks it's a wave worth riding.

It is a lifestyle thing. Once you become a poorover person, it's what you want to drink.

If you're a coffee person, this is where coffee is going, 100%.

And going with it is today's startup, Copper Cow Coffee.

In fact, founder Debbie Wei Mullen has already bootstrapped her way into stores across the country.

And while that's great, if she wants venture backing, she'll have to prove she's ready to take on the world's biggest marketplace, the internet.

Let's see how she does.

I'm Josh Muccio and from Gimlet Media, this is the pitch.

Our investors today? today, Alexandra Stanton.

Alexandra is CEO of Empire Global Ventures and on the side she likes to make strategic

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