With all the internet oferring programs out there (groupon, living social, groupon now, yelp, etc, etc) what has worked to drive business your way and business that you kept?
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Anybody know where I can acquire Hiroshi Sawada's skull tamper? He's one of my latte art role models, and his trademark skull tamper looks pretty badass.
I tried doing a search, and I came across this web page...
http://www.espressoparts.com/cgi-b
So, what do you do when someone is in line, carrying on a conversation on their phone and decides they would also like to order their coffee? I don't want to ignore them, but I think it's so rude. Not only to me, but also to the person on the other e
Read more…So, i am getting my latte art pretty solid & i am stoked about it. I have been trying to get a tulip with a rosetta on each side & i just can't get it. any tip?!
P.s. any baristas in the inland empire area that want to hangout, talk coffee, & do some
I'm simply looking for a quality blender that will hold up and does a great job with iced drinks. I know there are quite a few out there and am just looking for something that won't break the bank, but will do the job for years to come. I also don'
Read more…we love coffee because even after all these years, coffee keeps us guessing. things are as fresh as the day we met, and while you might think that at this point we could claim knowledge of every sock in the drawer, coffee has yet
Read more…Does anyone know what the height of a Probat L5 (with hopper) is?
Read more…Hi everyone, I wanted to give a shout out to the member points leaders and expose anyone who is not aware of this feature to it. Basically members can earn points for activity on the site. The highest points scoring option is inviting new members, s
Read more…Hi there is a little vidieo that i found on the vimeo
You can see mea bit of my coffee shop as well at our life style.
Read more…Looking to buy your used La Marzocco, the worse shape it's in, the better! I'm just looking for a machine to pull apart to teach myself. I am in the market for both non-functional machine(s) as well as functional (esp if it needs work or is unreliabl
Read more…For those that haven't seen this yet, here's a link to Christopher Schooley's recent piece on the marketing around greens' harvest date.
Thoughts on this piece? The marketing of seasonality in coffee?
Read more…Out of curiosity , In your shops respectively, what are some customer requests that you absolutely cannot/ will not comply with? Do you make a 20 oz caramel breve with whip? Do you pull a long shot? Do you make a 200? do you Ice the espresso or s
Read more…Hi I have been training as a barista for about 6 months now and I am having some issues with my espresso, I often find that it pours in 23-28 seconds for a double shot from aound about 20g coffee (havent actually weighed my dose but we have 20g baske
Read more…Recently read an old discussion on Coffeed, regarding the value vs. cost of pouring kettles commonly used in manual brewing. The standard would have to be the Hario Buono, with the Takahiro used in some shops with more spending money. I wanted a ket
Read more…I work at a busy shop where in one shift I can pull 150-250 shots of espresso. At the end of the shift, my hand look and feel awful. They're all cracked, brown, and black. Partly from the the esprosso, constantly removing the portafilter from the
Read more…I recently got hired at a local cafe, and I'm currently being trained on a La Marzocco Strada. Although I have no experience with a commercial machine, I've been making coffee on my Rancilio Silvia at home for about two years now. So I've grown reall
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I've seen home automatic pour over machines (Like this one from Bodum) come to the market lately. So far I've spotted Bodum's and one from Bunn (sold through Starbucks). Has anyone had the chance to try them? How do they stack up against a re
Read more…Café on the university campus Westend in Frankfurt.
We do Latte Art and serve Pour-Over Coffee. Also we roast our own coffees.
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I'm a barista moving out to Boston in 6 weeks, and looking for some bar shifts to pick up in the meantime. I've worked in coffee for 8 years at a small independent shop in Bothell that I just recently left. We carried Herkimer coffee, so I rec
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