Just wondering if anyone makes an extra effort when someone orders espresso from you. Like after I ask the person if they've had espresso before, I do my whole little routine. I make sure the cup is nice and hot while remove all the little amounts of
Read more…BX'ers, For personal reasons, we are needing to sell our established coffee house location in Fishers IN immediately. Commercial/Specialty equipment includes: 3 Group LaMarzocca Espresso machine, 2 Bunn Brewers, 2 Blendtec Blenders, LaMarzocca Swift
Read more…A question for the group - do you agree with the idea that you shouldn't clean coffee stuff with dish soap? I know that commercial cleaners like Puro Caff, Caffeiza, etc work better, and that's what we use at the shop. But at the house I personally
Read more…Serving the best specialty coffees from Caffe' D'arte, Portland Roasting, Spella Caffe', Ristretto Roasters and more to come. Dedicated to offering the finest coffees, espresso blends and single-origins (either as espresso or filter cone brewed). Tea
Read more…Hey all, River Road Coffeehouse in Granville, OH, will be hosting a pretty low-key jam Monday, February 9, in the evening. The focus will be primarily latte art with some espresso techniques. We'll be ripping shots of Ritual's current SweetTooth offe
Read more…So I have an ongoing barista education program at Burgie's here in Ames. This month's theme is model cafes. Ones that we can learn from, take lessons from, model after, etc. I found a great article about Intelligentsia where they give their mission s
Read more…http://flickr.com/photos/spooof/3242311876/in/set-72157601754359104/ Rumor has it that this is the fabled Slayer. http://www.slayerespresso.com/ What do you guys think? Personally I think it is ugly as sin, but the pressure profiling intrigues me.
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I mentioned earlier this month that we will be rolling out our bX partners discount series, and we have the first opportunity available now. This first discount is offered by the American Barista & Coffee School.
For the next three mon
I got an email from Joshua Lurie at Food GPS out of L.A. with links to two articles he wrote on the new Intelligentsia Venice location, and a bit on their hiring and training strategies.
Planning on upgrading equipment in May, and am deciding on a new set of grinders and looking for opinions. So what do you guys think and why? Mazzer Robur E? Mazzer Royal E? Anfim Super Caimano? Other? For info we go through ~30 pounds of espresso
Read more…We specialize in GREAT LOCALLY Roasted Coffee! We are serving up some of the very best espresso drinks in Albuquerque. How can I say that? It is simple. We grind our espresso FRESH for each drink, our regular espresso is roasted fresh each week, and
Read more…Hey bX land! The new official website for the USBC 2009 is up! http://www.usbc2009.com I have been in a lot of the "party planning" committee meetings leading up to this event and boy do we have some cool stuff in store. More to come on the extra cu
Read more…We were talking around the store today about all the different names for drinks. We call coffee with a shot a Red Eye. We have also heard it called a Shot in the Dark. Along those same lines, we are trying to decide what to call a Chai with espresso
Read more…Worship-worthy coffee, with all the appropriate freshly baked and freshly squeezed extras. If and when you stumble upon Joe Momma's Coffee, you'll wonder whether you've died and gone to heaven. And perhaps you have. No worries...if you remain motionl
Read more…I'm thinking about switching over my shop to use naked portafilters exclusively. They seem to pull an amazing crema and require a lot less cleaning. Has anyone been through this before? are there pros and cons that I'm missing? Do I need to keep the
Read more…Hello my name is Alexis and I am a graphic designer. I want to learn from Coffee shop owners about issues they have with their interior store signage. Does anyone have a particular website they frequent to buy signage for their store? Where your need
Read more…I was just checking out Cafe D'Artte and they have 2 alderwood roasted coffees. Is anyone else wood roasting coffee? To anyone who has tried them, does the wood smoke come through? What are your opinions?
Read more…After years of battling customers asking for frappa lappacino's and carmel macciato's I am proud to say the starbucks corporation has announced it will be closing its doors in my city. V day is today!! Horay!!!
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