Aggie-owned Joyful Sips has coffee and dirty sodas [Video]

Whether it’s coffee and teas during the winter or dirty sodas and snow cones in the summertime, Texas A&M University graduate Amanda Avery has a drink for every Texas season at Joyful Sips.

“I graduated A&M, Class of ‘23, and I got a job working remotely, but I kind of realized working at home wasn’t for me. Just the corporate world in general wasn’t really for me,” Avery said earlier this week. “I struggled with the lack of freedom and social interaction and I wanted a change. So, for a couple of months, I was trying to find something that would fit my personality.”

When Brooke Avery, Amanda’s mother-in-law who owns Texas Truck Riggins, mentioned wanting a snow cone stand outside their business, Amanda had an idea for a business that could capture the welcoming vibe of a coffee shop with drinks that could be served in all kinds of …