Well, I've finished negotiating with my soon-to-be landlord. We are now on the fast track. I'm signing tomorrow and meeting with my contractor on Friday. Lot's of new equipment to buy, baristas to hire, insurance to get.... My head hurts already ;-)
Helping out a local church who has this machine. They need 2 rubber group head gaskets. Not sure what type of machine this is or where to buy parts. Please help
Read more…Can someone please help introduce me to some professional barista books??? I'm stuck in a not so highly knowledgeable in coffee place...help!!
barista in need of new input~
So, we use a self-serve water pitcher in my cafe, and we've gotten a bit sick of the lid randomly sliding off and spilling ice everywhere when people pour themselves a glass. Granted, we do sometimes fill water bottles for people from the tap, but mo
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1. DIS-LOYALTY CARDS — World barista champion Gwilym Davies produced a different take on the promotional coffee shop loyalty card. The Dis-Loyalty Card features a selection of quality coffee places around east London that customers are encourag
Read more…Just met with my architect. He mentioned that in Hawaii, all new coffee shops used to require grease traps - outside and underground! Not good in an urban setting like downtown Honolulu. Starbucks took the initiative to get the policies changed. Now
Read more…I'm in the midst of designing a new retail bag and am curious what you consider to be most important to the consumer.
I adjusted the price for a quick sale of my super awesome Seattle Coffee Truck. Here is the updated listing from classifieds:
2006 Seattle Espresso and Smoothie Truck for sale. Seattle's trucks are most notable for their on-board power and water syste
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I will be opening a small coffee shop in England. We will be heavily focused on producing great coffee ( Synesso Cyncra + Anfim Super Caimano combo) . We will only have 20 covers and generally most of the food will be delivered.
So my
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I will be opening a small coffee shop in England. We will be heavily focused on producing great coffee ( Synesso Cyncra + Anfim Super Caimano combo) and we are going to use beans from one of the best roasters in England.
I make espresso based dri
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my current barista setup looks like this: 14 shifts a week, 645a-2p and 2p-915p each day. my good friend dave and i handle the first half of the week, and my two newest employees (keith and amy, both great baristi) handle the last half, with me aroun
Read more…Allow me to spin for you a tale of barista woe. Sort of. Well, that's why I am spinning it, to get your take on things. It is somewhat long, but should you be engaged enough to read it all, I would appreciate some sort of response - thank you in a
Read more…hey everyone!, rather new to the community here, and i'm lovin' it! (where have i heard that slogan before?) when i started my coffee biz 8.5 years ago, i was hoping to sell coffee and only coffee related drinks from my mobile unit. didn't happen.
Read more…Just wondering how many other shop owners have been threatened by ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and what you have done about it....
Our coffee bar gets visits from family and friends who travel miles just to see us. It's hard to not offer some free drinks, but sometimes we feel we really need to charge them—especially during these tough times. What is the best policy for freebies
Read more…Thanks in advance for any and all comments, by the way.
I'm posting something slightly different (I think) than posts regarding wages in the past. I can't seem to find a topic relating to my particular issue, and I'm looking for some feedback.
Here's t
Hello Everybody, been silent for a while, health issues... but that's another story. Anyway, have an opportunity to get a location which has the ability to install a drive-thru.
It is located on a main road, directly next to a Burger King.
Here is th
Since we don't get enough time to educate our customers while working,what issues and information would you like customers to know more about?
I'll cover these topics in a non-intimidating way on my blog, Daily Demitasse.
P.S. If you would let me use
