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Melissa's Leaf & Bean
Serving Natural and Organic beverages. Specialty coffees, espresso, tea, and smoothies.
Read more…Red Rock Coffee
Red Rock is built upon three values: CAFFEINE, CULTURE, and COMMUNITY. But before we get to that, let's back up.We're all in search of that perfect place, aren't we? A place that feels like home. The music's great, the coffee is hot, the staff is fri
Read more…Brasilia Portofino Del 2 Screens
My shop has a Brasilia Portofino Del 2 espresso machine. I have been looking for a way to remove the screens for cleaning, with no results. I emailed brasilia, yet I haven't heard back from them on the matter. My distributor told me the screens do no
Read more…Crushed Ice
We bought a 450 lb ice machine at a restaurant auction at a steal of a price ... plugged it in and ...voila....crushed ice. (think Zaxbys). We are a specialty coffee shop with high volume frappe sales most of the year. We don't see a problem in iced
Read more…Best Coffee Book Ever: Submit
Hey, I'm wondering. What would you vote as the most reliable, most biblical, and most enjoyable book on coffee? Which of your coffee books is dog-eared, highlighted, underlined, stained and ragged? Most (and I) have a beaten-up copy of "The Perfect C
Read more…Little Rock, Arkansas
All, I visit Little Rock, Arkansas about once a month to visit my in-laws. While here, I wish I could find a great shot of espresso about every Saturday at 2pm. Still haven't found it. Can anyone help? -Mike p.s. This would probably be a fantastic
Read more…Start up cost in the US or Canada?...
Hello there everyone, recently I've decided to move to a foreign country, and been thinking about opening my coffee shop elsewhere, but I'm wondering about the start up cost in the US or Canada, while in Mexico you can run a place with arround 25K to
Read more…Coffee'd Out
I feel like we all tried things and they've either failed or maybe they didn't go off as smoothly as would be desired. I wanted to know if anyone had any ideas or failed attempts that they'd care to share. It doesn't matter if they are region specif
Read more…Iced Coffee
Just wondering if anyone has any ggod ideas for Iced Coffee? I am looking to add something different to the menu this summer... thanks for your help.
Read more…Indonesia
Is there is any information about coffee plantation that available anywhere in Indonesia for people who interest to learn about coffee?
Read more…Music
What are you listening to? (in general, in cafe's, as you work, commute, dance or jog) Ra Ra Riot - right now, just because
Read more…to do it yourself or pay somebody to do it
I have a small bakery and have been doing some of the bookkeeping with the assistance of a bookkeeper, but with the back and forth and me not being a total expert in quickbooks, I still feel I don't have a complete financial handle on how the cash is
Read more…Coffee Museum
I wonder if there is any country had a museum about coffee, anyone know perhaps where can I find it?
Read more…The coolest coffee experiment
Hey ya'll, What is the coolest/ most eye-opening coffee experiment that you have done? For me it was pulling shots of the same coffee on a Synesso with the same dose, so that I could manipulate flavor with just water temperature. Of course a lot o
Read more…LRBC Coffee dork-out
The Little Red Bike Cafe is hosting/sponsoring a general coffee gathering featuring our roaster Courier Coffee Roasters on Monday, June 15th at 2:00pm. We plan to be cupping a few roasts of Joel's from last week as well as playing with a new espresso
Read more…anywhere but here...
so my current work obligations are coming to an end, august-ish/ september-ish.and i'm searching for a new place to call my coffee "home". i'm not incredibly partial, just no -20 degree winters and no 110 degree summers. i have alot of experience, bo
Read more…Fioza Coffee and Teahouse
Specialty coffee shop, espresso bar, and teahouse. We roast locally and use almost exclusively fair trade and direct trade beans. Our baristas produce lattes and cappuccinos on a La Marzocco GB5. We do focus on doing latte art and have held free pour
Read more…Merdeka Coffee Roastery (Parnell)
Merdeka Coffee began small in Indonesia and are now doing the same (beginning small!) in Auckland , NZ. While licensed to provide a range of food, the roastery is initially focusing on doing what is its core business- roasting Indonesian coffee for w
Read more…Is roasting coffee in-house worth it?
I am opening a cafe selling gourmet coffee, tea, and food. I am trying to purchase a Diedrich Coffee Roaster IR- 3FM, but is becoming a pain more and more everyday. It produces about 6lbs a hour and would be mainly used to roast the house blend or ch
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