Coffee Conversations: Golden Drops Café owner talks family and coffee; Local Latino and Hispanic leaders discuss community issues

The Ramirez family gathers outside of Golden Drops Café. From left to right: Jauan Aquino, a barista at Golden Drops Café, Carlos Ramirez, (brother), Golden Drops Café employee, Clelia Montes de Oca, (mother), cook for Golden Drops Café and Victor Ramirez, owner of Golden Drops Café. (LaShawn Hudson/WABE)

Family, teamwork and coffee are the driving forces behind a Decatur-based coffee shop.

Golden Drops Café, known for blending American and Latin ingredients together to create artisan coffee drinks, is owned by Victor Ramirez.

The Dominican Republican native first opened the coffee bar in 2015 Beijing, China–but says he closed it down after struggling to get the business off the ground.