Hello Friends, I'll be visiting from Guatemala to Los Angeles all of next week (June 6-12) and Chicago the following week (June 12-17).
I was wondering what cafes and/or roasters you'd recommend me to visit while in the US? Places where I could f
Read more…Is there a standard or goal in our industry for time it should take from the time a customer orders to the time they get their drink? Both for walk in and drive thru. i have heard a bit of discussion and i know there are many variables but i want to
Read more…I wonder how many "gold stars" you'll get for buying it!
Read more…Baristi....going to be in Tokyo from the 6th til 15th of June, and would appreciate any recommendations from ANYONE...I'm sure there are a few world travelers out there. Of course will be bring a lot of my own stuff to drink in the room, since my pe
Read more…So a couple years ago I remember learning to bloom when making pour overs. I don't disagree with them. I love them, and most coffees love it too. I just want to know why. What exactly is going on during this bloom stage. Why did it come about?
Read more…I want to personally invited everyone attending the SCAA Event in Houston to our shop.
It might be hard for most of you to get here seeing how we're 20-30 minutes out of the city, but we'd love to see you. Stop by the Astoria Booth on Saturday to ge
Read more…Its not a done deal yet, but the Family and I may be taking our vacation in Charleston SC (USA). Does anyone here know of a few good coffee houses that are worth a try in that area?
Read more…I was wondering how others taste their espresso. By this I mean their method. I run the shot, tap out the bubbles, give it a slight swirl, sometimes a light blow to push back the crema a bit, then sip making sure to suck some air in to airate the esp
Read more…Lookin' for some suggestions for Coffeehouses while staying in Boise.
Hope this is the right place to post this note.
If not, my apologies, I'm a newbie.
Thanks!
-MG
Read more…I'd like to apologize for last week's naive request for free consulting for starting up a coffee drive-thru. I didn't think through it and how it would come across to the readers, especially owners. As one comment stated "Time and knowledge is money"
Read more…I just wanted to thank the guys at the Java House in Iowa City for letting me interrupt their somewhat busy afternoon last Saturday with my questions and specific requests. While they claimed they couldn't share the roaster's name, everything was pr
Read more…I use a lm linea. The groupheads are spitting water as if the boiler is depleted. I had a similar issue with the othe side of machine recently and turned out to be a fault breaker is this connected and what can I do to resolve the problem?
Read more…Need advice: having issues with non-customers using and abusing our place of business. We have a "please no outside food or drink" policy on door yet customers frequently bring in Starbucks, McDonalds or whatever they desire. When asked politely t
Read more…Talking about a whole bean grinder for pour overs, chemex, press, etc. We will be doing by-the-cup brewing for everything. I'm looking closely a Mahlkonig and a few other options.
What are you guys using?
What do you like/dislike about it?
What ma
Read more…Like the title of this thread says, I am traveling to Charleston South Carolina this weekend and will most definitely be looking for good brews while I am there. I'm planning on bringing my own v60 setup to make coffee in the hotel, but I definitely
Read more…Black Gold Coffee Roasters is located in beautiful and sunny, Venice Florida. We are a micro gourmet coffee roaster, featuring some of the worlds finest coffees. We are a cafe/ roaster suppling coffees to other cafes, restaurants, and other venues.
Read more…At our cafe we use a 3 group linea and have always left spent coffee pucks in the portafilter between brewing to maintain temprature in the group. This is something we have done for quite sometime. Recently we have been having problems with our gro
Read more…A woman came into my shop the other day and asked for a coffee: dark and cold, sweet but not too sweet, and asked if I had any flavors - which I don't. I knew she wanted an iced drink. I mentioned three different coffees that were relatively dark for
Read more…I'm having some trouble finding anything at all on cafes in Portugal.....
not true....I have found a few
However I will be spending 3 weeks there surfing some great waves, but I also need great coffee too. If anyone knows of a specialty coffee sc
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