Chris Ryan, esteemed editor of Freshcup recommended that I start a discussion on the Barista Exchange Forum - so here goes!
I run a specialist coffee wholesale distribution business in the UK, and we have an opportunity to work with one of our premium clients, who is about to launch an American Soulfood restaurant and bar in a prime location in Central London, England.
This is a great chance for me to persuade them to really embrace your coffee and tea culture ,especially from the Southern States, and I would love to get some ideas from you guys.
Iced tea is still not a major seller here, but so many things that start State-side eventually catch on here ( witness the Starbucks phenomenon which essentially kicked off our coffee-crazed culture). So i am confident that we can make a start here.
Additionally i would be so grateful for some ideas on coffee, how it is served, how do you roast yours in the South? I guess it will be dark, dark... but this is my assumption only. I would love to hear it from the horse's mouth, as it were.
I know that New Orleans do some great coffees too....
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