With a passion for all we do, Fresh Foods Cafe serves up world-class coffee and exceptional foods in an ocean side dining venue. Watch our coffee master roast our beans in our oxidizer right in the dining room. Savor our juicy meats roasted to perf
Read more…I've been in the coffee business my entire life since I was born. The past few years, I keep hearing the term third wave thrown around. When I think I know what it means, I see people saying they are in the third wave who probably shouldn't be there.
Read more…'Spro...Cap...Sig...even Third Wave: What's with all these new words?? Americans, while attempting to make the coffee business our own, have bastardized something that we did not invent. Don't get me wrong, I love the recent explosion of good coffee
Read more…Hi all, Just wanted to pass along an interesting thing that a friend brought to my attention yesterday: http://the350project.net/home.html It's an initiative to publicize the importance of supporting your local independent brick&mortar stores. You
Read more…Makes for fascinating reading, as most of you know. My question is: what is the trick to registering a new membership? Is it a secret handshake? Are you granted membership once you join a secret society of professional coffee aficionados? Does it req
Read more…Three year old machine very well take care of, fully serviced annually and before it was stored. The Elektra would be a great machine for a Moderate volume shop serving 300-400 cups a day. Elektra spec sheet Asking $4500 or best offer.
Read more…...in my drip coffee. Which might just get me banned from this forum... And no, the coffee isn't THAT bad! At least I am not using SOY milk...( note the irony here) (sorry, kinda bored, needed to express that dark side of myself)
Read more…Thought it might be interesting to see what the favorite tamps were out there. I love my reg and use it every day, but I've been flirting with bumper tamps HUGE bases. Any thoughts?
Read more…Ahoy, I have a Mazzer Superjolly and the manual switch, which usually locks into place once opperating, no longer does so. I'm wondering if anyone can give me some DIY tips on how to fix this problem. I took apart the base assembly but couldn't figu
Read more…Looking for High resolution images of farms, growers, scenery. Suprisingly hard to find so please share any sources you can refer me to. Thanks
Read more…Hey all... long time since I was last on here!
I am seriously thinking of getting me a Piaggio Ape little van, with an espresso machine in the back, my littlemobile coffee cart! Has anyone seen these things? Any advice?
At the shop where I work, we are holding a month-long fundraising event for African awareness. For the event, we decided to buy two new green African beans to help spread some African love to our customers: Tanzania and Zimbabwe. My main question is
Read more…We do melitta at my shop, and it seems everyone has a different technique. I've read the chemex debate at coffeed.com, and Scott Rao's reference to "voodoo pouring techniques" got me curious. (I'm writing this on a whim during a break at work, so I
Read more…Hello everyone! My name is Michael Leman. I am currently located in Holland, MI and have been working at JP's Coffee and Espresso for the past year. Sadly, I will be returning to my childhood home in May as I will have completed my Bachelors degree h
Read more…so it seems like a ton of cafes are brand-masters and rock their own pins, shirts, stickers and sometimes keychains and i was wondering what kind of merch. your cafe sells and where you get them made. we sell bumper stickers and shirts (at some poin
Read more…A friendly neighborhood coffee shop near Charlotte NC. Good coffee made right. Muffins, bagels, light sandwiches. Comfortable seating, relaxed environment, a patio for sunny days. The staff knows your name and welcomes you like family.
Read more…Trying to work on my business plan...head hurts!... Has anybody any information or statistics? I vaguely remember somewhere that while chains like *$ are shutting stores, independents are still going strong, although perhaps tightening the belt a bi
Read more…We are struggling to come up with a great (yet simple) iced menu. We know how big iced coffee's and tea's are but we want to be sure we do some quality items. Does anyone have a favourite method of iced coffee etc (and iced teas if possible)?? Any he
Read more…Good morning, all, I've been thinking about doing some light espresso machine repair and maintenance work on the side, but have no idea what the going rate is for this kind of work. Wanted to get some quick feedback from the owners out there. For s
Read more…