I found a couple old posts regarding this but kinda wanted to poll everyone. How is everyone making their egg sandwiches. Microwave, griddle, cooked to order, precooked, etc.
Thanks!
Read more…hey everybody! square...(squareup.com), an interesting way to accept credit cards via your smartphone. they even provide a free card reader that plugs into your phone. any shopkeeps out there using this gizmo? curious how everybody loves/hates it. b
Read more…What thoughts are out there on individual pricing these cups of coffee given the skill required from the barista.
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hey all, so one of our "schticks" is that we do viietnamese coffee; chicory & a good dark roast,(not too ashen or syrupy just dark enough to stand up to the sweetness of) condensed milk/ or condensed coconut milk. coffee/chicory slow driped over a gl
Read more…I was curious what kind of policy other shops had on charging for remade drinks when a customer forgets to tell the barista a critical factor like "decaf." this has happened twice to me today. both times the customer ordered a drink without mentionin
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hit me up with some feedback, i'm trying to perfect it before we talk to the printer
Read more…It seems to me that a lot of people have a bias on which coffee shops they prefer and sometimes even which barista is making their drink. I'm just wondering what are other communities doing to help out other shops in the area? I as well have my pre
Read more…Does anyone have statistics regarding daily vehicle traffic counts and sales at a cafe without a drive-through?
Read more…Hi,
Can anyone please add some definition to the third P
1. Center
2. Ahead
3 Behind
Is the Center where you start for your heart?
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Hey, guys. We're a 20 year-old high-volume business and currently undergoing a transition in ownership/management and our new owner wants us to be to more of a third wave shop. I'm being reassigned from manager to a more coffee-specific role, updatin
Read more…Which roaster has the best designed coffee bag artwork you have seen? What kind of info did you consider essential on the bag of a specialty roaster to build value and set them apart?
We are a three-year old wholesale specialty coffee roaster that
Read more…Does anyone have any creative suggestions for packaging for cookies and muffins? Currently we're wrapping them in plastic wrap, but it looks so ugly and transforms our homemade muffins and cookies into "Dexter" style victims. I wish we could put them
Read more…How can I help out with the GCQRI (Global Coffee Quality Research Initiative)?
I've red about this, and the issue topics they've brought up. What's the best way to help out? Just donations?
Read more…These are our current coffee offerings, along with the adjectives I've printed on the menu to describe them. I cupped them all and picked two basic adjectives plus one specific taste to describe each coffee.
sumatra mandheling DP gr. 1: deep, loamy
Read more…Like another recent poster, I'm trying to use AeroPress to brew on-demand, particularly for decaf "drip" equivalent, since we end up dumping most decaf out if we brew a whole pot. But I'm having trouble figuring out a good ratio.
For a 12 oz. cup,
Read more…We had our grand opening on Friday and it went pretty good. However, during a rush, we began to lose track of who was making what order. My original plan was to have a cashier, an espresso barista and a coffee brew person. Then, we adopted a method o
Read more…Our shop is currently in the middle of a huge website renovation. (www.traderscoffeehouse.com) The one thing that I think our site is lacking is the ability to order our coffees online. We ship out a lot of coffees as it is (via telephone order) b
Read more…I have been considering opening a coffee shop, but now, as a new vegan, I know I would not be okay with serving drinks with cow milk. So I have been trying every other kind of "milk," not actually steaming them but drinking them straight, and I can
Read more…Hey folks,
I recently highly enjoyed this blog post from a local brewery in Durham NC that really got me thinking. I wanted to post it here for you all to read and think about. I think there are some real parallels to be drawn but obviously we have o
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