We started out using Bodum presses which tend to crack on the bottoms . Then they quit making them -and they are working on a new plastic model. We purchased some GSI presses that work ok - but their "new improved "style has even more problems. What
Read more…I'm going back home to Boston for a 2 week vacation and I am excited to see my home city again! Only problem? I don't know where to drink coffee. I lived there in my ante-coffee-industry days and am really only familiar with Dunkin Donuts (still has
Read more…My wife and I have been brainstorming for weeks, trying to think of a name for the coffee shop we want to open some day. Two of the names we like, Mug Shots and Oasis, are used quite a bit, and we (I, anyway) want something different. I think I have
Read more…Hi, I'm starting a new coffee shop it is small take-out business. Which type of espresso machine should I use to start? I will need something with 110 volts and not to complicated to use.
Read more…We have been tossing around the idea of having Wine for sale at our coffee bar and I am curious to hear from the coffee houses out there doing this very concept already, what works and what doesn't...
Read more…We bought a shop 1 month ago. It has been around for 8 months and has not generated a huge brand following. We are doing this as social entrepreneurs, wanting the profits to go to help support orphans in Africa, S. & C. America (coffee growing regio
Read more…Reaching out to all of you that changed concepts drastically. We are buying an existing coffee shop/bake shop that has a nice clientele following. Which also could be because there was another coffee house there for twice as long. They use automatic
Read more…Ok so a long while a go a big crowd of stuffy exec types swarmed into Victrola up on 15th Ave (the original Victrola location). As they sipped their cappuccinos and let their doppios languish for what seemed like an eternity, our fearless manager Ton
Read more…I don't know if it's the sun or what, but lately I've had a lot of funny customers in the store. Here are three prime examples of the exchanges I've had. 1: Customer: Do you have any hangers I can borrow? Me: no, sorry we don't Customer: what about
Read more…I think I have decided on my shop's name and logo, and it is totally different than what I posted for review recently. Before I post it online, I wanted to check domain names and verify that I can get the ones I want. I need some guidance on how to s
Read more…Jim Henson got one of his first major gigs doing irreverent, sometimes bizarre, spots for Wilkins Coffee. Even by today's standards, these ads are pretty aggressive (and entertaining). checkit
Read more…What software or system do you use to track expenses? I am trying to decide what software to purchase for bookkeeping. We use a payroll service for employees and already have agreat system for tracking sales, it's just the expenses part. should I jus
Read more…Anybody have an idea of hourly charges for a mobile espresso service? LIke if someone wanted an espresso bar set up for a wedding or an art opening or a theatre gig...To provide an open bar, what would you charge? I plan a full-service, complete menu
Read more…Ok, so this customer has come in everyday now for the past four days, (she has worn the same clothes everyday) she comes in, orders a sandwich, grabs the remote for the tv and proceeds to make herself at home for the next five hours, monopolizing the
Read more…"I like working as a barista and talking with people, but I like to do things my way," Here's the rest of the article: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/coffeecity/2009424285_anotherseattlebaristaopenshisowncoffeeshop.html Not a great picture t
Read more…If you are, and are willing....I would sure appreciate the privilege to shadow you at an event/occasion. I am visiting PDX from Anchorage, Alaska on August 6 and 7. I will happily be free labor for you! I am researching starting my own business here
Read more…Latitude 23.5 in Sarasota, FL. is the newest gourmet coffee roaster to join ROASTe.com. "I first tried owner Dimitry Erez's espresso at the Special Coffee Association of America trade show in Atlanta in April. (Giving away free espresso shots is alw
Read more…Hello everyone, I love this site. I'm in the business planning stage of opening my coffee shop and would love to chat with someone in the NE region of the US. I'm from the West Coast and things are a little different here in Syracuse, NY. Seems like
Read more…Hi Everyone, Just need your advise please. I'm new to this coffee industry and really want to learn about this coffee business and also would like to open a coffee shop in Toronto but don't know where to start. I went to LV June'09 for the Coffee Fes
Read more…we'd like to offer breakfast sandwiches. we are a bakery so we can make the bread. We're already making focaccia daily and brioche dough a few times/week. these will likely be pre-made. we have a panini grill. we're just having trouble getting our mi
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