When I'm in a coffee shop, I sometimes ask what the barista would like to make me. The idea is to offer them a chance to serve me what they are most excited about (something that I wished I got to do more often.) I'm thrilled when I get responses l
Read more…am i the only one who sees a desperate need for a better word/term for high end coffee products, esp. when one is talking with a person who's not familiar with coffee and the coffee industry? i strongly believe we need a term for high end coffee simi
Read more…For those of you who have opened a new cafe.... Has anyone used Millrock or a similar type modular bar system? Are they expensive or reasonable when the functionality is taken into account? The other option would be having a builder put something t
Read more…I am taking over a coffee shop in a few months where I will be purchasing the assets from the landlord and renting the space from him. The whole place is setup and has what I need but I need to create the menu. A few questions:
How many of you are o
Read more…For those of you that own your own shop, have you set up an LLC or an S-Corp for your business?
Read more…I'm in the process of putting together an HACCP Program for our roasting facility and was wondering if any BX'ers out there have experience implementing this program at their roasting location. Any recommendations on where I can find resources or tem
Read more…Hi all, and Happy New Year.
As you know, I've been doing quite a bit of tech work lately in my area - emergency service, regular maintenance, and installs. With the way last year went, it looks as though I'm going to continue to be able to do this
Read more…This is not a serious post.
I've been making plans for my new shop for nearly about 18 months. During that period, I've re-written my spreadsheets too many times to count - but at least twice for each location I had considered. So the final cost to c
for those of you that offer self serve and/or condiments. how is it set up?.
i'm looking specifically at what containers do you use....tall, wide, square, round? what kind, if any, shakers do you use, how much space do you have?
looking at reva
Read more…Does anyone have any experience with gift or loyalty cards outside of the standard card form? What about gift or loyalty cards tied to mugs or other merchandise customers carry?
Read more…Hey everyone. I run a coffeehouse in the DFW area and we are currently using VitalLink. Not happy at all - nothing is intuitive, there are many glitches in the screens, doesn't sync with anything. Anyhow, just not satisfied and is not doing what we n
Read more…I am looking to open a coffee shop with a drive thru and am exploring commuter patterns and volumes and I was wondering what kind of volumes I should look for.
Read more…Happy New Year all!
Many of you are offering a wide variety of coffees in your shop. Do you have a seperate price for each coffee or do you cost average coffees of similar price range to keep the menu simple?
We are going to be offering about 8 diff
Read more…Looking for a source for 8,10,12 or 16 ounce Kraft or light brown hot paper cups.
I was just wondering if any business owner has used any tax preparation software like turbo tax for their coffee business. I've gone through an accountant before, now they want way too much. I do most of the work anyway - they just insert the numbe
Read more…Which are the requirement to be considered a Barista. Specifically a Certified Barista. In PR there are Barista courses, but I want to know if there is requirements or regulations in PR. They charge fees of $350 average. what can you say about thi
Read more…I'm looking for a reliable 2 gallon hot water tower for manual brewing. Anyone have any recommendations based on your experience? What do you guys think about the Newco NHW-15?
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