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Posted by Novelty on 2007-08-18 15:44:37 Post Subject:
Ilove chocolate covered coffee beans,they are excellent. I can''t have too much chocolate though:(
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Posted by Novelty on 2007-08-18 15:44:37 Post Subject:
Ilove chocolate covered coffee beans,they are excellent. I can''t have too much chocolate though:(
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Posted by davidsbiscotti on 2007-10-23 18:24:52 Post Subject: chocolate-covered beans
It just seems right, doesn't it? Even more appealing than chocolate and peanut butter (another weakness of mine). Chocolate covered Coffee Beans, aahhhhh........
But, no flavored coffee for me, just straight up thank you.
ElPugDiablo gave me this website for ordering chocolate espresso bars:
http://www.vtartisancoffee.com/objects/20.itml/icOid/20
I have yet to order some......... but I will.
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Posted by davidsbiscotti on 2007-10-23 18:24:52 Post Subject: chocolate-covered beans
It just seems right, doesn't it? Even more appealing than chocolate and peanut butter (another weakness of mine). Chocolate covered Coffee Beans, aahhhhh........
But, no flavored coffee for me, just straight up thank you.
ElPugDiablo gave me this website for ordering chocolate espresso bars:
http://www.vtartisancoffee.com/objects/20.itml/icOid/20
I have yet to order some......... but I will.
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View entire thread: Althetes and Caffeine
Posted by Anonymous on 2004-10-15 23:46:47 Post Subject: Coffee beans
Coffee beans are my best friend. I am a athlete and am on the way to state. I had some chocolate covered coffee beans before my game and I played my best, I was so on during that game. The beans helped me, and I am sure that I would not do as good without them
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Posted by Anonymous on 2004-10-15 23:46:47 Post Subject: Coffee beans
Coffee beans are my best friend. I am a athlete and am on the way to state. I had some chocolate covered coffee beans before my game and I played my best, I was so on during that game. The beans helped me, and I am sure that I would not do as good without them
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View entire thread: Roasting for eating?
Posted by Jeffo on 2004-09-03 10:25:48 Post Subject: Roasting for eating?
Have you ever had chocolate covered coffee beans? Does anyone know how these are roasted so that they can be eaten?
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Posted by Jeffo on 2004-09-03 10:25:48 Post Subject: Roasting for eating?
Have you ever had chocolate covered coffee beans? Does anyone know how these are roasted so that they can be eaten?
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Posted by Anonymous on 2005-02-09 09:06:11 Post Subject: chocolate covered coffee beans
Hey- does anyone know how many chocolate covered coffee beans are equal to 1 cup of coffee???
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Posted by Anonymous on 2005-02-09 09:06:11 Post Subject: chocolate covered coffee beans
Hey- does anyone know how many chocolate covered coffee beans are equal to 1 cup of coffee???
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View entire thread: Swallowing whole coffee beans
Posted by demetri on 2006-10-25 11:46:22 Post Subject:
You could get some chocolate covered coffee beans. They are quite yummy. Then you just chew them.
I'd suggest that perhaps if you need a stimulant to wake up that you look at some other solution. Perhaps you're not getting enough sleep, or aren't sleeping well enough. On nights that I feel stressed I take some melatonin and wake up feeling refreashed.
Valerian root is another great sleep aid and if it doesn't work for you it can always be given to a cat. It's a potent cat nip too.
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Posted by demetri on 2006-10-25 11:46:22 Post Subject:
You could get some chocolate covered coffee beans. They are quite yummy. Then you just chew them.
I'd suggest that perhaps if you need a stimulant to wake up that you look at some other solution. Perhaps you're not getting enough sleep, or aren't sleeping well enough. On nights that I feel stressed I take some melatonin and wake up feeling refreashed.
Valerian root is another great sleep aid and if it doesn't work for you it can always be given to a cat. It's a potent cat nip too.
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View entire thread: Quick Question
Posted by Davec on 2008-05-09 21:54:10 Post Subject:
Chocolate covered coffee beans are delicious!
Trouble is they look like goat droppings, so you have to be really careful
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Posted by Davec on 2008-05-09 21:54:10 Post Subject:
Chocolate covered coffee beans are delicious!
Trouble is they look like goat droppings, so you have to be really careful
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Posted by davidsbiscotti on 2008-05-09 19:13:22 Post Subject:
If you have coffee beans and are not considering purchasing a grinder, you could always melt some chocolate, mix in the coffee beans then pull them out one or two at a time, place them on parchment paper to cool. Then, while the chocolate is still pliable, form them into little balls then place back onto clean parchment paper, stick in the fridge and let cool for an hour or so.
Chocolate covered coffee beans are delicious!
Or, for a less expensive and more of a hands on approach, here's a review I wrote up on my manual coffee grinder:
http://coffeetime.wikidot.com/my-vintag ... ee-grinder
Good luck and Welcome to CoffeeForums!
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Posted by davidsbiscotti on 2008-05-09 19:13:22 Post Subject:
If you have coffee beans and are not considering purchasing a grinder, you could always melt some chocolate, mix in the coffee beans then pull them out one or two at a time, place them on parchment paper to cool. Then, while the chocolate is still pliable, form them into little balls then place back onto clean parchment paper, stick in the fridge and let cool for an hour or so.
Chocolate covered coffee beans are delicious!
Or, for a less expensive and more of a hands on approach, here's a review I wrote up on my manual coffee grinder:
http://coffeetime.wikidot.com/my-vintag ... ee-grinder
Good luck and Welcome to CoffeeForums!
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View entire thread: Shock-A-Lots
Posted by CoffeeLover on 2004-01-03 12:56:18 Post Subject:
topher you get them before xmas?
i love these things theyre so addictive. chocolate covered coffee beans
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Posted by CoffeeLover on 2004-01-03 12:56:18 Post Subject:
topher you get them before xmas?
i love these things theyre so addictive. chocolate covered coffee beans
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Posted by CoffeeLover on 2003-12-12 19:03:28 Post Subject: Shock-A-Lots
Has anyone tried these chocolate covered coffee beans covered in a nice yellow hard candy shell? I had them and actually enjoyed them and wondering what the coffee freaks of the world think of them
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Posted by CoffeeLover on 2003-12-12 19:03:28 Post Subject: Shock-A-Lots
Has anyone tried these chocolate covered coffee beans covered in a nice yellow hard candy shell? I had them and actually enjoyed them and wondering what the coffee freaks of the world think of them
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Posted by los72 on 2004-01-08 10:03:43 Post Subject: Tuxedo beans
I'm Really hooked on these chocolate covered coffee beans!! We have them readily available if you guys are looking to get your fix in! They come in a combination white and dark chocolate coating.
We hope to have our own coffee covered in chocolate within the next few months.
www.faracafe.com
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Posted by los72 on 2004-01-08 10:03:43 Post Subject: Tuxedo beans
I'm Really hooked on these chocolate covered coffee beans!! We have them readily available if you guys are looking to get your fix in! They come in a combination white and dark chocolate coating.
We hope to have our own coffee covered in chocolate within the next few months.
www.faracafe.com
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View entire thread: Sales Projections or Am I Nuts?
Posted by Comfy Place on 2006-09-15 16:52:45 Post Subject: Sales Projections
I'm glad that I could be of some help. The profitability for any independant coffeehouse will, in my opinion and limited experience, take a while to achieve. No one should go into this industry with the expectation that they will have a very robust business in 4 months; it just won't happen. You will have to run your numbers again with revised projections/expectations to see if your intended location is still viable, or if you need to try to negotiate/re-negotiate the terms for the location. If it just won't work, I wouldn't give up on the idea, but it means that you may have to go after alternative locations to make it work, which of course means that you'll have to re-evaluate most of your numbers for the new location(s) you are looking at.
For a perspective on the shoestring budget avenue, let's look at what we did when we opened. We started with what I will call the absolute basics: espresso drinks, brewed coffee, cold drinks (frapps/blends/whatever), and just a few baked goods. Since that time 5 months ago, we have slowly added new items: focaccia sandwiches, T-shirts with our name on them, a couple of gift items, a couple of extra baked items that we are rotating in, and a few other small snack/food items (chocolate covered coffee beans, etc.), and whole bean coffee. We have future plans to add coffee mugs with our name on them to use and sell, adding gift packs using these mugs, expanding our whole bean selection, possibly adding a few other small gift items, and heavily evaluating adding wifi access. As we are getting established, we are adding more items that complement what we started with. In our business plan, we had marked specific items/groups of items that we eventually wanted to add, and that has helped.
Definitely try to stick with what you want for your coffee shop experience, but there might be ways to accomplish what you want in a different way that costs less. Keep asking around and looking around, and you're bound to find options that will work and cost less.
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Posted by Comfy Place on 2006-09-15 16:52:45 Post Subject: Sales Projections
I'm glad that I could be of some help. The profitability for any independant coffeehouse will, in my opinion and limited experience, take a while to achieve. No one should go into this industry with the expectation that they will have a very robust business in 4 months; it just won't happen. You will have to run your numbers again with revised projections/expectations to see if your intended location is still viable, or if you need to try to negotiate/re-negotiate the terms for the location. If it just won't work, I wouldn't give up on the idea, but it means that you may have to go after alternative locations to make it work, which of course means that you'll have to re-evaluate most of your numbers for the new location(s) you are looking at.
For a perspective on the shoestring budget avenue, let's look at what we did when we opened. We started with what I will call the absolute basics: espresso drinks, brewed coffee, cold drinks (frapps/blends/whatever), and just a few baked goods. Since that time 5 months ago, we have slowly added new items: focaccia sandwiches, T-shirts with our name on them, a couple of gift items, a couple of extra baked items that we are rotating in, and a few other small snack/food items (chocolate covered coffee beans, etc.), and whole bean coffee. We have future plans to add coffee mugs with our name on them to use and sell, adding gift packs using these mugs, expanding our whole bean selection, possibly adding a few other small gift items, and heavily evaluating adding wifi access. As we are getting established, we are adding more items that complement what we started with. In our business plan, we had marked specific items/groups of items that we eventually wanted to add, and that has helped.
Definitely try to stick with what you want for your coffee shop experience, but there might be ways to accomplish what you want in a different way that costs less. Keep asking around and looking around, and you're bound to find options that will work and cost less.
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Posted by CafeBlue on 2007-02-08 01:31:36 Post Subject:
Thanks for posting more information.
You can look at the staffing hours on the slow nights as set-up for the next day's busy morning. Have the staff not only cleaning up for the day, but also setting up things for the next day, such as food prep and drink recipe prep that can be accomplished early and refrigerate to keep until morning. Re-stocking all the supplies, prepping cups/saucers, plates, food displays, brewing toddys, mixing toppings/ingredients/chai, chopping and freezing fruit, and similar things can be useful tasks that are less time sensitive.
Consider music on more nights, even every night. Perhaps close earlier on Sunday through Wednesday - and stay open with music Thursday through Saturday. A 'regular' schedule pattern is more customer friendly, but a lot of businesses have extended weekend hours.
Add other entertainment on non-music nights. Perhaps game night, trivia night, darts league, knitter's cafe, duplicate bridge tournaments, chess league, family boardgames, scrabble tournament, etc, etc.
Happy hour after 6:00 p.m. on the soft nights, until business picks up, then modify the margin-reducing promos.
Try buying advertising space in the hotel elevators, or at least flyers in the lobby. Perhaps you can get the hotel to trade your advertising in exchange for a bargain rate on their coffee, or guest room gift items, or chocolate covered coffee beans instead of "mints on the pillow."
Coupons in the theater playbills should work - try 2 for 1 specialty drinks to start. The hotels may even hand out similar coupons with their room keys. Sometimes they will do cross-promotions with no real $ exchange, and sometimes it simply takes a well-placed gift of product.
If you have not had a price increase inthe past 14 months, then I recommend you increase prices ASAP. It is worth price-checking your competition, but your own COGS/margin/market position should be your strongest guidelines. I usually suggest increasing 4 to 7% per year.
Diablo is right about picking a few benchmark business measures and tracking your performance. It does not matter much which measurements you track. Pick something you can measure daily and weekly and monthly, then have your management crew track the data and post the results in an employees only location. Just monitoring your success makes your team more successful. It helps to monitor performance of some key business attribute that you want to grow. For example pick sales per man-hour, then post scheduled man-hours and results daily/weekly/monthly with a target to strive for.
You did great to thrive for 7 years, let this 7 year itch spur you on toward even greater business viability and health and happiness.
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Posted by CafeBlue on 2007-02-08 01:31:36 Post Subject:
Thanks for posting more information.
You can look at the staffing hours on the slow nights as set-up for the next day's busy morning. Have the staff not only cleaning up for the day, but also setting up things for the next day, such as food prep and drink recipe prep that can be accomplished early and refrigerate to keep until morning. Re-stocking all the supplies, prepping cups/saucers, plates, food displays, brewing toddys, mixing toppings/ingredients/chai, chopping and freezing fruit, and similar things can be useful tasks that are less time sensitive.
Consider music on more nights, even every night. Perhaps close earlier on Sunday through Wednesday - and stay open with music Thursday through Saturday. A 'regular' schedule pattern is more customer friendly, but a lot of businesses have extended weekend hours.
Add other entertainment on non-music nights. Perhaps game night, trivia night, darts league, knitter's cafe, duplicate bridge tournaments, chess league, family boardgames, scrabble tournament, etc, etc.
Happy hour after 6:00 p.m. on the soft nights, until business picks up, then modify the margin-reducing promos.
Try buying advertising space in the hotel elevators, or at least flyers in the lobby. Perhaps you can get the hotel to trade your advertising in exchange for a bargain rate on their coffee, or guest room gift items, or chocolate covered coffee beans instead of "mints on the pillow."
Coupons in the theater playbills should work - try 2 for 1 specialty drinks to start. The hotels may even hand out similar coupons with their room keys. Sometimes they will do cross-promotions with no real $ exchange, and sometimes it simply takes a well-placed gift of product.
If you have not had a price increase inthe past 14 months, then I recommend you increase prices ASAP. It is worth price-checking your competition, but your own COGS/margin/market position should be your strongest guidelines. I usually suggest increasing 4 to 7% per year.
Diablo is right about picking a few benchmark business measures and tracking your performance. It does not matter much which measurements you track. Pick something you can measure daily and weekly and monthly, then have your management crew track the data and post the results in an employees only location. Just monitoring your success makes your team more successful. It helps to monitor performance of some key business attribute that you want to grow. For example pick sales per man-hour, then post scheduled man-hours and results daily/weekly/monthly with a target to strive for.
You did great to thrive for 7 years, let this 7 year itch spur you on toward even greater business viability and health and happiness.
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View entire thread: What do you like to EAT with your coffee?
Posted by GCS on 2005-06-06 01:05:34 Post Subject:
Usually... chocolate covered coffee beans...
Or something like cake or pastries.
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Posted by GCS on 2005-06-06 01:05:34 Post Subject:
Usually... chocolate covered coffee beans...
Or something like cake or pastries.
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