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Holiday Marketing Ideas to Increase Sales For Coffee Shops (Tip #1)

The blitz is on! Turkey food coma day has yet to come, but retailers are advertising and promoting heavily to attract customers through their doors. Here is one suggestion to increase your customer count and hopefully your holiday sales.



Add Extra value for gift card purchases

Why not offer a free coffee with the purchase (or reload) of $25 or more? You can also offer extra value (purchase any gift card in the amount of $50 or more, and we will match 10%, 20% etc). Set… Continue

Added by Paul on November 21, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

SEattle!!

Hey all, I will be in Seattle from the afternoon of December 7th until the morning of the 10th. I have a few things to do during the mornings but outside of that, I would love to connect and drink shots and eat food with awesome Seattle coffee peeps. I am not familiar with Seattle but I would love it if someone could show me the spots if they have time. Let's Possify!

Ed

Added by Ed Kaufmann on November 21, 2008 at 8:32am — 3 Comments

Hong Kong Photo Bomb

Hey guys, I just uploaded a lot of my pictures from Coffee Fest Hong Kong, I am also writing a field report for Barista Magazine in the next issue. It was a blast! So fun to meet so many new baristas from all over SE Asia, and to see some good friends too.



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Added by Matt Milletto on November 20, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Nice Bloomberg article about Rwanda's coffee.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=af6ea.qO5TMM&refer=home

Added by Adrian Badger on November 19, 2008 at 9:54am — No Comments

Campeonatos SCAE España



Estimados amigos,



La Asociación Europea de Cafes Especiales, Sección Española, http://www.scae.com/, inicia sus actividades con la organización de tres campeonatos: Campeonato Nacional de Baristas, Campeonato Nacional de Latte Art y Campeonato Nacional de Catas.



Los ganadores serán inscritos en las finales mundiales de cada modalidad y viajarán junto con el subcampeón y el personal de… Continue

Added by R.Moral on November 18, 2008 at 1:30am — 2 Comments

long day

wow what a long day - I was up at 4:50 to start work at 5:30 - I finished well after 6:30.

Tomorrow I have the morning off so I'm off to have my coffee downtown. Meet some friends and have a good time.

I'm off not to la la time but first I do a little reading.

night all.

Added by Steve MacDowall on November 17, 2008 at 3:39pm — No Comments

European Team Coffee Challenge



Hi guys



Just got back to the UK after Trieste Espresso Expo and the European Team Coffee Challenge.



I thought you guys might want to see a selection of the 'millions' of the photos I took.



Hope you enjoy them

(I've tried not to incriminate anyone too much)



http://tinyurl.com/5fhs82





Please tag anyone you know so we can all be… Continue

Added by Stuart Lee Archer on November 17, 2008 at 11:50am — No Comments

Great day

even though the temp is low around 3°C this morning in Moncton (going up to 5°C) we have the sun. This is really wonderful because we have been having a lot of rain of late.

Does anyone know if Obama drinks coffee?

NOTE: EU eager to work with Obama: http://thursdayfile.ning.com/group/whatsupeurope/forum/topics/eu-eager-to-work-with-obama

Added by Steve MacDowall on November 17, 2008 at 4:53am — 1 Comment

French press drinkers only

Ok, maybe not only press drinkers can respond- but those of you out there that want to share some insight here. I am now ready to replace my house with a new french press (in moving always take the time to secure & wrap your delicacies) and don't know what to get. So here's my question- Is a double wall glass french press worth the extra $? Sure it'll keep the coffee hotter longer than a reg. beaker, but i don't typically keep my coffee lying around for two hours. So, worth it?

Added by grant yeamans on November 16, 2008 at 7:40pm — 8 Comments

Southeast Barista Bash and Latte Art Throwdown, Charlotte SCAA Skill Building Workshop Recap.

I am finally getting around to posting how the Charlotte SCAA Skill Building Workshop and Barista Bash/Latte Art Throwdown went. I can't believe it's been a week already. The Skill Building Workshop part of the weekend went really well. We had attendees from as far away as Maine, and they were a great group to work with. The weekend started with a great duo of cupping classes from Andrew Miller with Cafe Imports. He is absolutely one of the most knowledgeable people in coffee, hands-down, and… Continue

Added by Jason Dominy on November 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

another rainy day

What a crappy day - light rain and overcast with some wind. Doing a lot of reading.

Added by Steve MacDowall on November 16, 2008 at 7:22am — 1 Comment

great day

My wife gave me a wonderful gift today – a new computer chair. It’s black leather with chrome. She put it together with the help of my daughter Liz. Boy does it feel good. My coffee tomorrow morning should taste a little better when I sit in this seat.

Added by Steve MacDowall on November 15, 2008 at 3:05pm — No Comments

good start to my day

got up around 5:10 this morning and made myself a wonderful bold mug of coffee with my french press.

Added by Steve MacDowall on November 15, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

really bad mug of coffee

I was out to breakfast by myself this morning and I was served one of the worst mugs of coffee I've had in a long time - the only good thing about it she never came back to offer me more.

Added by Steve MacDowall on November 11, 2008 at 6:28pm — No Comments

And now for a lovely bit of luck............

I got a call on Monday, would I do a catering for Tuesday? I almost said no, well at first I did say no. It was for 60 and I thought they were talking lunch. No they just needed a morning snack with coffee, tea and hot cider. Ok. Delivered to the airport at 10AM, Ok. Who is this for, I ask?



We need to have something for the press and staff when they get in town with Obama.



I did not drop the phone.



I said yes of course I can do this.



I baked all day… Continue

Added by Bj Davis on November 6, 2008 at 11:09am — 7 Comments

Kona Coffee Cultural Festival. . . an outsiders view

So I have been planning this trip to Hawai'i (the big Island -not Ouahu) for quite a while now. I arrived yesterday. Election day. Congratulations Obama. :) Well it just so happens that the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival starts on the 7th. I have a brochure here next to me. I've kinda flipped through the pages to get a feel for what is going on, but its somewhat confusing. Two main social events stand out for sure. Both on Saturdays. There is a Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Pageant on the 8th.… Continue

Added by mike cubbage on November 5, 2008 at 11:57pm — 1 Comment

Reuters Story


Bags of Indonesian coffee labelled "Obama 2008 Blend" (R) and "McCain Election 2008 Blend" (L) are displayed in a cafe in Jakarta November 5, 2008. The "Obama 2008 Blend" coffee was sold out during an expatriate gathering in Jakarta for the U.S. presidential election , one of the owners, Alun Evans, said on Wednesday.
REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni (INDONESIA)

Added by Alun Evans on November 5, 2008 at 6:22pm — 1 Comment

New Digs for Coffee Kids

Pleas​e note that Coffee Kids has moved​.​ Our new addre​ss is:



Coffee Kids

1751 Old Pecos​ Trail​,​ Suite​ K

Santa​ Fe, NM 87505​ USA



Also,​ be sure to check​ out our Flick​r page for photo​s of our partn​ers at work.​



Or sign up for our monthly e-​newsl​etter​ here.



And finally, as always, if you need more… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on November 5, 2008 at 8:46am — No Comments

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Added by Rick on November 5, 2008 at 3:06am — 1 Comment

Election results... to date...

We opened this morning and pulled our regular espresso blend to offer the "Obama" Bland and the "McCain" Blend. To date (2 hours into vote counting) we have Obama ahead 72% to McCains 28%. This is based on Espresso Based Drinks sold as well as 250gm coffee packs. It has been a CRAZY morning with a good % of South Jakarta's expat community coming through the cafe and crowding around CNN. Exciting stuff.!

Added by Alun Evans on November 4, 2008 at 5:15pm — No Comments

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