“All of ASU; students, professors, staff, we would love for them to come in here and taste coffee and what coffee can taste like when it’s uninterrupted from the farm to the cup,” Peixoto Peters said.

Located on the corner of Garfield and 4th St. in  Downtown Phoenix, CP Coffee & Patisseriéis a joint business between Peixoto Coffee Roasters and Chacónne Patisserie. The grand opening occurred between Sept. 25-28 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Danielle Barreras, a customer who attended the first day, said she heard about the event through Instagram.

“I met the owner and he said that it’s like a family tradition,” Barreras said. “They ground the beans with his wife and his family in Brazil and I thought that was really cool, a very nice touch.”

Today, that farm is known as Fazenda Sao José da Boa Vista (Saint José 's Farm of Good View). It initially started as a family farm in Brazil by Nelson Alvarez Peixoto but his son, José Augusto Peixoto is credited for starting coffee production in the 70s.

Peixoto Peters co-founded Peixoto Coffee Roasters with her husband in Chandler, Arizona on Jan. 31 2015. They later opened a second location in Gilbert in September 2022.

Before, Peixoto Peters worked as a lawyer for 13 years but transitioned to coffee after her grandfather passed away in 2012.

“All my relatives had either lost everything or given up or moved on to do other things,” Peixoto Peters said. “So I took it upon myself to do something to keep the family’s legacy in coffee farming alive.”

Downtown Phoenix currently houses 45 coffee shops as of 2025. Despite this, Peixoto Peters said their involvement throughout the entire coffee production: being farmers, importers and roasters, is what makes them unique.

“The downtown demographic is ready for a product that is direct, that is sustainable, that is transparent all the way from my family farm to the cup,” She added.

Peixoto Peters received requests from people to open a location in Downtown Phoenix but didn’t think the timing was right. However, Mark Chacón, the co-owner of Chacónne Patisserié, provided that opportunity.

Chacón, originally from Baltimore, Maryland moved to attend Arizona State University for violin but graduated in 2006 with a bachelor’s in journalism.

He worked for a food magazine where he developed an interest in food and left in 2008 to pursue baking full-time despite having no prior experience.

“I had no skill just to be clear, I wasn’t a natural at a lot of things,” Chacón said. “I had to really learn through a school of hard knocks and couldn’t afford to go to culinary school.”

After 13 years working in various bakeries and restaurants Chacón opened Chacónne Patisserie with his partner in Uptown Phoenix in November 2021.

They later formed a partnership with Peixoto toward the end of 2022, following customer recommendations that the coffee shop feature their pastries.

“Júlia called me up and we were happy to bring samples over to her,” Chacón said. “We had a great first meeting and it kind of set in motion a wonderful relationship.”

Peixoto Peters wants people to not only experience their coffee but also know that there is a lot that goes into each cup; from the production to the space it is served at.

“[There is] so much love and labor and legacy that goes into a cup of coffee,” Peixoto Peters said. “That is my privilege and my honor to be able to bring this to a new community.”