Our Story
Meet Gideon and Sarah - the horsepower and the handling behind High Octane Coffee. Their starting line goes as far back as elementary school, continuing their laps into young adulthood, and eventually making it to the ultimate podium of marriage. When the opportunity to take on the challenge of a new business came along - they hit the gas like a Top Fuel dragster - and never looked back!
Starting a new business venture with their 2 kids in tow sounds like a challenge - it certainly isn't a sprint race - but coming together through adversity has only made their relationship as strong as a roll cage and they are determined to make High Octane Coffee a winner in Youngstown and throughout Ohio! To meet our awesome pit-crew and sample our brews - come out to our coffeeshop in Austintown - we take pride in a winning culture. We look forward to making you one of our own in our car-culture family - no matter what your style is!
Meet our Founder, Joe Sylvester.
As the man behind the brand and the delicious, fresh, small batch craft coffee, Joe Sylvester is far from your ordinary coffee shop owner. With roots deep in automotive and racing culture, Joe’s passion for good coffee stemmed from traveling around the world, keeping crazy hours, and having the need to always be alert and perform at a high level. A true racer and entertainer through and through, his career has taken him all around the world from California to Europe where he has won countless events behind the wheel of monster trucks, off road trucks, dirt track cars and motorcycles. He is the holder of a Guinness World Record and is a world champion in Monster Jam competition.
No matter where the road takes him, Joe also finds it is his responsibility to be a positive role model to his fans, the younger generation specifically.
“I am fortunate enough to be able to make a living doing what I love. I’ve never been one to settle for mediocre and I strive to live every day like it is my last and it is always my goal to inspire people to live out their dreams and make the most of every day they have. High Octane is a head-on-collision of my 2 passions, motor sports and great coffee. I hope you all enjoy.”
-Joe Sylvester, Founder
Cars & Coffee
High Octane Coffee is Youngstown's premier Cars & Coffee-shop. Whether you're behind the wheel at the track, in the grandstands, or just passing through on your next family road trip - you can always find great coffee, friendly faces, and of course, beautiful cars at High Octane Coffee. They say the body is the vehicle for the soul - you don't put sub-par fuel in your car - so why wouldn't you do the same with your coffee?
High Octane Coffee - for High Octane lives!
Like a tuner with an exotic on a dyno - we meticulously 'pour-over' every variable during our roasting process to get the most out of every cup. It all starts with freshly harvested, single-origin, fairly traded beans, personally roasted to perfection - in small batches. From there, we take the utmost in care to not only brew our beans to their fullest potential - but also to make sure our community only fuels up with premium