Happy New Year everyone.
I will be moving to the Tampa Bay area the end of this month and am looking for an opportunity to learn from the best barista around. I completed the 5 day training at the American Barista College in Portland and a trainin
Read more…I am looking to start an in house cup service at my shop. I like the ones that Intelligentsia offers where the shape helps for pouring better latte art, but I don't necessarily like the price. I am looking for 12 and 16 ounce cups including saucers
Read more…This is a question for those of you who have been a part of bringing specialty coffee to areas where it has not existed before ("frontiers", if you will), or anyone who has thought about it. I have just moved to a new town (metro area of 350,000 or s
Read more…I am wanting to purchase 5kilo Probat, Ambex, or Diedrich roaster and afterburner. We are located int he Seattle area.
Read more…I'm having some trouble finding anything at all on cafes in Portugal.....
not true....I have found a few
However I will be spending 3 weeks there surfing some great waves, but I also need great coffee too. If anyone knows of a specialty coffee sc
Read more…As the title says, has anyone used, purchased, dealt with www.coffee-grinders.com to buy a grinder? They have some nice prices on some items. I know absolutely nothing about them so makes me wonder...
While doing some business school homework, I was thinking about meeting customer needs in new and innovative ways. Specifically, I was thinking about the customers who may regularly or at times want to walk in and walk out with their coffee drink as
Read more…I dont know if everyone familiar with chivet coffee or 'kopi luwak' which is kinda familiar in my country this recently years. I taste it from some regions (4 – 5 regions), but one characteristic from this coffee, the acidity is likely a bit higher
Read more…Just so you don't waste your time, like I did... The ad posted HERE (and it is running in various iterations across Craigslist) is a scam. The guy — who is supposedly selling a 6-month-old 3-group Linea, with Swift Grinder, for $2,000 — will talk bac
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I'm looking for a used propane-powered lever machine... or propane powered semi-auto would do. Cheap, reliable and available to be shipped up to Canada is what I'm in the market for. Any body have any leads? Or... does anyone have one? Tw
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I'm currently in 2nd place. This is a contest to get as many votes as you can to be able to take someone with you and attend the World Barista Championships in Bogota, Colombia! I am one of two Baristas from the United Stat
Read more…For those of you who have opened a new cafe.... Has anyone used Millrock or a similar type modular bar system? Are they expensive or reasonable when the functionality is taken into account? The other option would be having a builder put something t
Read more…I would be honored to be in a room with so much talent and passion. Where many skills are met and matched, yet everyone is on the same level; to love and learn everything coffee. Please vote for me to attend and win a free trip to colombia. You ju
Read more…Just out of curiosity does anyone know anything about these types of cups?
It has a P on it like a flower and Italy written below the P. Supposedly these are vintage.
On average, what is an estimate for the number of lbs sold in a week. This includes espresso, bagged coffee, pour over/ brewed/ mail order.
How much coffee does a coffee bar (directly) for each harvest? Year? First year?
This is me saying...I h
Read more…Recently I performed a deep clean of our Deidrich Roaster and I was scraping out pipes/vacuuming out the inside. This is a process we do monthly while roasting around 20-30 lbs a day in our shop. I was wondering how often your shops do a full on clea
Read more…Other than the classifieds here, where might be a good place to sell my barely used Nuova Simonelli?
Barry
Read more…I'm looking at beginning to roast coffee on my own. I've spent two years working for a local roaster and I'm wanting to begin my own business. Can anybody direct me towards some advice such as purchasing a roaster, green beans, and maybe even just
Read more…hey all! so me and a fellow are in a discussion over naked baskets vs double spouted or stranger what used to be a spouted head with the spout screwed off so that it extracts out the little "nipple". the latter being seen in a shop that does not lev
Read more…So this morning, an Indian friend of mine at work fixed me up a cup of Coffee with chicory. He told me that Coffee in India is usually mixed with the chicory root because the cost of Coffee is so high in India.
I found the coffee he made me to be
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