View entire thread: Coffee Art - The Perfect Wall Decor
Posted by coffeeart on 2004-06-17 17:49:39 Post Subject: Coffee Art - The Perfect Wall Decor
If you own or manage a coffee shop I'm sure you've spent countless hours trying to figure out how to decorate the walls. I have a friend in Tulsa, OK who has created the perfect wall covering for coffee shops. She is an amazing artist who has discovered the art of painting with coffee.
www.coffee-art.com
All of Karen Eland's paintings are created entirely using espresso on watercolor. No additives or preservatives. You should check out her website to see samples like Mona Latte, Picasso's Blend, & The Whistler's Mocha.
They are very beautiful & very creative paintings!
www.coffee-art.com
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Posted by coffeeart on 2004-06-17 17:49:39 Post Subject: Coffee Art - The Perfect Wall Decor
If you own or manage a coffee shop I'm sure you've spent countless hours trying to figure out how to decorate the walls. I have a friend in Tulsa, OK who has created the perfect wall covering for coffee shops. She is an amazing artist who has discovered the art of painting with coffee.
www.coffee-art.com
All of Karen Eland's paintings are created entirely using espresso on watercolor. No additives or preservatives. You should check out her website to see samples like Mona Latte, Picasso's Blend, & The Whistler's Mocha.
They are very beautiful & very creative paintings!
www.coffee-art.com
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View entire thread: Coffee Art - A Unique Artform
Posted by coffeeart on 2004-06-17 17:45:17 Post Subject: Coffee Art - A Unique Artform
Hello fellow coffee lovers. I have a cousin who is an amazing artist. She has found a way to express her love for coffee and art through a single avenue. She paints beautiful paintings using only coffee on watercolor paper.
You can see a few samples on her website at www.coffee-art.com.
Most of her original paintings are hanging in a coffee shop in Tulsa, OK called Nordaggio's Coffee. The shop clientelle have been so responsive to the coffee art that we decided to start a business of recreating the art pieces into prints & greeting cards. The greeting cards and prints have been flying off the shelves, and we're looking to expand the business to other cities and states.
Would anybody be interested in helping us get the word out?
Does anyone have an idea how to spread the word about this unique artwork? I believe every coffee shop owner would love to know about this beautiful artwork!
www.coffee-art.com
Thanks,
Jeff
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Posted by coffeeart on 2004-06-17 17:45:17 Post Subject: Coffee Art - A Unique Artform
Hello fellow coffee lovers. I have a cousin who is an amazing artist. She has found a way to express her love for coffee and art through a single avenue. She paints beautiful paintings using only coffee on watercolor paper.
You can see a few samples on her website at www.coffee-art.com.
Most of her original paintings are hanging in a coffee shop in Tulsa, OK called Nordaggio's Coffee. The shop clientelle have been so responsive to the coffee art that we decided to start a business of recreating the art pieces into prints & greeting cards. The greeting cards and prints have been flying off the shelves, and we're looking to expand the business to other cities and states.
Would anybody be interested in helping us get the word out?
Does anyone have an idea how to spread the word about this unique artwork? I believe every coffee shop owner would love to know about this beautiful artwork!
www.coffee-art.com
Thanks,
Jeff
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View entire thread: What is latte art?
Posted by frappelina on 2008-02-23 05:38:09 Post Subject:
Latte art or coffee art refers to designs created on the tops of espresso based drinks by a barista. These designs are usually created in one of two ways and sometimes using a combination of both.
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Posted by frappelina on 2008-02-23 05:38:09 Post Subject:
Latte art or coffee art refers to designs created on the tops of espresso based drinks by a barista. These designs are usually created in one of two ways and sometimes using a combination of both.
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View entire thread: Speciality Coffee Vending Business Thoughts
Posted by tastylildrink on 2006-11-15 01:31:59 Post Subject: Speciality Coffee Vending Business Thoughts
Hello all. I'm new here and I really love this forum. I have a question please. I consider myself an coffee fanatic. I love my vanilla lattes especially. Got my own barista espresso machine, grinder, set of syrups with pumps, even some coffee art for the wall in my coffee area, the whole nine yards. With my passion for coffee, and my entrepreneurial sprit, I an wanting to start and be a part of the coffee industry to share my passion with others. With that said, I have been looking at everything, and looking at forums like this one for months and months. I'm really trying to be thorough cause I have just a little cash and only one shot to get it right. I first looked at opening a retail store, but these days, without a drive-thru, your automatically loosing business, and putting one in is expensive, plus all the other costs associated with the build-out, equipment, etc for the rest of the store. For a 1200 sf size location without a drive-thru in my area, my best estimates put the cost at 80K minimum for everything. I’ve got a little cash, but not tha much, and I have struck out 3 times with 3 different banks for any kind of SBA loan even though my credit is rock solid. Next, I’ve been looking at the mobile coffee trailer. An outfit out of Canada has a hot dog style trailer, but built for espresso, complete with butane espresso machine, and battery for the built-in refrigerator, sink, water, storage. Really quite a sweet rig, but also costs about 20K with shipping, but still not a bad deal which I may still do. I would love to get the local Home Depot or Lowes to let me operate out front on weekends. So that takes to my question here and now. I have seen and talked to several outfits that are offering franchises where they sell you their espresso machines, and they assist you in placing these machines in other businesses like deli's, small restaurants, office buildings, etc, and you make your profit on the coffee modules they sell you at .25. You mark up the price of each module to .75 to the merchant. That is your profit; .50 per drink. Oh, by the way, the merchant pays nothing for the machine. Just the coffee, milk, and syrups. These machines look cheap, and I don’t like the coffee module concept for three reasons. Freshness, lack of varieties, and your locked into one source for your main product. I have however, in my entrepreneurial way, thought of doing this same concept, but using more superior quality fully automatic espresso machines that grind fresh beans, and includes a built-in automatic frother. The machines I am looking at have a digital counter that tells you how many times the machine has dispensed a drink. That is how the merchant can be billed, rather then by the capsules they must buy from you in the previous example. Using my concpet, my calculations are if I charge the vendor $1.00 for each drink dispensed, and if each vendor sells just 30 drinks per day, and I have 10 machines placed, subtract a little gas, insurance, and taxes, I should net about $4,500 per month. (the vendor will buy from me or buy themselves, the coffee, milk and syrup). My only job after placing the machines is stopping in regularily to clean the machine, get the counts, re-supply the merchant with coffee, etc. and collect my money for the drinks counted.
Does anyone have any experience in this endeavor, and if so, what? And are my figures even close to reality? What are the drawbacks, the plusses (obviously the big one is no rent and your own hours)?
I have not seen any posts at least in my initial searches on this forum for this subject. Thnx much…
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Posted by tastylildrink on 2006-11-15 01:31:59 Post Subject: Speciality Coffee Vending Business Thoughts
Hello all. I'm new here and I really love this forum. I have a question please. I consider myself an coffee fanatic. I love my vanilla lattes especially. Got my own barista espresso machine, grinder, set of syrups with pumps, even some coffee art for the wall in my coffee area, the whole nine yards. With my passion for coffee, and my entrepreneurial sprit, I an wanting to start and be a part of the coffee industry to share my passion with others. With that said, I have been looking at everything, and looking at forums like this one for months and months. I'm really trying to be thorough cause I have just a little cash and only one shot to get it right. I first looked at opening a retail store, but these days, without a drive-thru, your automatically loosing business, and putting one in is expensive, plus all the other costs associated with the build-out, equipment, etc for the rest of the store. For a 1200 sf size location without a drive-thru in my area, my best estimates put the cost at 80K minimum for everything. I’ve got a little cash, but not tha much, and I have struck out 3 times with 3 different banks for any kind of SBA loan even though my credit is rock solid. Next, I’ve been looking at the mobile coffee trailer. An outfit out of Canada has a hot dog style trailer, but built for espresso, complete with butane espresso machine, and battery for the built-in refrigerator, sink, water, storage. Really quite a sweet rig, but also costs about 20K with shipping, but still not a bad deal which I may still do. I would love to get the local Home Depot or Lowes to let me operate out front on weekends. So that takes to my question here and now. I have seen and talked to several outfits that are offering franchises where they sell you their espresso machines, and they assist you in placing these machines in other businesses like deli's, small restaurants, office buildings, etc, and you make your profit on the coffee modules they sell you at .25. You mark up the price of each module to .75 to the merchant. That is your profit; .50 per drink. Oh, by the way, the merchant pays nothing for the machine. Just the coffee, milk, and syrups. These machines look cheap, and I don’t like the coffee module concept for three reasons. Freshness, lack of varieties, and your locked into one source for your main product. I have however, in my entrepreneurial way, thought of doing this same concept, but using more superior quality fully automatic espresso machines that grind fresh beans, and includes a built-in automatic frother. The machines I am looking at have a digital counter that tells you how many times the machine has dispensed a drink. That is how the merchant can be billed, rather then by the capsules they must buy from you in the previous example. Using my concpet, my calculations are if I charge the vendor $1.00 for each drink dispensed, and if each vendor sells just 30 drinks per day, and I have 10 machines placed, subtract a little gas, insurance, and taxes, I should net about $4,500 per month. (the vendor will buy from me or buy themselves, the coffee, milk and syrup). My only job after placing the machines is stopping in regularily to clean the machine, get the counts, re-supply the merchant with coffee, etc. and collect my money for the drinks counted.
Does anyone have any experience in this endeavor, and if so, what? And are my figures even close to reality? What are the drawbacks, the plusses (obviously the big one is no rent and your own hours)?
I have not seen any posts at least in my initial searches on this forum for this subject. Thnx much…
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View entire thread: Coffee photos anyone?
Posted by CoffeeDetective on 2008-01-15 07:53:36 Post Subject: Coffee photos anyone?
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post this...but imagine someone will rap my knuckles if I'm not. : )
I just added a 'coffee photos' page to my site. I have added three of my own photos, but would love to kick-start the page with some more photos from other people.
Maybe some coffee art photos, or photos of your favorite coffee mug.
You can add your photos here:
http://www.coffeedetective.com/coffee-photos.html
Best wishes,
Nick
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Posted by CoffeeDetective on 2008-01-15 07:53:36 Post Subject: Coffee photos anyone?
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post this...but imagine someone will rap my knuckles if I'm not. : )
I just added a 'coffee photos' page to my site. I have added three of my own photos, but would love to kick-start the page with some more photos from other people.
Maybe some coffee art photos, or photos of your favorite coffee mug.
You can add your photos here:
http://www.coffeedetective.com/coffee-photos.html
Best wishes,
Nick
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View entire thread: Internet access for free...why?
Posted by Australian on 2006-03-29 01:22:43 Post Subject:
Coffeeshop Turns off Wi-Fi on Weekends
By Glenn Fleishman
Pic CafemenuIt’s too early to say whether it’s a trend, but Victrola Coffee & Art in Seattle shuts down its free Wi-Fi on Saturday and Sunday: I spoke to co-owner and co-founder Jen Strongin today after a colleague tipped me to the fact that this lovely, single-shop coffee establishment had decided to experiment with taking back its culture by turning off the Wi-Fi juice on weekends.
Strongin said that the five-year-old cafe added free Wi-Fi when it seemed their customers wanted it a couple of years ago. It initially brought in more people, she said, but over the past year “we noticed a significant change in the environment of the cafe.â€
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Posted by Australian on 2006-03-29 01:22:43 Post Subject:
Coffeeshop Turns off Wi-Fi on Weekends
By Glenn Fleishman
Pic CafemenuIt’s too early to say whether it’s a trend, but Victrola Coffee & Art in Seattle shuts down its free Wi-Fi on Saturday and Sunday: I spoke to co-owner and co-founder Jen Strongin today after a colleague tipped me to the fact that this lovely, single-shop coffee establishment had decided to experiment with taking back its culture by turning off the Wi-Fi juice on weekends.
Strongin said that the five-year-old cafe added free Wi-Fi when it seemed their customers wanted it a couple of years ago. It initially brought in more people, she said, but over the past year “we noticed a significant change in the environment of the cafe.â€
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View entire thread: Research on Opening a Coffee Shop
Posted by coffeeartist on 2004-06-15 21:00:47 Post Subject:
Hello coffee aficionados. I am a full time artist specializing in one
of a kind original coffee paintings. I sell coffee art collections
and do custom and commission work for for coffee shops all over the
world. They add great vibe and conversation to the coffee shops which
are as individual and as their owners:)
So if you are looking for any great original coffee art at below
wholesale price, drop me an email at
color_and_texture@yahoo.com
Happy Roasting & looking forward to learning more about your shops.
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Posted by coffeeartist on 2004-06-15 21:00:47 Post Subject:
Hello coffee aficionados. I am a full time artist specializing in one
of a kind original coffee paintings. I sell coffee art collections
and do custom and commission work for for coffee shops all over the
world. They add great vibe and conversation to the coffee shops which
are as individual and as their owners:)
So if you are looking for any great original coffee art at below
wholesale price, drop me an email at
color_and_texture@yahoo.com
Happy Roasting & looking forward to learning more about your shops.
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