Teen entrepreneur operates incredible Chicago coffee shop NBC Chicago [Video]

What were you doing when you were 18 years old? That answer will certainly vary, but at the age of 18, Erin Polk is an entrepreneur with her very own coffee shop on Chicago’s South Side.

Erin has loved coffee since she was a toddler, but last year, she decided to turn her passion for coffee into a full-fledged business.

She opened Erin’s Cup in the city’s Morgan Park neighborhood during her senior year of high school, at the age of 17.

“Around 16, I started developing the idea of how I wanted my space to look and it just kinda grew and grew,” she said.

Being a business owner runs in Erin’s family. She grew up watching her mom who has her own catering company.

“That is all I saw growing up,” she said. “This is all that I know.”

Erin credits a team of people with helping her …