St. Louis bound
Hitting up St. Louis for some MWRBC action and looking for some coffee shops, breweries and cool places to check out. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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Portable Coffee Boxes
Does anyone know where I can find portable cofffee boxes in the WA area? Thanks! Tammy
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Do any of you worry about the type of water you use in the making of your coffee? Do you use filtration systems or purified water? At my house we are on a private well and the coffee made from that water tastes really different then coffee made from
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looking to ger any suggestions about the POS the best or what to use in a bakery cafe establishment
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i'm turning this one over to the whole community, any advice is greatly appreciated. i'm a work-a-holic barista turned cafe manager, just three months into my new job. i've gotten past the initial phase of figuring out the day to day needs of our st
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Bistro style cafe, Great coffee with competition Barista 5 days a week. Sell single origins and Specialty coffee. Drop in for a bite and for some off that sweet caffeinated nectar!
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Read more…What are the coolest bands you know of, that not many people know about?
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There are a ton of quality espresso machines out there...and there are a tone of machines that cause nothing but problems. If you could design a perfect machine for a busy shop, what features would it have? Think outside the box. If money was no obje
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Hey, I'm just a coffee house fan, but I was wondering what exactly the rules are about serving alcohol in a coffee house. I was under the impression that any place serving alcohol would have to have age restrictions; however I have been in a few coff
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