View entire thread: PR: Anti-Starbucks Promotion Sparks Indie Coffee Uprising
Posted by cafemakers on 2008-02-21 14:57:12 Post Subject: PR: Anti-Starbucks Promotion Sparks Indie Coffee Uprising
SAN DIMAS, CA --(Marketwire - February 21, 2008) - Just two days after Coffee Klatch Roasting of Southern California announced that it would serve free coffee at its two coffee shops when all U.S. Starbucks stores close on February 26 for employee retraining, hundreds of independent coffee shops and small chain locations have followed suit to announce similar promotions, creating a nationwide movement to drive coffee consumers to local coffeehouses.
"First our announcement started circulating on coffee discussion websites and blogs, then our phones started ringing and email messages of support poured in from coast-to-coast," says Mike Perry, Coffee Klatch president. "I was shocked to see that our local promotion to demonstrate how much better our coffee is than Starbucks had turned into a nationwide uprising of independent coffeehouses."
"Independent businesses are smartly seizing this opportunity to turn the tables and spotlight Starbucks' touted 'bold demonstration of commitment,' for what it really is -- an admission of weakness," says specialty coffee industry consultant Andrew Hetzel of Cafemakers. "Local coffee shops everywhere should band together and join in the promotion for maximum impact."
"Whether free or not, we hope that everyone will use Tuesday, February 26th as an opportunity to visit their local coffee shops and find out what they've been missing," says Perry, adding, "Anyone in the U.S.A., Canada or U.K. can visit http://www.delocator.net to quickly find their nearest independent coffee shop."
Free, expertly crafted coffee beverages will be served at Coffee Klatch Roasting's two locations in Southern California on Tuesday, February, 26th between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM:
San Dimas: (909) 599-0452
806 W. Arrow Hwy Ste A, San Dimas
57 Freeway and Arrow Hwy in the Target Shopping Center
Rancho Cucamonga: (909) 944-JAVA
8916 Foothill Blvd Ste C, Rancho Cucamonga
Corner of Foothill and Vineyard in the Thomas Winery Building
About Coffee Klatch Roasting
Founded in 1993, Coffee Klatch operates two coffee shops in San Dimas & Rancho Cucamonga and supplies wholesale customers from a dedicated specialty coffee roasting facility. In addition to publicity gained from the accomplishments of two-time U.S. Barista Champion Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch Roasting has been recognized as serving the "Best Espresso in America" by the Los Angeles Times and the "Best Espresso in the World" by an esteemed panel of judges at the 2007 World Barista Championship in Tokyo, Japan. Visit the Coffee Klatch website at http://www.klatchroasting.com.
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Posted by cafemakers on 2008-02-21 14:57:12 Post Subject: PR: Anti-Starbucks Promotion Sparks Indie Coffee Uprising
SAN DIMAS, CA --(Marketwire - February 21, 2008) - Just two days after Coffee Klatch Roasting of Southern California announced that it would serve free coffee at its two coffee shops when all U.S. Starbucks stores close on February 26 for employee retraining, hundreds of independent coffee shops and small chain locations have followed suit to announce similar promotions, creating a nationwide movement to drive coffee consumers to local coffeehouses.
"First our announcement started circulating on coffee discussion websites and blogs, then our phones started ringing and email messages of support poured in from coast-to-coast," says Mike Perry, Coffee Klatch president. "I was shocked to see that our local promotion to demonstrate how much better our coffee is than Starbucks had turned into a nationwide uprising of independent coffeehouses."
"Independent businesses are smartly seizing this opportunity to turn the tables and spotlight Starbucks' touted 'bold demonstration of commitment,' for what it really is -- an admission of weakness," says specialty coffee industry consultant Andrew Hetzel of Cafemakers. "Local coffee shops everywhere should band together and join in the promotion for maximum impact."
"Whether free or not, we hope that everyone will use Tuesday, February 26th as an opportunity to visit their local coffee shops and find out what they've been missing," says Perry, adding, "Anyone in the U.S.A., Canada or U.K. can visit http://www.delocator.net to quickly find their nearest independent coffee shop."
Free, expertly crafted coffee beverages will be served at Coffee Klatch Roasting's two locations in Southern California on Tuesday, February, 26th between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM:
San Dimas: (909) 599-0452
806 W. Arrow Hwy Ste A, San Dimas
57 Freeway and Arrow Hwy in the Target Shopping Center
Rancho Cucamonga: (909) 944-JAVA
8916 Foothill Blvd Ste C, Rancho Cucamonga
Corner of Foothill and Vineyard in the Thomas Winery Building
About Coffee Klatch Roasting
Founded in 1993, Coffee Klatch operates two coffee shops in San Dimas & Rancho Cucamonga and supplies wholesale customers from a dedicated specialty coffee roasting facility. In addition to publicity gained from the accomplishments of two-time U.S. Barista Champion Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch Roasting has been recognized as serving the "Best Espresso in America" by the Los Angeles Times and the "Best Espresso in the World" by an esteemed panel of judges at the 2007 World Barista Championship in Tokyo, Japan. Visit the Coffee Klatch website at http://www.klatchroasting.com.
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View entire thread: a new branch every 2 weeks??!!
Posted by topher on 2007-01-16 04:00:25 Post Subject: a new branch every 2 weeks??!!
Starbucks to open new branch every fortnight for the next decade
Last updated at 15:47pm on 15th January 2007
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Starbucks is to open new coffee shops in London at the rate of one a fortnight for the next decade.
The firm has outlined a relentless expansion plan, and says it can foresee no limit to the number of branches in and around the capital.
Phil Broad, the firm's managing director for Britain and Ireland, said: “We don't think we’ve reached saturation point and we certainly don’t see London as finished yet.”
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The news has horrified campaigners who fear the spread of chain stores is ruining the individuality of London's high streets by turning them into “clone towns” with identical shops.
The first London Starbucks opened its doors on the King's Road, Chelsea, nine years ago.
There are now 256 branches located within the M25, out of a UK total of 530.
The US company's British sales for 2005 were £244 million, up 20 per cent.
Mr Broad, 44, insisted: “There is space for us and independents in the same high streets, we are not in the business of coming in and driving up rents.”
He said 20 per cent of all independent coffee shops in Britain were started less than a year ago, showing that it was easy for them for get established even with Starbucks dominating the market.
He said that for “the foreseeable future” 50 Starbucks branches will open each year, of which typically 20 to 25 will be in the South-East.
He said the company receives many approaches from communities asking them to open locally, and rejected claims that the Seattle-based multinational ruins neighbourhoods.
“When we opened in Lamb's Conduit Street initially there was opposition, but we are now an accepted part of the community. We are often open when other coffee shops aren't.”
In poorer areas, the opening of a Starbucks often acts as a “vote of confidence” encouraging other businesses to follow suit, he added.
But the claims were disputed by campaigners against identikit high streets.
Andrew Simms, policy director of the think tank, the New Economics Foundation, said: “Starbucks on-the-ground techniques push the cloning of the high street and lead to the closure of genuinely local coffee shops.”
Big-brand coffee chain UK sales are set to hit £1.4 billion by the end of next year.
Last year about 100 new Costa Coffee and 45 Caffè Nero branches opened
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Posted by topher on 2007-01-16 04:00:25 Post Subject: a new branch every 2 weeks??!!
Starbucks to open new branch every fortnight for the next decade
Last updated at 15:47pm on 15th January 2007
Comments (6)
A Starbucks under construction
HeadlinesInterest rates could rise again
Labour heartlands win the lottery as Tory towns lose out
Father's agony over girl killed in office shower
BA faces 12 weeks of chaos as cabin crews vote to strike
The poker cheats with a camera up their sleeve
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Experts raise a stink over screw-top wine bottles
Beware of the 'very dangerous' cat
Serb and Croat tennis fans clash at Australian Open
Doctors fear a surge in young gamblers
Civil servant 'helped wife to fulfil her death wish'
Internet cafes that used to be libraries
A case of too Liddle, too late?
EU puts its food police on the case of the cloned calf
MORE NEWS
Starbucks is to open new coffee shops in London at the rate of one a fortnight for the next decade.
The firm has outlined a relentless expansion plan, and says it can foresee no limit to the number of branches in and around the capital.
Phil Broad, the firm's managing director for Britain and Ireland, said: “We don't think we’ve reached saturation point and we certainly don’t see London as finished yet.”
More here...
• High Street chain M&S in £200 million green drive
The news has horrified campaigners who fear the spread of chain stores is ruining the individuality of London's high streets by turning them into “clone towns” with identical shops.
The first London Starbucks opened its doors on the King's Road, Chelsea, nine years ago.
There are now 256 branches located within the M25, out of a UK total of 530.
The US company's British sales for 2005 were £244 million, up 20 per cent.
Mr Broad, 44, insisted: “There is space for us and independents in the same high streets, we are not in the business of coming in and driving up rents.”
He said 20 per cent of all independent coffee shops in Britain were started less than a year ago, showing that it was easy for them for get established even with Starbucks dominating the market.
He said that for “the foreseeable future” 50 Starbucks branches will open each year, of which typically 20 to 25 will be in the South-East.
He said the company receives many approaches from communities asking them to open locally, and rejected claims that the Seattle-based multinational ruins neighbourhoods.
“When we opened in Lamb's Conduit Street initially there was opposition, but we are now an accepted part of the community. We are often open when other coffee shops aren't.”
In poorer areas, the opening of a Starbucks often acts as a “vote of confidence” encouraging other businesses to follow suit, he added.
But the claims were disputed by campaigners against identikit high streets.
Andrew Simms, policy director of the think tank, the New Economics Foundation, said: “Starbucks on-the-ground techniques push the cloning of the high street and lead to the closure of genuinely local coffee shops.”
Big-brand coffee chain UK sales are set to hit £1.4 billion by the end of next year.
Last year about 100 new Costa Coffee and 45 Caffè Nero branches opened
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View entire thread: Coffee Forums Promotional Materials
Posted by CoffeeLover on 2003-04-22 12:28:21 Post Subject: Coffee Forums Promotional Materials
Coffee Forums Promotional Materials
CoffeeForums.com is proud to announce the arrival of new promotional materials for our readers to use and request to help promote this site. We have two kinds of promotional materials, web-based banner images and the physical advertisement promotional cards that all of our readers may request and we will mail out to them.
The CoffeeForums.com promotional business cards are full colored front with a sharp, eye-catching logo and the back contains information about the site. These cards are intended for placement in coffee shops all around the globe. We’re finding that coffee shop owners are proud to promote CoffeeForums.com because they are pleased with the additional promotion they receive from their clientele posting positive reviews about that particular coffee shop. Coffee shop owners and those who commonly go to coffee shops may request a packet of promotional business cards for coffeeforums.com.
We’ve also prepared a document, which you can easily print out and show, to the coffee shop employees and owners stating the advantages of promoting CoffeeForums.com in any coffee shop! Download and Print - Available in Word Format.
The cards are as shown below are the size/dimension of standard business cards so they easily fit on any counter, business card rack, billboards/bulletin boards and any other place.
http://www.coffeeforums.com/images/coffeeforumcards2.jpg
The CoffeeForums.com cards are sent out in bundles of 15 per request. If you’re a devoted CoffeeForums.com poster, or someone who really works the coffee shops around town you can request more than one packet of the promotional cards. If you’d like to contact us directly please e-mail nick@staticusers.net. By using the form below you may submit your request for the CoffeeForums.com promotional business cards. We will send these cards to anywhere in the world where coffee shops and coffee outlets are located.
Click Here to Request Free Coffee Forum Promotion Cards!
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Posted by CoffeeLover on 2003-04-22 12:28:21 Post Subject: Coffee Forums Promotional Materials
Coffee Forums Promotional Materials
CoffeeForums.com is proud to announce the arrival of new promotional materials for our readers to use and request to help promote this site. We have two kinds of promotional materials, web-based banner images and the physical advertisement promotional cards that all of our readers may request and we will mail out to them.
The CoffeeForums.com promotional business cards are full colored front with a sharp, eye-catching logo and the back contains information about the site. These cards are intended for placement in coffee shops all around the globe. We’re finding that coffee shop owners are proud to promote CoffeeForums.com because they are pleased with the additional promotion they receive from their clientele posting positive reviews about that particular coffee shop. Coffee shop owners and those who commonly go to coffee shops may request a packet of promotional business cards for coffeeforums.com.
We’ve also prepared a document, which you can easily print out and show, to the coffee shop employees and owners stating the advantages of promoting CoffeeForums.com in any coffee shop! Download and Print - Available in Word Format.
The cards are as shown below are the size/dimension of standard business cards so they easily fit on any counter, business card rack, billboards/bulletin boards and any other place.
http://www.coffeeforums.com/images/coffeeforumcards2.jpg
The CoffeeForums.com cards are sent out in bundles of 15 per request. If you’re a devoted CoffeeForums.com poster, or someone who really works the coffee shops around town you can request more than one packet of the promotional cards. If you’d like to contact us directly please e-mail nick@staticusers.net. By using the form below you may submit your request for the CoffeeForums.com promotional business cards. We will send these cards to anywhere in the world where coffee shops and coffee outlets are located.
Click Here to Request Free Coffee Forum Promotion Cards!
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View entire thread: PR: Bar None Coffee opens in Georgetown, TX
Posted by cafemakers on 2007-05-18 20:06:31 Post Subject: PR: Bar None Coffee opens in Georgetown, TX
Georgetown, TX (PRWEB) May 19, 2007 – Bar None Coffee opens for business in Georgetown, Texas, marking the entrance of a new generation of specialty coffee shops into the Lone Star State.
"You won't find a jumbo 20 oz drink anywhere on our menu," boasts proprietor Linda Silva. "Fast food coffee chains use large volumes of milk to hide bitter, over-roasted coffee; our customers will experience the sweet taste of espresso prepared correctly."
Bar None Coffee features a menu of flavorful specialty coffee beverages prepared by highly trained baristas that follow traditional ingredient proportions and serving sizes, including a traditional cappuccino served in a 6-oz ceramic demitasse. An upscale but distinctively Texas-styled seating area allows customers to comfortably enjoy beverages and light food fare with friends.
Recognizing the value of convenience to the American commuter, coffee at Bar None is also available to go from a drive-up window.
"The best coffee shops in the world focus on small beverages that demonstrate their ability to prepare naturally sweet and balanced espresso," says espresso expert Andrew Hetzel of retail consulting firm Cafemakers. Hetzel continues, "Bar None Coffee is part of an emerging class of independent coffee shops that are using quality to their advantage in the face of multiunit competition – the figurative deck of cards is stacked against large operators in the area of beverage quality."
Adds Silva, "we're going to change the Texas expectation that bigger is better where it comes to fine coffee."
About Bar None Coffee
Bar None Coffee is located at 105 Wildwood Drive in the Cedar Breaks Village (next to the HEB Shopping Center on Williams Dr., behind the Bank of America.) and is open Monday through Saturday 6:00 am until 10:00 pm daily. For more information, call (512) 535-3774 or visit the Bar None website at http://www.barnonecoffee.com .
Media Contact
Linda Silva (512) 535-3774
lindasilva@barnonecoffee.com
Bar None Coffee
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Posted by cafemakers on 2007-05-18 20:06:31 Post Subject: PR: Bar None Coffee opens in Georgetown, TX
Georgetown, TX (PRWEB) May 19, 2007 – Bar None Coffee opens for business in Georgetown, Texas, marking the entrance of a new generation of specialty coffee shops into the Lone Star State.
"You won't find a jumbo 20 oz drink anywhere on our menu," boasts proprietor Linda Silva. "Fast food coffee chains use large volumes of milk to hide bitter, over-roasted coffee; our customers will experience the sweet taste of espresso prepared correctly."
Bar None Coffee features a menu of flavorful specialty coffee beverages prepared by highly trained baristas that follow traditional ingredient proportions and serving sizes, including a traditional cappuccino served in a 6-oz ceramic demitasse. An upscale but distinctively Texas-styled seating area allows customers to comfortably enjoy beverages and light food fare with friends.
Recognizing the value of convenience to the American commuter, coffee at Bar None is also available to go from a drive-up window.
"The best coffee shops in the world focus on small beverages that demonstrate their ability to prepare naturally sweet and balanced espresso," says espresso expert Andrew Hetzel of retail consulting firm Cafemakers. Hetzel continues, "Bar None Coffee is part of an emerging class of independent coffee shops that are using quality to their advantage in the face of multiunit competition – the figurative deck of cards is stacked against large operators in the area of beverage quality."
Adds Silva, "we're going to change the Texas expectation that bigger is better where it comes to fine coffee."
About Bar None Coffee
Bar None Coffee is located at 105 Wildwood Drive in the Cedar Breaks Village (next to the HEB Shopping Center on Williams Dr., behind the Bank of America.) and is open Monday through Saturday 6:00 am until 10:00 pm daily. For more information, call (512) 535-3774 or visit the Bar None website at http://www.barnonecoffee.com .
Media Contact
Linda Silva (512) 535-3774
lindasilva@barnonecoffee.com
Bar None Coffee
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View entire thread: Traffic Count & Average Sales?
Posted by Mocha Psyc on 2006-02-26 19:28:03 Post Subject: Traffic Count & Average Sales?
Watching two new coffee shops open here in town has me thinking; just exactly what am I missing?
The two new stores could not be more different. One is a brand new drive through only (Java Joes) on a street that has a 46k traffic count BUT also has 4 other coffee houses on the same street within a 2 mile radius.
The second is a free standing location (Janus Coffee House), also with a drive window but a storefront as well, that's on the PM side of a street that likely on draws 4k a day. This store is located just down the street from a Starbucks which is inside a Target Super Center. This is a BIG BUCKS store too - I'm thinking $250k minimum to open.
All of this in a town with a population of 164,000 (but growing VERY fast - think boom town here). The two new stores are joining a total of 11 pre-existing coffee shops, bringing the total to 13! And then there's me and my plan to open another location. Assuming I succeed, we're now at 14 coffee shops!
OK, so here's my real question. I have a spreadsheet that gives me profitability based on several factors. Two of which are customer count and average ticket price. The customer count is driven off of traffic count - so I'm comfortable with that number. But average sale has me confused.
My assumptions are based on what I spend when I go in a coffee shop - around $4.25. But what is the "real" average?
I was in a shop last week and I rang out at about $5.50 since my wife was with me, a second customer had a $14 ticket, and a third was at $1.50. So, this suggests an average of $7 a customer. But - since I had my wife with me do we count her as a customer? If so, that brings the customer count to 4 and decreases the average sale to $5.25. Still a good number - but is it substainable? What say you?
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Posted by Mocha Psyc on 2006-02-26 19:28:03 Post Subject: Traffic Count & Average Sales?
Watching two new coffee shops open here in town has me thinking; just exactly what am I missing?
The two new stores could not be more different. One is a brand new drive through only (Java Joes) on a street that has a 46k traffic count BUT also has 4 other coffee houses on the same street within a 2 mile radius.
The second is a free standing location (Janus Coffee House), also with a drive window but a storefront as well, that's on the PM side of a street that likely on draws 4k a day. This store is located just down the street from a Starbucks which is inside a Target Super Center. This is a BIG BUCKS store too - I'm thinking $250k minimum to open.
All of this in a town with a population of 164,000 (but growing VERY fast - think boom town here). The two new stores are joining a total of 11 pre-existing coffee shops, bringing the total to 13! And then there's me and my plan to open another location. Assuming I succeed, we're now at 14 coffee shops!
OK, so here's my real question. I have a spreadsheet that gives me profitability based on several factors. Two of which are customer count and average ticket price. The customer count is driven off of traffic count - so I'm comfortable with that number. But average sale has me confused.
My assumptions are based on what I spend when I go in a coffee shop - around $4.25. But what is the "real" average?
I was in a shop last week and I rang out at about $5.50 since my wife was with me, a second customer had a $14 ticket, and a third was at $1.50. So, this suggests an average of $7 a customer. But - since I had my wife with me do we count her as a customer? If so, that brings the customer count to 4 and decreases the average sale to $5.25. Still a good number - but is it substainable? What say you?
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View entire thread: Let be our franchisee!
Posted by Bisco on 2005-07-14 03:29:36 Post Subject: Let be our franchisee!
We are the leading of coffee manufactures in Vietnam - Trung Nguyen coffee. At present, we have about 1000 franchise coffee shops in Vietnam and 11 in oversea. We would warmly welcome if you want to be our prospective partner in opening coffee shops in your country. We do believe your customers will find special feelings about robusta flavors by enjoying coffee with filter.
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Posted by Bisco on 2005-07-14 03:29:36 Post Subject: Let be our franchisee!
We are the leading of coffee manufactures in Vietnam - Trung Nguyen coffee. At present, we have about 1000 franchise coffee shops in Vietnam and 11 in oversea. We would warmly welcome if you want to be our prospective partner in opening coffee shops in your country. We do believe your customers will find special feelings about robusta flavors by enjoying coffee with filter.
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View entire thread: It is now possible to roast in-house
Posted by trbb on 2008-08-03 09:29:53 Post Subject: It is now possible to roast in-house
Hi,
The Roasted Bean Boutique Ltd UK is pleased to offer a full turn-key-solution for coffee shops wishing to roast green coffee beans in-house. Our automatic smokeless coffee bean roasting machine system can be used automatic or manual and suits novices and expert roasters alike.
Its 2.5 Kg capacity (6lbs) will suit most coffee shops and/or Delis and can be placed anywhere with a 3-phase electric supply.
On-board water and battery operated water pump offers a safe operating environment and no special ventilation is required.
Now is time to differentiate your business from your competitors, and with secured geographical trading territory you can now grow your business and expanding in to new streams of income.
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Posted by trbb on 2008-08-03 09:29:53 Post Subject: It is now possible to roast in-house
Hi,
The Roasted Bean Boutique Ltd UK is pleased to offer a full turn-key-solution for coffee shops wishing to roast green coffee beans in-house. Our automatic smokeless coffee bean roasting machine system can be used automatic or manual and suits novices and expert roasters alike.
Its 2.5 Kg capacity (6lbs) will suit most coffee shops and/or Delis and can be placed anywhere with a 3-phase electric supply.
On-board water and battery operated water pump offers a safe operating environment and no special ventilation is required.
Now is time to differentiate your business from your competitors, and with secured geographical trading territory you can now grow your business and expanding in to new streams of income.
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View entire thread: New business question...need advice.
Posted by roddyo on 2008-07-07 11:41:45 Post Subject: New business question...need advice.
I recently started a text message service company and I''m not sure if I made a mistake getting into it or not.
The service allows business owners to send their customers ads, coupons, etc., by text message. The businesses are given an opt-in page so that they only send their messages to customers who have requested them.
I originally thought this would be a good business to get into and that it would be a good service for coffee shops. I''ve sent out flyers, but haven''t gotten any response. Do you think this is a good fit with coffee shops?
I''m trying to figure out if this is something that''s going to fly before I put any more money in to it!
Any thoughts? I would really appreciate it!
Roddy
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Posted by roddyo on 2008-07-07 11:41:45 Post Subject: New business question...need advice.
I recently started a text message service company and I''m not sure if I made a mistake getting into it or not.
The service allows business owners to send their customers ads, coupons, etc., by text message. The businesses are given an opt-in page so that they only send their messages to customers who have requested them.
I originally thought this would be a good business to get into and that it would be a good service for coffee shops. I''ve sent out flyers, but haven''t gotten any response. Do you think this is a good fit with coffee shops?
I''m trying to figure out if this is something that''s going to fly before I put any more money in to it!
Any thoughts? I would really appreciate it!
Roddy
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View entire thread: Hannah Banana Bread Baked Goods, Great for Coffee Shops
Posted by Pete Spinner on 2008-01-24 14:28:39 Post Subject: Hannah Banana Bread Baked Goods, Great for Coffee Shops
All,
Our firm, Hannah Banana Bread Company is entering its eight year of business. We provide unique lines of baked goods based off of family recipes, such as White Chocolate Chip Caramel Walnut or Butterscotch Caramel banana breads, JonApple Cinnamon Bread(TM), Peter Pumpkin Bread(TM) and, new this February, Irish Soda Bread.
The business was started by my wife, Lisa Spinner, in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Many of her first customers were independtly-owned coffee shops. We still continue to actively work with small coffee shops, as well as corporate- and franchise-owned specialty food retailers.
We offer products sold by the loaf or by the slice and can prepare both pre-sliced or individually-wrapped slices for grab and go retail offerings. Order sizes can be as small as 45 slices per drop. We also ship distribution-size orders in pallets.
I hope to be hearing from some of you who may be looking for a differentiating baked goods line. Please visit our website at www.hannahbananabread.com for further details.
Thanks!
Pete
Pete Spinner
President
Hannah Banana Bread Company(TM)
\"Buy a Bunch(TM)
847-242-9441 Direct
www.hannahbananabread.com
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Posted by Pete Spinner on 2008-01-24 14:28:39 Post Subject: Hannah Banana Bread Baked Goods, Great for Coffee Shops
All,
Our firm, Hannah Banana Bread Company is entering its eight year of business. We provide unique lines of baked goods based off of family recipes, such as White Chocolate Chip Caramel Walnut or Butterscotch Caramel banana breads, JonApple Cinnamon Bread(TM), Peter Pumpkin Bread(TM) and, new this February, Irish Soda Bread.
The business was started by my wife, Lisa Spinner, in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Many of her first customers were independtly-owned coffee shops. We still continue to actively work with small coffee shops, as well as corporate- and franchise-owned specialty food retailers.
We offer products sold by the loaf or by the slice and can prepare both pre-sliced or individually-wrapped slices for grab and go retail offerings. Order sizes can be as small as 45 slices per drop. We also ship distribution-size orders in pallets.
I hope to be hearing from some of you who may be looking for a differentiating baked goods line. Please visit our website at www.hannahbananabread.com for further details.
Thanks!
Pete
Pete Spinner
President
Hannah Banana Bread Company(TM)
\"Buy a Bunch(TM)
847-242-9441 Direct
www.hannahbananabread.com
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View entire thread: My search for Jamaican Blue lead me into business...
Posted by carriebaby on 2008-04-22 03:09:16 Post Subject: My search for Jamaican Blue lead me into business...
A couple of weeks ago, I was searching through google to find coffee shops in my area of chicagoland that sold jamaican blue mountain coffee. What I found through various keyword searches was nothing more than a series of sites offering generalized ''white pages'' listings, even though more than 500 coffee shops appeared in the listings.
I simply couldn''t find many website addresses beyond starbucks, caribou, gloria jeans, etc. Gloria''s shops, although I''m sure are wonderful, sell their jamaican blue mt. for more than $50 lb.
I was bereft and yearning for my cup of sweet island pleasure like you wouldn''t believe. As a part time income, I make squidoo.com pages. I had already ordered a shipment of my precious cargo online, and the shipment was delayed - where could I buy some near my home?
I wasn''t going to call 500 shops on the phone to find it... frustrated, I decided to create one page websites for coffee houses, shops, roasters, anyone needing a webpage.
I think I might just celebrate and offer a free page to the coffee shop that Does sell the beans near my house!
Incidentally, the only place that I could locate a facsimile was Trader Joe''s and their ''jamaican blue'' coffee was akin to drinking chaff...
Anyway, if you''re a business seeking a one page website, created by a crackerjack marketing team, please consider Pizzaz Design - we''ve just launched, and our introductory price is astounding. http://www.squidoo.com/business-sample
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Posted by carriebaby on 2008-04-22 03:09:16 Post Subject: My search for Jamaican Blue lead me into business...
A couple of weeks ago, I was searching through google to find coffee shops in my area of chicagoland that sold jamaican blue mountain coffee. What I found through various keyword searches was nothing more than a series of sites offering generalized ''white pages'' listings, even though more than 500 coffee shops appeared in the listings.
I simply couldn''t find many website addresses beyond starbucks, caribou, gloria jeans, etc. Gloria''s shops, although I''m sure are wonderful, sell their jamaican blue mt. for more than $50 lb.
I was bereft and yearning for my cup of sweet island pleasure like you wouldn''t believe. As a part time income, I make squidoo.com pages. I had already ordered a shipment of my precious cargo online, and the shipment was delayed - where could I buy some near my home?
I wasn''t going to call 500 shops on the phone to find it... frustrated, I decided to create one page websites for coffee houses, shops, roasters, anyone needing a webpage.
I think I might just celebrate and offer a free page to the coffee shop that Does sell the beans near my house!
Incidentally, the only place that I could locate a facsimile was Trader Joe''s and their ''jamaican blue'' coffee was akin to drinking chaff...
Anyway, if you''re a business seeking a one page website, created by a crackerjack marketing team, please consider Pizzaz Design - we''ve just launched, and our introductory price is astounding. http://www.squidoo.com/business-sample
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Posted by WolfLarsen on 2006-07-29 15:53:24 Post Subject: Traveling in the Middle East - the BEST Coffee Shops!
This is about traveling in Lebanon. But I gotta tell you the Middle East has GREAT coffee shops! In Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon you can LIVE in the coffee shops! People are VERY friendly. Oh - the coffee is great too!
From the novel TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD? WHY NOT?!
By
Wolf Larsen
I was traveling in Syria when I decided to go to Lebanon. Yippeee! Lebanon! I took a bus to a city near the Lebanese border.
At the bus terminal I ate and asked how to get to Lebanon. I was directed to a group of broken down looking Mercedes Benzes. Each one looked about 40 years old.
When the car filled up with people off we went.
Lebanon was beautiful! The car drove down the Northern coast of Lebanon. There were rolling waves to my right and mountains to my left.
Lebanon felt so free and decadent and gorgeous from the moment I laid eyes upon the country. I could immediately see why so many people in Egypt, Jordan, and Syria told me how much they loved Lebanon.
When the “taxi” arrived in the city of Tripoli I was almost sad the ride ended. So much mountain and sea and sun and blue sky and waves. So much happiness.
The hotel was this guy’s house. Outside my door was the living room. I could sit around with the guy’s family and talk with them. The proprietor was a skinny twerp. His wife was very attractive. So was his teenage daughter. They were all very nice.
(I didn’t hang around their living room much. I didn’t want to intrude. Besides, there was simply too much temptation there.)
I jumped out into Tripoli and started exploring. Tripoli, like much of the Middle East, has really lively coffee/teasops and they’re everywhere. It seems like a good portion of the male population lives in these places. They talk, argue, play chess and checkers, and watch the passerby.
And some of these coffee/teashops are huge!
In one coffee/teashop I did see the Hezbollah “propaganda channel”. The “propaganda” was newsreel footage of children throwing rocks at Israeli tanks, and Palestinian militants posing with guns that looked like slingshots compared to the Israeli war machine. There was also plenty of footage of Israeli soldiers shooting Palestinian children, destroying Palestinian homes, and Israeli tanks rolling through Palestinian cities – all the “propaganda” that the responsible American news media censors.
Wandering around Tripoli was great! Many of the streets were crowded alleyways running through the city center. It all felt so old and modern thrown together. The streets were crowded and alive! This is what cities should be: living-breathing-organisms that take on a life of their own. The lively and intriguing streets of the old town are from the middle ages. Every turn of the corner was a new adventure for the eyes in this part of town.
Tripoli has a second downtown on the waterfront. I took a taxi there.
When the taxi driver found out that I was an American he said, “You Americans are always dropping bombs on cities – always invading countries! You Americans are giving Israel the armaments to kill Palestinians! You Americans –”
“Do I look like George Bush to you?” I asked. “Because if I do you need glasses!”
He shut up and stayed shut up. It turned into a VERY QUIET cab ride.
It was the first and only time I encountered anti-American feeling from an Arab in the four Middle Eastern countries that I visited.
I started walking down the promenade – and it was upbeat and happy with families and attractive men and women and couples.
Couples were holding hands and openly displaying affection and intimacy in all kinds of ways. I could see why the other Middle Easterners thought Lebanon was so wonderful.
At night I walked down the main thoroughfare between the old city and the new downtown. A big bright fever of nightlife runs down that street.
The next day I walked up the city – Tripoli is built from the seashore up into the surrounding mountains. I ate in a restaurant with a view of the city and the Mediterranean Sea dazzling and shinning below.
The owner, who had lived in the U.S. and Latin America, came and talked to me.
He showed me the different levels of his restaurant – it was all very chic and contemporary and elegant. Then he took me upstairs where he was building up a hotel. Like half the buildings of the city, the restaurant and hotel were being built into the steep slope of the mountain that ran up out of the sea.
We were talking on the roof of his building overlooking the stunning view of city and mountains and Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean Sea shined below us and the mountains rose over us and the city swarmed around us.
“Here, there’s so much opportunity,” he said. His voice was endless enthusiasm. “The whole country is being rebuilt,” he continued.
He talked of his exile from Lebanon during the Civil War. “Hundreds of thousands of my countrymen fled during the Civil War. Now, they’re coming back.
“When I was in exile I mostly made money trading goods between Latin America and the United States. I saved my money. Now I’m investing it in my own country – my own future.
“Lebanon is a great country,” he added. “You can go swimming at the beach in the Mediterranean Sea in the morning, and go skiing in the mountains in the afternoon – or vice-versa.”
The next morning I decided to go to the Roman ruins of Baalbeck. First I would have to go to Beirut, and connect there for another bus to Baalbeck.
The highway to Beirut was a big long streak of asphalt between the big mountains and the big sensual blue of the Mediterranean Sea. There were dramatic cliffs and thrilling views. Parts of the highway were blasted through the cliffs that fell into the Mediterranean Sea. The bus was hanging over an endless blue.
I stopped off in Beirut and changed buses.
The bus to Baalbeck out of Beirut ran over the mountains. On the way there were lots of shot-up buildings. There was everything from smaller bullet holes in the walls, to big giant holes that looked like they came from a bazooka or something. It all made passing through the delightful scenery even more exciting.
Later that day, I found a cheap hotel room, and I walked around the Roman city of Baalbeck.
There were some bullet holes in the walls of the ancient Roman city. But still, I think that the different sides in the Civil War were pretty considerate, because I didn’t see any huge holes caused by bazookas. And the ancient Roman buildings had far fewer bullet holes than a lot of other buildings in Lebanon. It’s nice of people killing each other to respect the remains of ancient cities like this one.
The next day I went to Beirut. It seemed like every passing noisy old VW van was a self-proclaimed “bus” going somewhere. It all looked like an informal operation of people packed like sardines into a can that’s a bus because we have a VW van and we’re unemployed kind of transportation.
“Beirut?” I asked one van after another. They all shook their heads no.
When the driver of one of these “buses” shook his head yes I got in.
About twenty minutes later, the driver and hawker/money collector changed their minds, and decided not to go to Beirut. Maybe they wanted to get a cold beer instead, I don’t know.
“No Beirut, no fulus,” I said. (No Beirut, no money.)
They laughed as they nodded their heads fine. I got out of the van and they sped off.
“Where the hell am I?” I said out loud to all this middle-of-nowhereness stuff around me. (Pay attention Mr. Webster – I just gave birth to a new word!)
Anyway, I got to Beirut one way or another. I don’t remember how I got to Beirut – maybe I rode on the back of some kid’s tricycle or a flying saucer dropped me off – oh now I remember! – I managed to find a bus – a real one! – and I reached my hotel in Beirut later that afternoon. (That’s a fun whoooppeeeee kind of sentence.)
At the hotel the guy behind the desk said, “The penthouse is available.”
“Yeah? So?” I said in-a-what-does-that-have-to-do-with-me tone.
“Normally we charge $125 dollars a night for the penthouse,” he said.
“Well, one of the simple rooms for twenty dollars is fine with me,” I said.
“Here’s the key to the penthouse,” the guy said. “We’ll give it to you for fifty dollars a night. Just have a look and decide.”
On the elevator I thought, “This is a goddamn waste of time. “Penthouse suite, whatever. The last time I spent fifty dollars a night was back in Japan.”
Then the elevator reached the penthouse. The first thing I noticed was that I had the whole top floor to myself. The second thing I noticed was that (for me) it was huge! The next thing I noticed was the viiiiieeeeeew.
I went back down below, and smiled at the guy behind the desk. We had ourselves a deal!
Boy did I live it up! That night the view was fabulous! Lights spreeeaaad out below in both directions along the coastliiiiine. I felt like a millionaire with a happy life!
“This is the life I deserve,” I thought. “I’d like to walk into a penthouse like this one and throw a millionaire out the window and live happily ever after!”
Beirut is a sensuous decadent place. The young women dress sexy. It’s very cosmopolitan. There’s swank eating and drinking establishments everywhere. There’s lots of bullet holes in the walls. It’s an entertaining place.
The ocean promenade is fantastic. So many attractive people not burdened by much clothing. Sex is in the air. The sun is smiling in the sky. The Mediterranean Sea is a big naked blue lying before you.
And then there’s downtown. In 2002 downtown Beirut had an… uh… unusual feeling to it.
It might be “normal” by now.
There I was – eating sophisticated haute cuisine, or whatever the hell you call it, at some outdoor café.
There were plenty of police with Uzi machine guns standing around. There were smartly dressed waiters. There was the elegantly restored architecture. There were old shells of bullet hole buildings. There were large empty newly restored buildings.
Much of the worst of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) occurred right here in downtown Beirut. Here I was eating haute cuisine on a sidewalk that they had just washed the bloodstains off of recently.
Mozart played as I ate. So did the boom-boom bang-bang of an orgy of construction sites everywhere. The charming bullet-hole-Swiss-cheese-looking shells of the buildings were being restored, but the inside of the buildings were being smashed down and completely rebuilt from scratch.
Beirut wanted to be the “little Paris on the Mediterranean” once again.
Back at the hotel I talked with the guy behind the desk. He was a great guy as far as I was concerned. Thanks to him – I was living in a penthouse!
“How do you like it up there?” he asked.
“It’s great!” I said. “I’ve never stayed in a penthouse before.”
“You can stay in the penthouse until the weekend if you like,” he said smiling.
We got to talking about downtown and the restoration, which brought up the Civil War, which he had lived through.
“Depending upon where you lived in the city – the Civil War either felt horrible – or you hardly noticed it at all,” he said.
“It’s possible to hardly notice a civil war in your own city – really?” I asked.
“Downtown was the front line. The fighting was horrible there,” he said.
“But in other parts of the city it wasn’t so bad,” he said. “There were two different economies.”
“One economy for the Christians, and a different economy for the Moslems?” I asked, thinking boy was that a stupid question.
“Well, some Christian factions united with the Moslems for a while, and fought alongside the Moslems against the other Christians. But then they’d go back to fighting the Moslems for a while, only to unite with them once again. Often there were more than two sides fighting each other.”
A few days later I jumped on a plane to Amsterdam, Holland.
Copyright 2005 by Wolf Larsen
If you would like to read more you may go to:
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Posted by WolfLarsen on 2006-07-29 15:53:24 Post Subject: Traveling in the Middle East - the BEST Coffee Shops!
This is about traveling in Lebanon. But I gotta tell you the Middle East has GREAT coffee shops! In Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon you can LIVE in the coffee shops! People are VERY friendly. Oh - the coffee is great too!
From the novel TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD? WHY NOT?!
By
Wolf Larsen
I was traveling in Syria when I decided to go to Lebanon. Yippeee! Lebanon! I took a bus to a city near the Lebanese border.
At the bus terminal I ate and asked how to get to Lebanon. I was directed to a group of broken down looking Mercedes Benzes. Each one looked about 40 years old.
When the car filled up with people off we went.
Lebanon was beautiful! The car drove down the Northern coast of Lebanon. There were rolling waves to my right and mountains to my left.
Lebanon felt so free and decadent and gorgeous from the moment I laid eyes upon the country. I could immediately see why so many people in Egypt, Jordan, and Syria told me how much they loved Lebanon.
When the “taxi” arrived in the city of Tripoli I was almost sad the ride ended. So much mountain and sea and sun and blue sky and waves. So much happiness.
The hotel was this guy’s house. Outside my door was the living room. I could sit around with the guy’s family and talk with them. The proprietor was a skinny twerp. His wife was very attractive. So was his teenage daughter. They were all very nice.
(I didn’t hang around their living room much. I didn’t want to intrude. Besides, there was simply too much temptation there.)
I jumped out into Tripoli and started exploring. Tripoli, like much of the Middle East, has really lively coffee/teasops and they’re everywhere. It seems like a good portion of the male population lives in these places. They talk, argue, play chess and checkers, and watch the passerby.
And some of these coffee/teashops are huge!
In one coffee/teashop I did see the Hezbollah “propaganda channel”. The “propaganda” was newsreel footage of children throwing rocks at Israeli tanks, and Palestinian militants posing with guns that looked like slingshots compared to the Israeli war machine. There was also plenty of footage of Israeli soldiers shooting Palestinian children, destroying Palestinian homes, and Israeli tanks rolling through Palestinian cities – all the “propaganda” that the responsible American news media censors.
Wandering around Tripoli was great! Many of the streets were crowded alleyways running through the city center. It all felt so old and modern thrown together. The streets were crowded and alive! This is what cities should be: living-breathing-organisms that take on a life of their own. The lively and intriguing streets of the old town are from the middle ages. Every turn of the corner was a new adventure for the eyes in this part of town.
Tripoli has a second downtown on the waterfront. I took a taxi there.
When the taxi driver found out that I was an American he said, “You Americans are always dropping bombs on cities – always invading countries! You Americans are giving Israel the armaments to kill Palestinians! You Americans –”
“Do I look like George Bush to you?” I asked. “Because if I do you need glasses!”
He shut up and stayed shut up. It turned into a VERY QUIET cab ride.
It was the first and only time I encountered anti-American feeling from an Arab in the four Middle Eastern countries that I visited.
I started walking down the promenade – and it was upbeat and happy with families and attractive men and women and couples.
Couples were holding hands and openly displaying affection and intimacy in all kinds of ways. I could see why the other Middle Easterners thought Lebanon was so wonderful.
At night I walked down the main thoroughfare between the old city and the new downtown. A big bright fever of nightlife runs down that street.
The next day I walked up the city – Tripoli is built from the seashore up into the surrounding mountains. I ate in a restaurant with a view of the city and the Mediterranean Sea dazzling and shinning below.
The owner, who had lived in the U.S. and Latin America, came and talked to me.
He showed me the different levels of his restaurant – it was all very chic and contemporary and elegant. Then he took me upstairs where he was building up a hotel. Like half the buildings of the city, the restaurant and hotel were being built into the steep slope of the mountain that ran up out of the sea.
We were talking on the roof of his building overlooking the stunning view of city and mountains and Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean Sea shined below us and the mountains rose over us and the city swarmed around us.
“Here, there’s so much opportunity,” he said. His voice was endless enthusiasm. “The whole country is being rebuilt,” he continued.
He talked of his exile from Lebanon during the Civil War. “Hundreds of thousands of my countrymen fled during the Civil War. Now, they’re coming back.
“When I was in exile I mostly made money trading goods between Latin America and the United States. I saved my money. Now I’m investing it in my own country – my own future.
“Lebanon is a great country,” he added. “You can go swimming at the beach in the Mediterranean Sea in the morning, and go skiing in the mountains in the afternoon – or vice-versa.”
The next morning I decided to go to the Roman ruins of Baalbeck. First I would have to go to Beirut, and connect there for another bus to Baalbeck.
The highway to Beirut was a big long streak of asphalt between the big mountains and the big sensual blue of the Mediterranean Sea. There were dramatic cliffs and thrilling views. Parts of the highway were blasted through the cliffs that fell into the Mediterranean Sea. The bus was hanging over an endless blue.
I stopped off in Beirut and changed buses.
The bus to Baalbeck out of Beirut ran over the mountains. On the way there were lots of shot-up buildings. There was everything from smaller bullet holes in the walls, to big giant holes that looked like they came from a bazooka or something. It all made passing through the delightful scenery even more exciting.
Later that day, I found a cheap hotel room, and I walked around the Roman city of Baalbeck.
There were some bullet holes in the walls of the ancient Roman city. But still, I think that the different sides in the Civil War were pretty considerate, because I didn’t see any huge holes caused by bazookas. And the ancient Roman buildings had far fewer bullet holes than a lot of other buildings in Lebanon. It’s nice of people killing each other to respect the remains of ancient cities like this one.
The next day I went to Beirut. It seemed like every passing noisy old VW van was a self-proclaimed “bus” going somewhere. It all looked like an informal operation of people packed like sardines into a can that’s a bus because we have a VW van and we’re unemployed kind of transportation.
“Beirut?” I asked one van after another. They all shook their heads no.
When the driver of one of these “buses” shook his head yes I got in.
About twenty minutes later, the driver and hawker/money collector changed their minds, and decided not to go to Beirut. Maybe they wanted to get a cold beer instead, I don’t know.
“No Beirut, no fulus,” I said. (No Beirut, no money.)
They laughed as they nodded their heads fine. I got out of the van and they sped off.
“Where the hell am I?” I said out loud to all this middle-of-nowhereness stuff around me. (Pay attention Mr. Webster – I just gave birth to a new word!)
Anyway, I got to Beirut one way or another. I don’t remember how I got to Beirut – maybe I rode on the back of some kid’s tricycle or a flying saucer dropped me off – oh now I remember! – I managed to find a bus – a real one! – and I reached my hotel in Beirut later that afternoon. (That’s a fun whoooppeeeee kind of sentence.)
At the hotel the guy behind the desk said, “The penthouse is available.”
“Yeah? So?” I said in-a-what-does-that-have-to-do-with-me tone.
“Normally we charge $125 dollars a night for the penthouse,” he said.
“Well, one of the simple rooms for twenty dollars is fine with me,” I said.
“Here’s the key to the penthouse,” the guy said. “We’ll give it to you for fifty dollars a night. Just have a look and decide.”
On the elevator I thought, “This is a goddamn waste of time. “Penthouse suite, whatever. The last time I spent fifty dollars a night was back in Japan.”
Then the elevator reached the penthouse. The first thing I noticed was that I had the whole top floor to myself. The second thing I noticed was that (for me) it was huge! The next thing I noticed was the viiiiieeeeeew.
I went back down below, and smiled at the guy behind the desk. We had ourselves a deal!
Boy did I live it up! That night the view was fabulous! Lights spreeeaaad out below in both directions along the coastliiiiine. I felt like a millionaire with a happy life!
“This is the life I deserve,” I thought. “I’d like to walk into a penthouse like this one and throw a millionaire out the window and live happily ever after!”
Beirut is a sensuous decadent place. The young women dress sexy. It’s very cosmopolitan. There’s swank eating and drinking establishments everywhere. There’s lots of bullet holes in the walls. It’s an entertaining place.
The ocean promenade is fantastic. So many attractive people not burdened by much clothing. Sex is in the air. The sun is smiling in the sky. The Mediterranean Sea is a big naked blue lying before you.
And then there’s downtown. In 2002 downtown Beirut had an… uh… unusual feeling to it.
It might be “normal” by now.
There I was – eating sophisticated haute cuisine, or whatever the hell you call it, at some outdoor café.
There were plenty of police with Uzi machine guns standing around. There were smartly dressed waiters. There was the elegantly restored architecture. There were old shells of bullet hole buildings. There were large empty newly restored buildings.
Much of the worst of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) occurred right here in downtown Beirut. Here I was eating haute cuisine on a sidewalk that they had just washed the bloodstains off of recently.
Mozart played as I ate. So did the boom-boom bang-bang of an orgy of construction sites everywhere. The charming bullet-hole-Swiss-cheese-looking shells of the buildings were being restored, but the inside of the buildings were being smashed down and completely rebuilt from scratch.
Beirut wanted to be the “little Paris on the Mediterranean” once again.
Back at the hotel I talked with the guy behind the desk. He was a great guy as far as I was concerned. Thanks to him – I was living in a penthouse!
“How do you like it up there?” he asked.
“It’s great!” I said. “I’ve never stayed in a penthouse before.”
“You can stay in the penthouse until the weekend if you like,” he said smiling.
We got to talking about downtown and the restoration, which brought up the Civil War, which he had lived through.
“Depending upon where you lived in the city – the Civil War either felt horrible – or you hardly noticed it at all,” he said.
“It’s possible to hardly notice a civil war in your own city – really?” I asked.
“Downtown was the front line. The fighting was horrible there,” he said.
“But in other parts of the city it wasn’t so bad,” he said. “There were two different economies.”
“One economy for the Christians, and a different economy for the Moslems?” I asked, thinking boy was that a stupid question.
“Well, some Christian factions united with the Moslems for a while, and fought alongside the Moslems against the other Christians. But then they’d go back to fighting the Moslems for a while, only to unite with them once again. Often there were more than two sides fighting each other.”
A few days later I jumped on a plane to Amsterdam, Holland.
Copyright 2005 by Wolf Larsen
If you would like to read more you may go to:
Travel Around the World!
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View entire thread: Teens and Coffee
Posted by charlotte on 2007-09-03 20:46:21 Post Subject: Teens and Coffee
Can anyone recommend best coffee shops in the Charlotte area for teens?
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Posted by charlotte on 2007-09-03 20:46:21 Post Subject: Teens and Coffee
Can anyone recommend best coffee shops in the Charlotte area for teens?
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View entire thread: buildings
Posted by jkkfam89 on 2006-12-03 12:22:12 Post Subject: buildings
I am looking for different companies that build drive thru coffee shops. any reccomendations? 8 x 14 or 16
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Posted by jkkfam89 on 2006-12-03 12:22:12 Post Subject: buildings
I am looking for different companies that build drive thru coffee shops. any reccomendations? 8 x 14 or 16
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View entire thread: Coffee shop located in a lighthouse?
Posted by shots on 2006-03-15 11:29:36 Post Subject: Coffee shop located in a lighthouse?
Does anyone know of any coffee shops in the US that happen to be located in an old lighthouse?
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Posted by shots on 2006-03-15 11:29:36 Post Subject: Coffee shop located in a lighthouse?
Does anyone know of any coffee shops in the US that happen to be located in an old lighthouse?
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View entire thread: Business plan for websites
Posted by jlyon10 on 2007-03-08 08:47:42 Post Subject: Business plan for websites
I noticed there is information on Business plans on the forum for coffee shops. I was wondering if any one could share business plans for website coffee selling?
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Posted by jlyon10 on 2007-03-08 08:47:42 Post Subject: Business plan for websites
I noticed there is information on Business plans on the forum for coffee shops. I was wondering if any one could share business plans for website coffee selling?
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View entire thread: Chocolate
Posted by bluecoffee on 2005-03-03 10:46:14 Post Subject: Chocolate
I have a question about chocolate
What kind of chocolate do you use or prefer?
Do you sell chocolates in your coffee shops? Would you sell chocolates?
Thank you for your answers!
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Posted by bluecoffee on 2005-03-03 10:46:14 Post Subject: Chocolate
I have a question about chocolate
What kind of chocolate do you use or prefer?
Do you sell chocolates in your coffee shops? Would you sell chocolates?
Thank you for your answers!
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View entire thread: Looking for Tesoros Del Sol
Posted by nelson on 2006-01-21 13:25:35 Post Subject: Looking for Tesoros Del Sol
I'm looking for coffee shops that serve Tesoros Del Sol Costa Rican coffee. I live in St Louis and have found one: Northwest Coffee. Anyone know any other locations? (prefer Midwest but I also travel a good bit)
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Posted by nelson on 2006-01-21 13:25:35 Post Subject: Looking for Tesoros Del Sol
I'm looking for coffee shops that serve Tesoros Del Sol Costa Rican coffee. I live in St Louis and have found one: Northwest Coffee. Anyone know any other locations? (prefer Midwest but I also travel a good bit)
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View entire thread: help: dissertation: market entry in coffee shop industry
Posted by stanze77 on 2004-01-28 07:32:09 Post Subject: help: dissertation: market entry in coffee shop industry
Hey,
how are you?
I'm studying business administration in germany and write my dissertation about "international market entry strategies of coffee shops".
Could anybody help me with that?????
That would be great.
Thanks,
Constanze
constanze.ullmann@freenet.de
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Posted by stanze77 on 2004-01-28 07:32:09 Post Subject: help: dissertation: market entry in coffee shop industry
Hey,
how are you?
I'm studying business administration in germany and write my dissertation about "international market entry strategies of coffee shops".
Could anybody help me with that?????
That would be great.
Thanks,
Constanze
constanze.ullmann@freenet.de
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View entire thread: Iced coffee natural, freshly brewed in Toronto where?
Posted by quetzalcoatl on 2006-05-30 16:22:35 Post Subject: Iced coffee natural, freshly brewed in Toronto where?
Does anyone know coffee shops that serve natural freshly brewed iced coffee in Toronto? (Or even places that serve Vietnamese iced coffee).
Natural freshly brewed preferably over pre-prepared “coffee mixesâ€
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Posted by quetzalcoatl on 2006-05-30 16:22:35 Post Subject: Iced coffee natural, freshly brewed in Toronto where?
Does anyone know coffee shops that serve natural freshly brewed iced coffee in Toronto? (Or even places that serve Vietnamese iced coffee).
Natural freshly brewed preferably over pre-prepared “coffee mixesâ€
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View entire thread: Lease structures in supermarkets
Posted by Sushi Mike on 2006-03-16 13:14:19 Post Subject: Lease structures in supermarkets
I am in a different industry that does business inside supermarkets. I am wondering if I could have a dialog with someone in regards to lease terms for coffee shops with supermarkets. I would like to know how other industries fair.
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Posted by Sushi Mike on 2006-03-16 13:14:19 Post Subject: Lease structures in supermarkets
I am in a different industry that does business inside supermarkets. I am wondering if I could have a dialog with someone in regards to lease terms for coffee shops with supermarkets. I would like to know how other industries fair.
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View entire thread: KOA campground coffee shops
Posted by jlyon10 on 2008-03-04 07:40:13 Post Subject: KOA campground coffee shops
Does any one know anything about the KOA campgrounds coffee shops. I received my directory yesterday and read about a company producing the coffee specificaly for them and they even have their own blends. Supposedly they have baristas at the camp grounds that offer this service. Has any one tried the coffee?
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Posted by jlyon10 on 2008-03-04 07:40:13 Post Subject: KOA campground coffee shops
Does any one know anything about the KOA campgrounds coffee shops. I received my directory yesterday and read about a company producing the coffee specificaly for them and they even have their own blends. Supposedly they have baristas at the camp grounds that offer this service. Has any one tried the coffee?
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View entire thread: Open near SB?
Posted by Bullfrog on 2004-07-31 10:24:56 Post Subject: Open near SB?
We have a new center opening in suburban St. Louis and a SB will locate there soon. It will be a great location with an upscale grocery and lots of drive-by. Would you consider opening a shop nearby? St. Louis is basically a coffee wasteland with only a few coffee shops.
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Posted by Bullfrog on 2004-07-31 10:24:56 Post Subject: Open near SB?
We have a new center opening in suburban St. Louis and a SB will locate there soon. It will be a great location with an upscale grocery and lots of drive-by. Would you consider opening a shop nearby? St. Louis is basically a coffee wasteland with only a few coffee shops.
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View entire thread: Coffee tamper supplier
Posted by coffeetamper on 2008-04-20 10:08:31 Post Subject: Coffee tamper supplier
Hello, everyone, if your coffee shops or espresso bars need coffee tamper, please feel free to contact us, we are professional coffee tamper supplier. We can offer different size from 49mm-58mm, stainless steel base, aluminum or wood handle is available. To know more details, please contact us now.
Best regards,
Tommy
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Posted by coffeetamper on 2008-04-20 10:08:31 Post Subject: Coffee tamper supplier
Hello, everyone, if your coffee shops or espresso bars need coffee tamper, please feel free to contact us, we are professional coffee tamper supplier. We can offer different size from 49mm-58mm, stainless steel base, aluminum or wood handle is available. To know more details, please contact us now.
Best regards,
Tommy
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View entire thread: Breakdown of sales with & without syrup
Posted by spark on 2007-08-13 23:12:34 Post Subject: Breakdown of sales with & without syrup
I am looking to see what existing coffee shops sales are, percentage wise, of drinks made with vs. without syrups? For example, only 20% of all drinks (bean based and italian sodas) made with syrup. As I don't like syrups in drinks other than italian sodes, I have no clue what this number should be.
Also, what are your top syrup flavors?
Thanks
Neil
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Posted by spark on 2007-08-13 23:12:34 Post Subject: Breakdown of sales with & without syrup
I am looking to see what existing coffee shops sales are, percentage wise, of drinks made with vs. without syrups? For example, only 20% of all drinks (bean based and italian sodas) made with syrup. As I don't like syrups in drinks other than italian sodes, I have no clue what this number should be.
Also, what are your top syrup flavors?
Thanks
Neil
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View entire thread: Stores selling equipment for new espresso bar?
Posted by LNSC on 2007-09-20 21:59:03 Post Subject: Stores selling equipment for new espresso bar?
Hi, im going to be spending a few days in Atlanta and Florida a couple of weeks in savannag and I was wondering if theres any stores that sells equipments for coffee shops such as motta jugs, thermometers etc (mainly light equipment) as im from england. It would be really appreciated if anyone could let me know if theres stores like these around?
Thank you!
LN.
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Posted by LNSC on 2007-09-20 21:59:03 Post Subject: Stores selling equipment for new espresso bar?
Hi, im going to be spending a few days in Atlanta and Florida a couple of weeks in savannag and I was wondering if theres any stores that sells equipments for coffee shops such as motta jugs, thermometers etc (mainly light equipment) as im from england. It would be really appreciated if anyone could let me know if theres stores like these around?
Thank you!
LN.
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View entire thread: big coffee chains info needed
Posted by Saims on 2003-09-23 16:02:15 Post Subject: big coffee chains info needed
Hello everyone
I am researching advertising in coffee chains, for my AS level graphics project, such as starbucks and such companies.. however i cannot seem to find much info on the chains in england such as Costa and Cafe Nero....
would any of you happen to know any chains or coffee shops which hav had advertising campaigns which i can find history and info on?
any help appreciated!!
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Posted by Saims on 2003-09-23 16:02:15 Post Subject: big coffee chains info needed
Hello everyone
I am researching advertising in coffee chains, for my AS level graphics project, such as starbucks and such companies.. however i cannot seem to find much info on the chains in england such as Costa and Cafe Nero....
would any of you happen to know any chains or coffee shops which hav had advertising campaigns which i can find history and info on?
any help appreciated!!
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View entire thread: 60 qt. mixer needed
Posted by davidsbiscotti on 2008-03-06 10:57:37 Post Subject: 60 qt. mixer needed
I thought I'd put this out there for any coffee shops that have or know of a 60 qt. mixer for sale. We currently use a 30qt floor model but need to expand our production a bit.
Need: 60 - 80 qt mixer
1 or 3 phase electric
We would need the bowl and attachments also if possible, paddle, wire whip and dough hook.
Budget: $5,000 including freight (can pick up in the northeast U.S. area).
Thanks!
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Posted by davidsbiscotti on 2008-03-06 10:57:37 Post Subject: 60 qt. mixer needed
I thought I'd put this out there for any coffee shops that have or know of a 60 qt. mixer for sale. We currently use a 30qt floor model but need to expand our production a bit.
Need: 60 - 80 qt mixer
1 or 3 phase electric
We would need the bowl and attachments also if possible, paddle, wire whip and dough hook.
Budget: $5,000 including freight (can pick up in the northeast U.S. area).
Thanks!
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View entire thread: Coffee Distributors
Posted by davidsbiscotti on 2008-01-09 11:08:03 Post Subject: Coffee Distributors
This question is for coffee shops that buy in roasted beans:
Do you go through a local coffee roaster/distributor for your beans or do you choose to buy from an online source?
I'm guessing that most of you do roast your own and hoping it's not a bad thing to admit that you don't.
Please, pm me if you like. A simple "local" or "online" answer would suffice.
Thank you
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Posted by davidsbiscotti on 2008-01-09 11:08:03 Post Subject: Coffee Distributors
This question is for coffee shops that buy in roasted beans:
Do you go through a local coffee roaster/distributor for your beans or do you choose to buy from an online source?
I'm guessing that most of you do roast your own and hoping it's not a bad thing to admit that you don't.
Please, pm me if you like. A simple "local" or "online" answer would suffice.
Thank you
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View entire thread: An artist that got his start at a coffeeshop...
Posted by artyjames on 2007-05-16 13:48:55 Post Subject: An artist that got his start at a coffeeshop...
Brian Buckley became a well known artist in the Los Angeles area, mostly from playing at local coffee shops. Now he has a new album out called For Her. I first learned about Brian Buckley during my internship at Fontana and now I am a fan. I really like the album, it is a blend of uptempo pop/rock with a vibe from the 60''s. If you have never heard of him you gotta check him out...www.sonic360.com/brianbuckley
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Posted by artyjames on 2007-05-16 13:48:55 Post Subject: An artist that got his start at a coffeeshop...
Brian Buckley became a well known artist in the Los Angeles area, mostly from playing at local coffee shops. Now he has a new album out called For Her. I first learned about Brian Buckley during my internship at Fontana and now I am a fan. I really like the album, it is a blend of uptempo pop/rock with a vibe from the 60''s. If you have never heard of him you gotta check him out...www.sonic360.com/brianbuckley
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View entire thread: Just for fun...
Posted by CafeIzzy on 2005-12-19 07:28:19 Post Subject: Just for fun...
We have a "Close to Home" calendar that has a great joke each day. Thought you all might get a kick out of today's joke....
A picture of a home kitchen with a really dirty, sloppy guy behind a counter with the **$$ logo on top of the wall, the "barista's" caption says "Good Morning Mr. Sullivan!". The caption underneath reads: "Looking to expand its territory even further, Starbucks opens the first of many private-residence coffee shops."
Just for Laughs...
donna, georgia
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Posted by CafeIzzy on 2005-12-19 07:28:19 Post Subject: Just for fun...
We have a "Close to Home" calendar that has a great joke each day. Thought you all might get a kick out of today's joke....
A picture of a home kitchen with a really dirty, sloppy guy behind a counter with the **$$ logo on top of the wall, the "barista's" caption says "Good Morning Mr. Sullivan!". The caption underneath reads: "Looking to expand its territory even further, Starbucks opens the first of many private-residence coffee shops."
Just for Laughs...
donna, georgia
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View entire thread: Scoops vs. Gravity Feeds
Posted by CoffeeGreg on 2007-07-23 15:24:16 Post Subject: Scoops vs. Gravity Feeds
Hello All,
I am trying to figure out an estimate of how many coffee shops in the US sell loose beans, and how many use gravity bins. I am doing research for a small company that is deciding whether or not to market a new coffee scoop, and they want a rough estimate of how large the potential market is.
If anyone has any insight into this issue, or could refer me to a source that would provide this information, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
Greg
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Posted by CoffeeGreg on 2007-07-23 15:24:16 Post Subject: Scoops vs. Gravity Feeds
Hello All,
I am trying to figure out an estimate of how many coffee shops in the US sell loose beans, and how many use gravity bins. I am doing research for a small company that is deciding whether or not to market a new coffee scoop, and they want a rough estimate of how large the potential market is.
If anyone has any insight into this issue, or could refer me to a source that would provide this information, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
Greg
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View entire thread: Coffee Publication Entries!!!!!!
Posted by coffeemuse on 2003-12-27 14:25:57 Post Subject: Coffee Publication Entries!!!!!!
Hi there everyone, I want to open up my coffee publication to anyone who wishes to write a colom in it. I have a company called Muse Group Publishing, and I publish a coffee newsletter each month in local coffee shops on the education and awareness of coffee and business and life. If you would like to enter an article to do with coffee, please email me your story or suggestions. Those who submit will recieve an electronic email of your story and that months publication!!!!!
darinr@eastlink.ca
thanks
Darin
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Posted by coffeemuse on 2003-12-27 14:25:57 Post Subject: Coffee Publication Entries!!!!!!
Hi there everyone, I want to open up my coffee publication to anyone who wishes to write a colom in it. I have a company called Muse Group Publishing, and I publish a coffee newsletter each month in local coffee shops on the education and awareness of coffee and business and life. If you would like to enter an article to do with coffee, please email me your story or suggestions. Those who submit will recieve an electronic email of your story and that months publication!!!!!
darinr@eastlink.ca
thanks
Darin
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View entire thread: Building Out a Counter When Opening a Coffee Shop
Posted by JavaGeek on 2007-10-02 13:15:01 Post Subject: Building Out a Counter When Opening a Coffee Shop
This seems like it should be obvious, but I''ve looked on Craig''s List with no success.
For those of you who''ve opened coffee shops, is there a good way to find people/companies who can build a cool coffee shop counter? I''ve got very limited resources, so it doesn''t have to be really fancy. If they did a standard wood counter with cabinets/storage, I could even sponge paint it or something. But how do entrepeneurs get these things built cheaply and how much should I budget to get it built?
Thank you very much for any advice.
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Posted by JavaGeek on 2007-10-02 13:15:01 Post Subject: Building Out a Counter When Opening a Coffee Shop
This seems like it should be obvious, but I''ve looked on Craig''s List with no success.
For those of you who''ve opened coffee shops, is there a good way to find people/companies who can build a cool coffee shop counter? I''ve got very limited resources, so it doesn''t have to be really fancy. If they did a standard wood counter with cabinets/storage, I could even sponge paint it or something. But how do entrepeneurs get these things built cheaply and how much should I budget to get it built?
Thank you very much for any advice.
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View entire thread: Looking for some advice on location of first shop
Posted by wizardboy43 on 2005-03-06 14:44:12 Post Subject: Looking for some advice on location of first shop
I live in Edinburgh and so the obvious location to site my first shop would be the place I know best Edinburgh, the first thing I have found out is that per head of population Edinburgh has the most coffee shops in Europe and that includes London, should I look further a field, there certainly does seem to be a shop on every corner.
I have been in the Hotel trade in the past running my hotel but this is certainly different and need to know what things I should look for when choosing the coffee shop location.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Posted by wizardboy43 on 2005-03-06 14:44:12 Post Subject: Looking for some advice on location of first shop
I live in Edinburgh and so the obvious location to site my first shop would be the place I know best Edinburgh, the first thing I have found out is that per head of population Edinburgh has the most coffee shops in Europe and that includes London, should I look further a field, there certainly does seem to be a shop on every corner.
I have been in the Hotel trade in the past running my hotel but this is certainly different and need to know what things I should look for when choosing the coffee shop location.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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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: Looking for stories from coffee shops
Posted by PathBinder on 2006-02-05 12:15:26 Post Subject: Looking for stories from coffee shops
PathBinder Publishing is looking for stories for the following upcoming collection book:
COFFEE TALK: Does your day start with a double mocha latte? Need an espresso to lift your eyelids? No doubt you have a story about an encounter at a coffee shop. Whether it was a blind date, or where you wrote your first novel - coffee shops' walls can't talk, so we need your stories in writing. Please download the entry form from the web site listed below and send in your story. Deadline - Open.
For entry forms and more information, go to:
http://www.pathbinder.com/writing/callforentries.htm
Most stories will be published. There is no entry fee or compensation for submitted stories. Please read the entry form carefully.
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Posted by PathBinder on 2006-02-05 12:15:26 Post Subject: Looking for stories from coffee shops
PathBinder Publishing is looking for stories for the following upcoming collection book:
COFFEE TALK: Does your day start with a double mocha latte? Need an espresso to lift your eyelids? No doubt you have a story about an encounter at a coffee shop. Whether it was a blind date, or where you wrote your first novel - coffee shops' walls can't talk, so we need your stories in writing. Please download the entry form from the web site listed below and send in your story. Deadline - Open.
For entry forms and more information, go to:
http://www.pathbinder.com/writing/callforentries.htm
Most stories will be published. There is no entry fee or compensation for submitted stories. Please read the entry form carefully.
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View entire thread: Keyword Research
Posted by CoffeeLover on 2003-03-25 09:38:25 Post Subject: Keyword Research
I've started a Google Adword Campaign for Coffee Forums to Figure out which keywords people come here from and which ones are searched for most. I will run this campaign for the next few days, while its happening we can post keyword stuffed posts using some of these topics:
2 private reserve coffee
2 phtoshop coffee forum
2 coffee
1 railway britain "coffee"
1 most popular coffee brand spain
1 is coffee bad for me?
1 indian coffee suplliers in australia
1 green coffee bean prices australia
1 fantastic coffee shops
1 espresso koffie bar
1 coffee window sticker
1 coffee supplies adelaide
1 coffee ratings
1 coffee percolator south Africa
1 coffee manufacturers
1 Kona Coffee Plantation
1 Coffee Industry Employment
1 Australian Coffee Machines
1 "international marketing, coffee"
1 "coffee serving sets"
1 "coffee business"
1 coffee blends
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Posted by CoffeeLover on 2003-03-25 09:38:25 Post Subject: Keyword Research
I've started a Google Adword Campaign for Coffee Forums to Figure out which keywords people come here from and which ones are searched for most. I will run this campaign for the next few days, while its happening we can post keyword stuffed posts using some of these topics:
2 private reserve coffee
2 phtoshop coffee forum
2 coffee
1 railway britain "coffee"
1 most popular coffee brand spain
1 is coffee bad for me?
1 indian coffee suplliers in australia
1 green coffee bean prices australia
1 fantastic coffee shops
1 espresso koffie bar
1 coffee window sticker
1 coffee supplies adelaide
1 coffee ratings
1 coffee percolator south Africa
1 coffee manufacturers
1 Kona Coffee Plantation
1 Coffee Industry Employment
1 Australian Coffee Machines
1 "international marketing, coffee"
1 "coffee serving sets"
1 "coffee business"
1 coffee blends
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View entire thread: Starbucks Training
Posted by PinkRose on 2008-02-28 10:44:59 Post Subject: Starbucks Training
If you go to this Starbucks Gossip web page:
\"Small coffee roaster makes fun of Starbucks'' training session, offers free coffee on Feb. 26\"
http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/20 ... ee-ro.html
Scroll all the way down to a posting that's dated Feb 20, 2008 6:16:43 AM. This begins the postings of the entire barista training. If you keep reading down the page, you will eventually see that someone posted all of the training sections (each in separate postings) along with the scripts from the videos.
When you read the training outline and all of the posted training segments, you will see that it was a very good training, and a great team building experience. I bet it was much better than most "independent" coffee shops provide for their employees.
Rose
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Posted by PinkRose on 2008-02-28 10:44:59 Post Subject: Starbucks Training
If you go to this Starbucks Gossip web page:
\"Small coffee roaster makes fun of Starbucks'' training session, offers free coffee on Feb. 26\"
http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/20 ... ee-ro.html
Scroll all the way down to a posting that's dated Feb 20, 2008 6:16:43 AM. This begins the postings of the entire barista training. If you keep reading down the page, you will eventually see that someone posted all of the training sections (each in separate postings) along with the scripts from the videos.
When you read the training outline and all of the posted training segments, you will see that it was a very good training, and a great team building experience. I bet it was much better than most "independent" coffee shops provide for their employees.
Rose
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View entire thread: Questions about coffee shop, drive thru's, and coffee carts
Posted by floorman on 2004-10-31 12:24:44 Post Subject: Questions about coffee shop, drive thru's, and coffee carts
Hello everyone - my question is pointed more towards the owners of coffee shops, drive thru's, and coffee carts.
I was wondering just excatly how much milk, coffee beans, cups, straws,
and lids etc. that you go through, on average, per month? Also, what is your cost per month for each item?
What prices do you charge for your drinks? such as the 12oz,16oz,and the 20oz lattes,cappucinos etc. I am trying to come up with a good price that will be fair but not too much. I have been to places that charge about the same as a national coffee place.
I am trying to make sure also that I don't overspend or underspend for milk, coffee beans, cups, straws, etc.
Thank you!!
Jeff
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Posted by floorman on 2004-10-31 12:24:44 Post Subject: Questions about coffee shop, drive thru's, and coffee carts
Hello everyone - my question is pointed more towards the owners of coffee shops, drive thru's, and coffee carts.
I was wondering just excatly how much milk, coffee beans, cups, straws,
and lids etc. that you go through, on average, per month? Also, what is your cost per month for each item?
What prices do you charge for your drinks? such as the 12oz,16oz,and the 20oz lattes,cappucinos etc. I am trying to come up with a good price that will be fair but not too much. I have been to places that charge about the same as a national coffee place.
I am trying to make sure also that I don't overspend or underspend for milk, coffee beans, cups, straws, etc.
Thank you!!
Jeff
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View entire thread: Cost of Roasted Beans?
Posted by thedot on 2007-10-21 18:47:02 Post Subject: Cost of Roasted Beans?
Hello folks,
I am trying to wrap my mind around some volume pricing options.
I'm wonder if you all could assist me just a bit.
What is a fair, yet competitive price for roasted coffee beans?
I'm sure folks can get large quantities at a discounted price...so I'm hoping you all can assist me with what a good price for a volume of beans would be?
To be honest, I would like to be competitive; and so I thought why not ask the folks that buy this stuff?
We roast up the beans, and we ship nationwide, but we're basically selling to home users.
We sale commercial equipment, so we'd like to increase our coffee sales to our commercial customers (restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, etc.).
Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you.
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Posted by thedot on 2007-10-21 18:47:02 Post Subject: Cost of Roasted Beans?
Hello folks,
I am trying to wrap my mind around some volume pricing options.
I'm wonder if you all could assist me just a bit.
What is a fair, yet competitive price for roasted coffee beans?
I'm sure folks can get large quantities at a discounted price...so I'm hoping you all can assist me with what a good price for a volume of beans would be?
To be honest, I would like to be competitive; and so I thought why not ask the folks that buy this stuff?
We roast up the beans, and we ship nationwide, but we're basically selling to home users.
We sale commercial equipment, so we'd like to increase our coffee sales to our commercial customers (restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, etc.).
Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you.
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View entire thread: All About Coffee
Posted by Dhiraj on 2008-07-17 02:15:35 Post Subject: All About Coffee
I am here for the business .
I Have this several sites of coffee accessories to sell.
Coffee Reviews- Looking for a perfect cup of coffee? Reviews will help you to find out various brands and types of coffee, according to the requirements.
Coffee Shop Guide - Provides all information regarding Coffee Accessories and Coffee Shops all over the world.
Cheap Coffee Machines - Know more about best Coffee machines, Coffee Accessories and more!
Coffee Reviews- Looking for a perfect cup of coffee? Reviews will help you to find out various brands and types of coffee, according to the requirements.
Classic Coffee Percolators - A type of pot for brewing coffee is a coffee percolator. In this boiling water is forced constantly up through central tube to filter back down through a basket of ground coffee beans.Depending upon the coffee bubbles going up, the strength of the coffee is determined.
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Posted by Dhiraj on 2008-07-17 02:15:35 Post Subject: All About Coffee
I am here for the business .
I Have this several sites of coffee accessories to sell.
Coffee Reviews- Looking for a perfect cup of coffee? Reviews will help you to find out various brands and types of coffee, according to the requirements.
Coffee Shop Guide - Provides all information regarding Coffee Accessories and Coffee Shops all over the world.
Cheap Coffee Machines - Know more about best Coffee machines, Coffee Accessories and more!
Coffee Reviews- Looking for a perfect cup of coffee? Reviews will help you to find out various brands and types of coffee, according to the requirements.
Classic Coffee Percolators - A type of pot for brewing coffee is a coffee percolator. In this boiling water is forced constantly up through central tube to filter back down through a basket of ground coffee beans.Depending upon the coffee bubbles going up, the strength of the coffee is determined.
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View entire thread: New Entrepeneur Questions
Posted by sabrinafuss on 2007-12-14 13:32:50 Post Subject: New Entrepeneur Questions
Hello. I am looking to purchase a coffee van in the new future, and I have a few questions about the biz.
1. Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best companies for buying equipped vans or trailers? Or trailers, sprinters, vans the best, most endurable bet. What does a fully equipped vehicle cost in general?
2. If you plan on vending at events and festivals, do you need to book in advance? If there are other coffee carts there, is there is a limit as to how many can show up, and if this is the case is the market saturated with coffee venders in the event/festival arena already?
3. If one is committed and finds events with high traffic volume on a regular basis, what can one expect in terms of profit?
4. Does anyone have any suggestions about books for people who want to crack the mobile coffee cart biz such as mobile coffee shops for dummies, etc?
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Posted by sabrinafuss on 2007-12-14 13:32:50 Post Subject: New Entrepeneur Questions
Hello. I am looking to purchase a coffee van in the new future, and I have a few questions about the biz.
1. Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best companies for buying equipped vans or trailers? Or trailers, sprinters, vans the best, most endurable bet. What does a fully equipped vehicle cost in general?
2. If you plan on vending at events and festivals, do you need to book in advance? If there are other coffee carts there, is there is a limit as to how many can show up, and if this is the case is the market saturated with coffee venders in the event/festival arena already?
3. If one is committed and finds events with high traffic volume on a regular basis, what can one expect in terms of profit?
4. Does anyone have any suggestions about books for people who want to crack the mobile coffee cart biz such as mobile coffee shops for dummies, etc?
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View entire thread: new business, schools and consultants
Posted by javanut on 2006-10-26 10:17:55 Post Subject: new business, schools and consultants
Hi,
I am new to this forum and have been loving it. I just recently became seriously motivated to open my own coffee shop which I have been wanting to do for years!! I frequent coffee shops in my own state and seek them out whenever I am out of state. I have also worked for a friend that used to own a national franchise so I do have some experience with coffee shop drinks and equipment. Anyway, while researching opening a shop, I thought about looking into buying an existing one. Does anyone have advice on that? I also came across some consulting firms - Bellisimo, JavaBiz and Cafemakers. I saw a post about Bellisimo from someone, but is anyone familiar with the others? Any opinions of these companies? My last question, sorry for the long post, is, has anyone been to the American barista and coffee school? any good/worth it/legit?
Thanks for any of your replies and suggestions
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Posted by javanut on 2006-10-26 10:17:55 Post Subject: new business, schools and consultants
Hi,
I am new to this forum and have been loving it. I just recently became seriously motivated to open my own coffee shop which I have been wanting to do for years!! I frequent coffee shops in my own state and seek them out whenever I am out of state. I have also worked for a friend that used to own a national franchise so I do have some experience with coffee shop drinks and equipment. Anyway, while researching opening a shop, I thought about looking into buying an existing one. Does anyone have advice on that? I also came across some consulting firms - Bellisimo, JavaBiz and Cafemakers. I saw a post about Bellisimo from someone, but is anyone familiar with the others? Any opinions of these companies? My last question, sorry for the long post, is, has anyone been to the American barista and coffee school? any good/worth it/legit?
Thanks for any of your replies and suggestions
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View entire thread: Something to think about..
Posted by Think Coffee and Teas on 2003-12-24 13:51:33 Post Subject: Something to think about..
Hi everyone, I found this website today and decided to join. It's good to read and communicate with other people in the coffee business! Well, I am very new to the coffee business as I started my company last month distributing coffee locally and internationally. Right now, my business is mostly online business though my website and a kiosk in a mall here in Victoria, BC. I am planning to this following year open up a store location.
Since the topic of this forum is Coffee Shops, I guess I will tell you guys also to check out my website (See Signature below). Have a look and I would appreciate any feedback you may have. I hope to meet some of you who already own your own coffeeshop or just love coffee altogether Send me a pm on msn! btw, I also sell other products on my website like Yerba Mate and other teas.
Thanks and Merry Christmas to all!
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Posted by Think Coffee and Teas on 2003-12-24 13:51:33 Post Subject: Something to think about..
Hi everyone, I found this website today and decided to join. It's good to read and communicate with other people in the coffee business! Well, I am very new to the coffee business as I started my company last month distributing coffee locally and internationally. Right now, my business is mostly online business though my website and a kiosk in a mall here in Victoria, BC. I am planning to this following year open up a store location.
Since the topic of this forum is Coffee Shops, I guess I will tell you guys also to check out my website (See Signature below). Have a look and I would appreciate any feedback you may have. I hope to meet some of you who already own your own coffeeshop or just love coffee altogether
Send me a pm on msn! btw, I also sell other products on my website like Yerba Mate and other teas. Thanks and Merry Christmas to all!
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View entire thread: Are There Any Coffee Shops in NYC That Sell Hand Grinders?
Posted by Zassenmaus on 2007-02-26 03:59:34 Post Subject: Are There Any Coffee Shops in NYC That Sell Hand Grinders?
I have a cast iron mill by Universal. The cast iron is fastened to the wood base with two screws. One no longer grips. I'll probably try to fix it by inserting a toothpick in the stripped hole. But I'm shopping for a better home mill.
I've found many on the Web I'd happily own, but I don't want to wait for delivery. I'd like to go out in the next couple days to buy one, but don't know where in New York City to go. Anyone know? I expect that Bed, Bath & Beyond, for instance, would carry only electric grinders. What about coffee shops that sell hardware? I can't find a definitive answer by searching on Google, Froogle, or Yahoo! Yellow Pages, for instance.
I'm looking for a manual mill with a conical burr. (The Universal appears to have a wheel burr.) I like the knee mills by Zassenhaus, but they're evidently unavailable except second-hand.
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Posted by Zassenmaus on 2007-02-26 03:59:34 Post Subject: Are There Any Coffee Shops in NYC That Sell Hand Grinders?
I have a cast iron mill by Universal. The cast iron is fastened to the wood base with two screws. One no longer grips. I'll probably try to fix it by inserting a toothpick in the stripped hole. But I'm shopping for a better home mill.
I've found many on the Web I'd happily own, but I don't want to wait for delivery. I'd like to go out in the next couple days to buy one, but don't know where in New York City to go. Anyone know? I expect that Bed, Bath & Beyond, for instance, would carry only electric grinders. What about coffee shops that sell hardware? I can't find a definitive answer by searching on Google, Froogle, or Yahoo! Yellow Pages, for instance.
I'm looking for a manual mill with a conical burr. (The Universal appears to have a wheel burr.) I like the knee mills by Zassenhaus, but they're evidently unavailable except second-hand.
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View entire thread: Coffee Roaster for hire
Posted by CaseyB78 on 2005-11-03 22:28:19 Post Subject: Coffee Roaster for hire
Objective:
To obtain a position as a specialty coffee roaster.
Employment
October 2004 – Present
Highpoint Coffee Roasters- http://www.highpointroasters.com/
Specialty coffee roaster
• Developed custom blends for coffee shops
• Developed individual roast profiles for coffee origins
• Developed a proprietary decaffeinated coffee roasting technique to increase aroma
• Implemented labor saving and aroma increasing bean cool-down procedures
• Proficient with bean packaging systems
• Familiar with shipping and receiving procedures and related software
• Proficient with forklift and related equipment
• Customer service and detail oriented
• Proficient with Invoicing software and Microsoft office
• Received a certificate from the Coffee Training Institute and developed an award winning blend
October 2004 – Present
Uptown Coffee
Barista
• Proficient at latte art creation
• Customer service oriented
• Proficient with Coffee Shop Manager software
October 2003 – October 2004
MGI Investigations- http://www.mgipi.com/aboutus.htm
Private Investigator
• Successfully aided the prosecution in several multi-million dollar cases
• Conducted background checks, activity checks, skip-tracing, crime scene investigations, record searches, subpoena serving, statement taking and related activities
• Received several performance based bonuses
• Repeatedly ranked as the companies best investigator based on undercover video footage
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Posted by CaseyB78 on 2005-11-03 22:28:19 Post Subject: Coffee Roaster for hire
Objective:
To obtain a position as a specialty coffee roaster.
Employment
October 2004 – Present
Highpoint Coffee Roasters- http://www.highpointroasters.com/
Specialty coffee roaster
• Developed custom blends for coffee shops
• Developed individual roast profiles for coffee origins
• Developed a proprietary decaffeinated coffee roasting technique to increase aroma
• Implemented labor saving and aroma increasing bean cool-down procedures
• Proficient with bean packaging systems
• Familiar with shipping and receiving procedures and related software
• Proficient with forklift and related equipment
• Customer service and detail oriented
• Proficient with Invoicing software and Microsoft office
• Received a certificate from the Coffee Training Institute and developed an award winning blend
October 2004 – Present
Uptown Coffee
Barista
• Proficient at latte art creation
• Customer service oriented
• Proficient with Coffee Shop Manager software
October 2003 – October 2004
MGI Investigations- http://www.mgipi.com/aboutus.htm
Private Investigator
• Successfully aided the prosecution in several multi-million dollar cases
• Conducted background checks, activity checks, skip-tracing, crime scene investigations, record searches, subpoena serving, statement taking and related activities
• Received several performance based bonuses
• Repeatedly ranked as the companies best investigator based on undercover video footage
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View entire thread: Help! Where in New York to Buy a Manual Coffee Grinder?
Posted by Zassenmaus on 2007-02-23 11:47:53 Post Subject: Help! Where in New York to Buy a Manual Coffee Grinder?
I have a cast iron mill by Universal bought before I knew anything about coffee mills. The cast iron is fastened to the wood base with two screws. One no longer grips. I''ll probably try to fix it by inserting a toothpick in the stripped hole. But I''m shopping for a better home mill.
I''ve found many on the Web I''d happily own, but I don''t want to wait for delivery. I''d like to go out today or tomorrow to buy one, but don''t know where in New York City to go. Anyone know? I expect that Bed, Bath & Beyond, for instance, would carry only electric grinders. What about coffee shops that sell hardware? I can''t find a definitive answer by searching on Google, Froogle, or Yahoo! Yellow Pages, for instance.
I''m looking for a manual mill with a conical burr. (The Universal appears to have a wheel burr.) I like the knee mills by Zassenhaus, but they''re evidently unavailable except second-hand.
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Posted by Zassenmaus on 2007-02-23 11:47:53 Post Subject: Help! Where in New York to Buy a Manual Coffee Grinder?
I have a cast iron mill by Universal bought before I knew anything about coffee mills. The cast iron is fastened to the wood base with two screws. One no longer grips. I''ll probably try to fix it by inserting a toothpick in the stripped hole. But I''m shopping for a better home mill.
I''ve found many on the Web I''d happily own, but I don''t want to wait for delivery. I''d like to go out today or tomorrow to buy one, but don''t know where in New York City to go. Anyone know? I expect that Bed, Bath & Beyond, for instance, would carry only electric grinders. What about coffee shops that sell hardware? I can''t find a definitive answer by searching on Google, Froogle, or Yahoo! Yellow Pages, for instance.
I''m looking for a manual mill with a conical burr. (The Universal appears to have a wheel burr.) I like the knee mills by Zassenhaus, but they''re evidently unavailable except second-hand.
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View entire thread: Coffe Broker and Agent
Posted by Lariam on 2008-10-19 20:16:26 Post Subject: Coffe Broker and Agent
I am starting a wholesale coffee roasting business and while I do have experience in the coffee part of it, the sales is another question for me. I am in Canada and wonder if anyone with experience can tell me ...is it better to hire a Food Broker right away or should we hire an independant sales agent. If we do hire a sales agent to go to the major stores for us and the individual coffee shops, how does the commission work? Do we pay commission on the initial sign up and sale or should we pay commission on each order that that coffee shop makes (let's say that coffee shop orders 20 bags a week, do we pay commission to the sales person that started the contract on each order or just on the initial set up?) I would really like to clarify this...I am thinking that to sell to Safeway and Save-on-Foods, etc., a Food Broker would be best but not sure how their commission works either.
Any comment and/or advice is much appreciated and thank you.
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Posted by Lariam on 2008-10-19 20:16:26 Post Subject: Coffe Broker and Agent
I am starting a wholesale coffee roasting business and while I do have experience in the coffee part of it, the sales is another question for me. I am in Canada and wonder if anyone with experience can tell me ...is it better to hire a Food Broker right away or should we hire an independant sales agent. If we do hire a sales agent to go to the major stores for us and the individual coffee shops, how does the commission work? Do we pay commission on the initial sign up and sale or should we pay commission on each order that that coffee shop makes (let's say that coffee shop orders 20 bags a week, do we pay commission to the sales person that started the contract on each order or just on the initial set up?) I would really like to clarify this...I am thinking that to sell to Safeway and Save-on-Foods, etc., a Food Broker would be best but not sure how their commission works either.
Any comment and/or advice is much appreciated and thank you.
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View entire thread: Coffee Roasting - New Business - Sales Agents or Food Broker
Posted by Lariam on 2008-10-13 21:43:38 Post Subject: Coffee Roasting - New Business - Sales Agents or Food Broker
I am starting a wholesale coffee roasting business and while I do have experience in the coffee part of it, the sales is another question for me. I am in Canada and wonder if anyone with experience can tell me ...is it better to hire a Food Broker right away or should we hire an independant sales agent. If we do hire a sales agent to go to the major stores for us and the individual coffee shops, how does the commission work? Do we pay commission on the initial sign up and sale or should we pay commission on each order that that coffee shop makes (let's say that coffee shop orders 20 bags a week, do we pay commission to the sales person that started the contract on each order or just on the initial set up?) I would really like to clarify this...I am thinking that to sell to Safeway and Save-on-Foods, etc., a Food Broker would be best but not sure how their commission works either.
Any comment and/or advice is much appreciated and thank you.
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Posted by Lariam on 2008-10-13 21:43:38 Post Subject: Coffee Roasting - New Business - Sales Agents or Food Broker
I am starting a wholesale coffee roasting business and while I do have experience in the coffee part of it, the sales is another question for me. I am in Canada and wonder if anyone with experience can tell me ...is it better to hire a Food Broker right away or should we hire an independant sales agent. If we do hire a sales agent to go to the major stores for us and the individual coffee shops, how does the commission work? Do we pay commission on the initial sign up and sale or should we pay commission on each order that that coffee shop makes (let's say that coffee shop orders 20 bags a week, do we pay commission to the sales person that started the contract on each order or just on the initial set up?) I would really like to clarify this...I am thinking that to sell to Safeway and Save-on-Foods, etc., a Food Broker would be best but not sure how their commission works either.
Any comment and/or advice is much appreciated and thank you.
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View entire thread: Advice needed for starting an office coffee service
Posted by TakeFive on 2006-05-11 23:34:44 Post Subject: Advice needed for starting an office coffee service
(I also posted this in the Coffee Shops forum. I apologize for any redundancy!)
Hello all! I just found this site and have been very impressed with what I have seen so far. I do need some advice, though...
Not long after college I worked for a small office coffee service. Basically it was a one-man operation: I did the ordering, delivered the products, serviced the accounts, etc. Being part of a rather large institutional foods company, the accounts were already established, suppliers in place, corporate accounts, et al. As I recall it was a fun and simple job, but at about $3.50 an hour I soon moved on to bigger and better things.
Recently I have contemplated starting a similar office coffee service. I am somewhat familiar with operations such as Standard and Gold Cup, but I feel there is room for another, more "local" service. Can anyone give me some suggestions as to how to get such a business off the ground? I'm not interested in a franchise, and starting capital is pretty low.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
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Posted by TakeFive on 2006-05-11 23:34:44 Post Subject: Advice needed for starting an office coffee service
(I also posted this in the Coffee Shops forum. I apologize for any redundancy!)
Hello all! I just found this site and have been very impressed with what I have seen so far. I do need some advice, though...
Not long after college I worked for a small office coffee service. Basically it was a one-man operation: I did the ordering, delivered the products, serviced the accounts, etc. Being part of a rather large institutional foods company, the accounts were already established, suppliers in place, corporate accounts, et al. As I recall it was a fun and simple job, but at about $3.50 an hour I soon moved on to bigger and better things.
Recently I have contemplated starting a similar office coffee service. I am somewhat familiar with operations such as Standard and Gold Cup, but I feel there is room for another, more "local" service. Can anyone give me some suggestions as to how to get such a business off the ground? I'm not interested in a franchise, and starting capital is pretty low.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
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View entire thread: UK Business students need help
Posted by Clive Bullen on 2006-01-06 06:28:10 Post Subject: UK Business students need help
Hi
I work for a company that trains business students in London. The students have to sit a case study that this time is based on a fictional coffee shop chain. The US coffee shops industry is way in front of the UK so I'm interested in getting any ideas that you have about the case study. I'm sure that you are busy people so thanks for any help in advance.
In brief the coffee shop chain now has 18 stores in London after starting up 5 years ago. It is successful, generating £14m of revenue, split evenly between food and drink. It has plans to grow to 75 stores in 5 years time, with some of these started up in Europe. It has gone upmarket in its approach and is particularly targeting the 20 to 35 year old age group. It has just got funding from a venture capitalist and so everything appears rosy.
I'm interested in your views:
what are the risks involved? what is most likely to go wrong?
do you know any similar US chains?
is growth by acquisition, franchising or internal growth better?
I know that the market is different in some ways and wouldn't expect you to be an expert in any way. However all insights gratefully received.
Clive Bullen
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Posted by Clive Bullen on 2006-01-06 06:28:10 Post Subject: UK Business students need help
Hi
I work for a company that trains business students in London. The students have to sit a case study that this time is based on a fictional coffee shop chain. The US coffee shops industry is way in front of the UK so I'm interested in getting any ideas that you have about the case study. I'm sure that you are busy people so thanks for any help in advance.
In brief the coffee shop chain now has 18 stores in London after starting up 5 years ago. It is successful, generating £14m of revenue, split evenly between food and drink. It has plans to grow to 75 stores in 5 years time, with some of these started up in Europe. It has gone upmarket in its approach and is particularly targeting the 20 to 35 year old age group. It has just got funding from a venture capitalist and so everything appears rosy.
I'm interested in your views:
what are the risks involved? what is most likely to go wrong?
do you know any similar US chains?
is growth by acquisition, franchising or internal growth better?
I know that the market is different in some ways and wouldn't expect you to be an expert in any way. However all insights gratefully received.
Clive Bullen
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View entire thread: Seattle Barista Academy Class This Weekend!!!
Posted by Seattle Barista Academy on 2007-10-10 12:25:43 Post Subject: Seattle Barista Academy Class This Weekend!!!
Seattle Barista Academy, located in Renton, Washington has a limited number of spaces still open for our weekend intensive class this weekend, October 14th and 15th.
This 2-day course covers all the variables that are essential for the barista to monitor, in order to achieve consistent drink excellence. The student will be presented with the most advanced industry techniques for dosing, tamping, extraction and drink building, in addition to equipment maintenance, cleaning, and customer service and presentation skills.
The Seattle Barista Academy, is your source for Professional Barista Training. We offer espresso training classes with hands-on experience in grinding coffee, steaming, extraction, drink fabrication, latte art, barista training with barista certification, and education materials and CDs.
Experience the best in espresso education with hands-on training using professional espresso equipment. Learn to make a latte, cappuccino, macchiato, or mocha drink from start to finish. Differentiate yourself from your competition with latte art, etching, and other coffee presentation techniques.
Our espresso coffee education classes and coffee consultating services are a must for the new coffee shop startup as well as for the experienced operator who wants to fine tune and update their coffee shop experience. In all of our classes we share cutting edge concepts that the elite coffee shops are currently using to grow their businesses and can make a major difference in your operational success.
We are currently offering a special discount on this class for Coffee Forum members. The class is usually $1295.00 and we are offering it for $895.00 for Coffee Forum members.
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Posted by Seattle Barista Academy on 2007-10-10 12:25:43 Post Subject: Seattle Barista Academy Class This Weekend!!!
Seattle Barista Academy, located in Renton, Washington has a limited number of spaces still open for our weekend intensive class this weekend, October 14th and 15th.
This 2-day course covers all the variables that are essential for the barista to monitor, in order to achieve consistent drink excellence. The student will be presented with the most advanced industry techniques for dosing, tamping, extraction and drink building, in addition to equipment maintenance, cleaning, and customer service and presentation skills.
The Seattle Barista Academy, is your source for Professional Barista Training. We offer espresso training classes with hands-on experience in grinding coffee, steaming, extraction, drink fabrication, latte art, barista training with barista certification, and education materials and CDs.
Experience the best in espresso education with hands-on training using professional espresso equipment. Learn to make a latte, cappuccino, macchiato, or mocha drink from start to finish. Differentiate yourself from your competition with latte art, etching, and other coffee presentation techniques.
Our espresso coffee education classes and coffee consultating services are a must for the new coffee shop startup as well as for the experienced operator who wants to fine tune and update their coffee shop experience. In all of our classes we share cutting edge concepts that the elite coffee shops are currently using to grow their businesses and can make a major difference in your operational success.
We are currently offering a special discount on this class for Coffee Forum members. The class is usually $1295.00 and we are offering it for $895.00 for Coffee Forum members.
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View entire thread: wanted to start a coffee shop (looking for partners)
Posted by kakashi28 on 2007-06-12 06:37:31 Post Subject: wanted to start a coffee shop (looking for partners)
hi all!,
I just came across this website and i would like to share my thoughts and hopefully gain some interest from entrepreneurs out there.
I am a sucker for a coffee shop, i always like to hang out on one, grab a coffee, smoke and simply relax. And so i would love to go to this kind of business in the PHILIPPINES. Why? simply because the deman is so high, that wherever you go, coffee shops are always full (2 starbucks which simply sits in front of each other is always full!!). Why again? Filipinos always love to relax, hang out with friends, and unwind from busy but low paid work. Most people wanted to study or do their stuff over the laptop online with a cup of coffee, good music and good ambiance, plus of course Smoke!. There is huge demand indeed, particularly in this part of the world.
What im looking for is not only a financial partner, but also an industry partner with expertise in this field.
Just an FYI, almost all international titans in the coffee business is there, Starbucks, Coffee Bean, Seattles, Gloria Jeans, Mocha Blends, in each and every corner, u name it, save for one... Costa Coffee didnt reach Philippines Shores yet. This itself is gonna be a killer.
Not to mention the small local brands which themselves are playing great, as again, for the consumer eye, they dont care about the brand, as long as its a place to make them look good while hanging out, surf online, drink cold or hot drinks, eat some cake, and of course Smoke, listen to good music or drink some beer, doesnt matter!
If theres anybody out there willing to explore and partner up/invest on this business with me, pls drop me a message:
Email: swat_bullet@yahoo.com
Cheers!
Carl
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Posted by kakashi28 on 2007-06-12 06:37:31 Post Subject: wanted to start a coffee shop (looking for partners)
hi all!,
I just came across this website and i would like to share my thoughts and hopefully gain some interest from entrepreneurs out there.
I am a sucker for a coffee shop, i always like to hang out on one, grab a coffee, smoke and simply relax. And so i would love to go to this kind of business in the PHILIPPINES. Why? simply because the deman is so high, that wherever you go, coffee shops are always full (2 starbucks which simply sits in front of each other is always full!!). Why again? Filipinos always love to relax, hang out with friends, and unwind from busy but low paid work. Most people wanted to study or do their stuff over the laptop online with a cup of coffee, good music and good ambiance, plus of course Smoke!. There is huge demand indeed, particularly in this part of the world.
What im looking for is not only a financial partner, but also an industry partner with expertise in this field.
Just an FYI, almost all international titans in the coffee business is there, Starbucks, Coffee Bean, Seattles, Gloria Jeans, Mocha Blends, in each and every corner, u name it, save for one... Costa Coffee didnt reach Philippines Shores yet. This itself is gonna be a killer.
Not to mention the small local brands which themselves are playing great, as again, for the consumer eye, they dont care about the brand, as long as its a place to make them look good while hanging out, surf online, drink cold or hot drinks, eat some cake, and of course Smoke, listen to good music or drink some beer, doesnt matter!
If theres anybody out there willing to explore and partner up/invest on this business with me, pls drop me a message:
Email: swat_bullet@yahoo.com
Cheers!
Carl
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View entire thread: PR: Brew Ha Ha! Serious Coffee Menu Creates Serious Dilemma
Posted by cafemakers on 2007-12-11 18:51:44 Post Subject: PR: Brew Ha Ha! Serious Coffee Menu Creates Serious Dilemma
WILMINGTON, DE (PRWEB) December 12, 2007 – Brew Ha Ha! gets serious with the addition of seven serious coffee beverages at its store in Center City, Philadelphia.
Brew Ha Ha!'s menu additions include traditionally-prepared small but intense specialty coffee beverages, original Brew Ha Ha! signature creations, and a selection of premium French pressed single origin coffees. A new coffee tasting flight pairs chocolates with a sampler of 3 contrasting varietals for the flavor curious.
"Serious times call for serious coffee," cautions Brew Ha Ha! owner Alisa Morkides, "the demand for satisfying rich coffee flavor is reaching historic levels, so we see no alternative but to bring these great tasting beverages to our area, which is going to mean that customers will have more choices."
The addition of serious coffee delights is expected to create a dilemma for city coffee lovers: to stand by longtime favorites like the Brew Ha Ha! mocha latte or to indulge in the serious coffee flavor of an intense espresso macchiato and real 5 oz traditional cappuccino.
"It's a big deal," continues Morkides. "Coffee drinkers are fiercely loyal to their favorite flavor combinations; you don’t just switch from being a mochachino drinker to an espresso drinker overnight. It takes some serious consideration before making that scale of lifestyle change."
The new serious coffee menu will be available on Tuesday, December 18 at 212 S. 12th Street in Center City, Philadelphia and at all Brew Ha Ha! locations in January. Are you ready to get serious?
About Brew Ha Ha!
Alisa Morkides left her profession as a financial analyst to found the first Brew Ha Ha! location in Greenville, Delaware in 1993. The company now operates 10 retail coffee shops in Northern Delaware, one in Maryland, and one in Philadelphia. In 1999, the business was named to the INC 500 list of top privately owned companies. More information and location addresses are available online at http://www.brewhaha.com
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Posted by cafemakers on 2007-12-11 18:51:44 Post Subject: PR: Brew Ha Ha! Serious Coffee Menu Creates Serious Dilemma
WILMINGTON, DE (PRWEB) December 12, 2007 – Brew Ha Ha! gets serious with the addition of seven serious coffee beverages at its store in Center City, Philadelphia.
Brew Ha Ha!'s menu additions include traditionally-prepared small but intense specialty coffee beverages, original Brew Ha Ha! signature creations, and a selection of premium French pressed single origin coffees. A new coffee tasting flight pairs chocolates with a sampler of 3 contrasting varietals for the flavor curious.
"Serious times call for serious coffee," cautions Brew Ha Ha! owner Alisa Morkides, "the demand for satisfying rich coffee flavor is reaching historic levels, so we see no alternative but to bring these great tasting beverages to our area, which is going to mean that customers will have more choices."
The addition of serious coffee delights is expected to create a dilemma for city coffee lovers: to stand by longtime favorites like the Brew Ha Ha! mocha latte or to indulge in the serious coffee flavor of an intense espresso macchiato and real 5 oz traditional cappuccino.
"It's a big deal," continues Morkides. "Coffee drinkers are fiercely loyal to their favorite flavor combinations; you don’t just switch from being a mochachino drinker to an espresso drinker overnight. It takes some serious consideration before making that scale of lifestyle change."
The new serious coffee menu will be available on Tuesday, December 18 at 212 S. 12th Street in Center City, Philadelphia and at all Brew Ha Ha! locations in January. Are you ready to get serious?
About Brew Ha Ha!
Alisa Morkides left her profession as a financial analyst to found the first Brew Ha Ha! location in Greenville, Delaware in 1993. The company now operates 10 retail coffee shops in Northern Delaware, one in Maryland, and one in Philadelphia. In 1999, the business was named to the INC 500 list of top privately owned companies. More information and location addresses are available online at http://www.brewhaha.com
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View entire thread: PR: Heather Perry of Coffee Klatch Roasting to Represent USA
Posted by cafemakers on 2007-05-15 11:39:13 Post Subject: PR: Heather Perry of Coffee Klatch Roasting to Represent USA
SAN DIMAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heather Perry from Coffee Klatch Roasting of San Dimas, California, has won the Specialty Coffee Association of America's 2007 United States Barista Championship.
The United States Barista Championship is an annual coffee competition where 50 of the best baristas from around the country are judged on their technical coffee-making ability, presentation style and the taste of the espresso, cappuccinos and original "signature" specialty beverages they create.
"There was a lot of tough competition at this year's event," says Perry. "After months of long nights and weekend practice sessions making espresso at Coffee Klatch, I'm really excited to see that my coffee creations are receiving national recognition."
As winner of the 2007 national competition, Ms. Perry advances to represent the United States against competitors from 39 countries at the World Barista Championship in Tokyo, Japan this July 31st through August 2nd.
"In addition to her impressive barista skills, I was struck by the obvious passion she demonstrated for her craft," comments SCAA spokesperson Rick Havacko.
Ms. Perry was formerly the United States Barista Champion in 2003 and is presently Ultimate Barista USA for the Ultimate Barista Challenge international league.
About the SCAA
Based in Long Beach, California, the Specialty Coffee Association of America is the world's largest coffee trade association, with over 3,000 member companies. SCAA members are located in more than 40 countries and represent every segment of the specialty coffee industry, including coffee growers, coffee roasters and retailers. Additional information about the Specialty Coffee Association of America and its services are available online at: www.scaa.org .
About Coffee Klatch Roasting
Founded in 1993, Coffee Klatch Roasting operates coffee shops in Southern California and a specialty coffee roasting business in San Dimas. In addition to numerous awards for the achievements of Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch Roasting has been recognized as serving the "Best Espresso in America" by the Los Angeles Times. For more information, visit the Coffee Klatch website at www.klatchroasting.com .
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Posted by cafemakers on 2007-05-15 11:39:13 Post Subject: PR: Heather Perry of Coffee Klatch Roasting to Represent USA
SAN DIMAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heather Perry from Coffee Klatch Roasting of San Dimas, California, has won the Specialty Coffee Association of America's 2007 United States Barista Championship.
The United States Barista Championship is an annual coffee competition where 50 of the best baristas from around the country are judged on their technical coffee-making ability, presentation style and the taste of the espresso, cappuccinos and original "signature" specialty beverages they create.
"There was a lot of tough competition at this year's event," says Perry. "After months of long nights and weekend practice sessions making espresso at Coffee Klatch, I'm really excited to see that my coffee creations are receiving national recognition."
As winner of the 2007 national competition, Ms. Perry advances to represent the United States against competitors from 39 countries at the World Barista Championship in Tokyo, Japan this July 31st through August 2nd.
"In addition to her impressive barista skills, I was struck by the obvious passion she demonstrated for her craft," comments SCAA spokesperson Rick Havacko.
Ms. Perry was formerly the United States Barista Champion in 2003 and is presently Ultimate Barista USA for the Ultimate Barista Challenge international league.
About the SCAA
Based in Long Beach, California, the Specialty Coffee Association of America is the world's largest coffee trade association, with over 3,000 member companies. SCAA members are located in more than 40 countries and represent every segment of the specialty coffee industry, including coffee growers, coffee roasters and retailers. Additional information about the Specialty Coffee Association of America and its services are available online at: www.scaa.org .
About Coffee Klatch Roasting
Founded in 1993, Coffee Klatch Roasting operates coffee shops in Southern California and a specialty coffee roasting business in San Dimas. In addition to numerous awards for the achievements of Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch Roasting has been recognized as serving the "Best Espresso in America" by the Los Angeles Times. For more information, visit the Coffee Klatch website at www.klatchroasting.com .
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View entire thread: Coffee Shop owners willing to be interviewed!!
Posted by lauren Imbrockk on 2004-12-29 20:11:46 Post Subject: Coffee Shop owners willing to be interviewed!!
For my junior project in highschool we are writing papers on careers that interest us. Iam possibly interested in owning my own sit down coffee shop. Ineed interviews with people who are experts on this topic. If you are interested please private message me your answers ASAP. Thankyou this would be very helpful. But I need your real name and occupation for my citations if possible.
1. Question: What made you take the leap into owning your own business?
2. What are the top 3 things you were interested in learning when thinking about owning your own cafe.
3. Q: What are some valuable lessons that you have learned along the way?
4. Q: How did you prepare to purchase your business?
6. Q: What college classes did you take?
7. Q: I want to sell baked goods with the coffee and tea, what are the rules on baking them yourself?
10. Q: What is the process of getting into the coffee shop industry?
11. Q: What do you enjoy about owning your own business?
12. Q: While putting a lot of time and energy into your business do still have time for family and fun?
13. Q: I really enjoy art and would like to infuse my coffee shop with my artistic talent so it will be really unique and downright hip. Do you find that there are many ways in which to put you personal touch into your coffee shop?
20. Q: Is opening a business something that you can do straight out of college and not go bankrupt?
21. Q: What was your original dream and idea when you decided to buy your own coffee shop?
22. Q: If what I really care about is art is this worth getting into when I’ll have to take business classes in college?
23. Q: In any coffee shops is there ever an instance where there are two owners- one who does the business aspect and the other makes decisions about the physical look of the store and its products like making the coffee and food?
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Posted by lauren Imbrockk on 2004-12-29 20:11:46 Post Subject: Coffee Shop owners willing to be interviewed!!
For my junior project in highschool we are writing papers on careers that interest us. Iam possibly interested in owning my own sit down coffee shop. Ineed interviews with people who are experts on this topic. If you are interested please private message me your answers ASAP. Thankyou this would be very helpful. But I need your real name and occupation for my citations if possible.
1. Question: What made you take the leap into owning your own business?
2. What are the top 3 things you were interested in learning when thinking about owning your own cafe.
3. Q: What are some valuable lessons that you have learned along the way?
4. Q: How did you prepare to purchase your business?
6. Q: What college classes did you take?
7. Q: I want to sell baked goods with the coffee and tea, what are the rules on baking them yourself?
10. Q: What is the process of getting into the coffee shop industry?
11. Q: What do you enjoy about owning your own business?
12. Q: While putting a lot of time and energy into your business do still have time for family and fun?
13. Q: I really enjoy art and would like to infuse my coffee shop with my artistic talent so it will be really unique and downright hip. Do you find that there are many ways in which to put you personal touch into your coffee shop?
20. Q: Is opening a business something that you can do straight out of college and not go bankrupt?
21. Q: What was your original dream and idea when you decided to buy your own coffee shop?
22. Q: If what I really care about is art is this worth getting into when I’ll have to take business classes in college?
23. Q: In any coffee shops is there ever an instance where there are two owners- one who does the business aspect and the other makes decisions about the physical look of the store and its products like making the coffee and food?
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View entire thread: PR: Andrew Hetzel joins BEST Coffee School
Posted by cafemakers on 2007-08-27 23:51:59 Post Subject: PR: Andrew Hetzel joins BEST Coffee School
Eugene, Oregon (PRWEB) August 28, 2007 – BEST Coffee School announces that retail consultant Andrew Hetzel has joined the teaching staff of its specialty coffee training center in Eugene, Oregon.
"Andrew brings a wealth of retail business management and marketing experience to benefit our students," says education program director Sherri Johns." BEST Coffee School is already known for its rigorous barista training and coffee education programs; with Andrew's direction we will also provide innovative business curriculum designed specifically for retail coffee businesses."
Andrew Hetzel will conduct a coffee shop business plan writing workshop and retail lease negotiation seminar on Thursday, December 13 at the BEST School in Eugene, followed by an informative walking tour of Portland's coffee shops with Sherri Johns on Friday, December 14.
About Andrew Hetzel
Andrew Hetzel received international acclaim as the founder of a multimillion dollar business services company that developed marketing and performance improvement solutions used by leading consumer product manufacturers, retailers and hospitality companies, including: 3M, Aveda, Burger King, Brinker International, DaimlerChrysler, Calvin Klein, Hard Rock Cafes and Hotels, Home Depot, Hugo Boss, Procter & Gamble, Skechers USA, Sears and many more.
Mr. Hetzel resides in Hawaii where he is the director and founder of Cafemakers, a business consultancy dedicated to the specialty coffee industry. In addition to officiating competitions for the Ultimate Barista Challenge organization and others, Mr. Hetzel is an elected member of the Specialty Coffee Association of America's training committee and a writer for coffee trade publications including Tea & Coffee Trade Journal and FG! CoffeeTalk Magazine. In 2007, Mr. Hetzel was named one of the top young business leaders in the State of Hawaii by Pacific Business News. More information is available at http://www.cafemakers.com
About BEST Coffee School
BEST Coffee School was founded in 2006 by renowned industry veteran Jim Glang (Crossroads Espresso), with the assistance of Sherri Johns (WholeCup Coffee Consulting), building on their combined 50 years of industry experience to offer an unparalleled education in specialty coffee. The BEST training center in Eugene, Oregon is a comprehensive facility offering the latest equipment and guidance by instructors and guest speakers that are recognized as experts in their field. More information and course schedules are available at http://www.bestcoffeeschool.com
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Posted by cafemakers on 2007-08-27 23:51:59 Post Subject: PR: Andrew Hetzel joins BEST Coffee School
Eugene, Oregon (PRWEB) August 28, 2007 – BEST Coffee School announces that retail consultant Andrew Hetzel has joined the teaching staff of its specialty coffee training center in Eugene, Oregon.
"Andrew brings a wealth of retail business management and marketing experience to benefit our students," says education program director Sherri Johns." BEST Coffee School is already known for its rigorous barista training and coffee education programs; with Andrew's direction we will also provide innovative business curriculum designed specifically for retail coffee businesses."
Andrew Hetzel will conduct a coffee shop business plan writing workshop and retail lease negotiation seminar on Thursday, December 13 at the BEST School in Eugene, followed by an informative walking tour of Portland's coffee shops with Sherri Johns on Friday, December 14.
About Andrew Hetzel
Andrew Hetzel received international acclaim as the founder of a multimillion dollar business services company that developed marketing and performance improvement solutions used by leading consumer product manufacturers, retailers and hospitality companies, including: 3M, Aveda, Burger King, Brinker International, DaimlerChrysler, Calvin Klein, Hard Rock Cafes and Hotels, Home Depot, Hugo Boss, Procter & Gamble, Skechers USA, Sears and many more.
Mr. Hetzel resides in Hawaii where he is the director and founder of Cafemakers, a business consultancy dedicated to the specialty coffee industry. In addition to officiating competitions for the Ultimate Barista Challenge organization and others, Mr. Hetzel is an elected member of the Specialty Coffee Association of America's training committee and a writer for coffee trade publications including Tea & Coffee Trade Journal and FG! CoffeeTalk Magazine. In 2007, Mr. Hetzel was named one of the top young business leaders in the State of Hawaii by Pacific Business News. More information is available at http://www.cafemakers.com
About BEST Coffee School
BEST Coffee School was founded in 2006 by renowned industry veteran Jim Glang (Crossroads Espresso), with the assistance of Sherri Johns (WholeCup Coffee Consulting), building on their combined 50 years of industry experience to offer an unparalleled education in specialty coffee. The BEST training center in Eugene, Oregon is a comprehensive facility offering the latest equipment and guidance by instructors and guest speakers that are recognized as experts in their field. More information and course schedules are available at http://www.bestcoffeeschool.com
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View entire thread: PR: PT's Coffee is Roaster of the Year
Posted by cafemakers on 2008-10-22 03:13:01 Post Subject: PR: PT's Coffee is Roaster of the Year
PT's Coffee Roasting Co. Named “Roaster of the Year” by Roast Magazine
Topeka, KS (October 22, 2008) – PT's Coffee Roasting Co. has been named Roast magazine's "Roaster of the Year" for 2009 in the publication’s November / December 2008 issue released today.
The annual "Roaster of the Year" title is awarded to candidates that serve coffee of superior quality, demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainable practices and their employees, among other criteria.
"We never set out with the intent of winning awards," said PT's Coffee co-founder Jeff Taylor, "but it is gratifying to gain recognition for doing business the way that we feel is right; for example, through our Direct Trade program that develops relationships with farmers who are rewarded for exceptional quality, sustainability and commitment to their communities."
PT's Coffee edged out North America's top specialty coffee roasters in the large (Macro) roaster category (companies roasting more than 100,000 pounds of coffee annually) to win the industry accolade.
"I am proud to have PT's Coffee Roasting Co. represent Roast magazine as our 2009 Roaster of the Year," said publisher Connie Blumhardt. "PT's Coffee encompasses all the qualities that we look for in our Roaster of the Year – environmentally and socially responsible, innovative roasting, a strong commitment their employees and of course, serving great coffee."
Two categories of the award are presented each year. Winning the small (Micro) roaster category was Coffee Klatch of San Dimas, CA. Owner Mike Perry is a friend and frequent coffee buyer with PT's Coffee.
About PT's Coffee Roasting Co.
PT's Coffee Roasting Co. began in 1993 as a single coffee shop in Topeka, Kansas, later expanding into coffee roasting in 1997. PT's Coffee now roasts over 100 tons of premium specialty coffee annually for wholesale clients and operates 3 retail locations in Topeka and Overland Park.
Recognized for award-winning small lot coffees, PT's Coffee is among the leading roasters reviewed by industry resource Coffee Review, receiving the guide’s highest ever rating of 97 points. PT's Coffee manager Pete Licata ranked 2nd in competition at the 2007 & 2008 U.S. Barista Championships.
PT's Coffee can be found at fine coffee shops and restaurants nationwide and in select Whole Foods locations. For more information or to try PT's award-winning coffee, call 888-678-5282 or visit www.ptscoffee.com.
About Roast Magazine
Roast magazine is a bi-monthly technical trade magazine dedicated to the success and growth of the specialty coffee industry. Roast addresses the art, science and business of coffee roasters by covering the issues most important to them with high quality editorial focused on the technical aspects of coffee. For more information, visit www.roastmagazine.com.
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Posted by cafemakers on 2008-10-22 03:13:01 Post Subject: PR: PT's Coffee is Roaster of the Year
PT's Coffee Roasting Co. Named “Roaster of the Year” by Roast Magazine
Topeka, KS (October 22, 2008) – PT's Coffee Roasting Co. has been named Roast magazine's "Roaster of the Year" for 2009 in the publication’s November / December 2008 issue released today.
The annual "Roaster of the Year" title is awarded to candidates that serve coffee of superior quality, demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainable practices and their employees, among other criteria.
"We never set out with the intent of winning awards," said PT's Coffee co-founder Jeff Taylor, "but it is gratifying to gain recognition for doing business the way that we feel is right; for example, through our Direct Trade program that develops relationships with farmers who are rewarded for exceptional quality, sustainability and commitment to their communities."
PT's Coffee edged out North America's top specialty coffee roasters in the large (Macro) roaster category (companies roasting more than 100,000 pounds of coffee annually) to win the industry accolade.
"I am proud to have PT's Coffee Roasting Co. represent Roast magazine as our 2009 Roaster of the Year," said publisher Connie Blumhardt. "PT's Coffee encompasses all the qualities that we look for in our Roaster of the Year – environmentally and socially responsible, innovative roasting, a strong commitment their employees and of course, serving great coffee."
Two categories of the award are presented each year. Winning the small (Micro) roaster category was Coffee Klatch of San Dimas, CA. Owner Mike Perry is a friend and frequent coffee buyer with PT's Coffee.
About PT's Coffee Roasting Co.
PT's Coffee Roasting Co. began in 1993 as a single coffee shop in Topeka, Kansas, later expanding into coffee roasting in 1997. PT's Coffee now roasts over 100 tons of premium specialty coffee annually for wholesale clients and operates 3 retail locations in Topeka and Overland Park.
Recognized for award-winning small lot coffees, PT's Coffee is among the leading roasters reviewed by industry resource Coffee Review, receiving the guide’s highest ever rating of 97 points. PT's Coffee manager Pete Licata ranked 2nd in competition at the 2007 & 2008 U.S. Barista Championships.
PT's Coffee can be found at fine coffee shops and restaurants nationwide and in select Whole Foods locations. For more information or to try PT's award-winning coffee, call 888-678-5282 or visit www.ptscoffee.com.
About Roast Magazine
Roast magazine is a bi-monthly technical trade magazine dedicated to the success and growth of the specialty coffee industry. Roast addresses the art, science and business of coffee roasters by covering the issues most important to them with high quality editorial focused on the technical aspects of coffee. For more information, visit www.roastmagazine.com.
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View entire thread: Using Coffee to help those in need
Posted by MrBox on 2006-11-10 10:58:07 Post Subject: Using Coffee to help those in need
I'm deeply troubled by the things in uganda. If you don't know much about what is going on there. I suggest you research it. check out ugandacan.org or invisiblechildren.com. Its probably top on my list. As far as conflict areas. The 1st time I heard about it, something just hit home. I wasn't sure what I could do. There are the organizations such as one.org or the others like that. But sometimes I wonder if the money gets to the people. So my idea came from coffee. I thought about ugandan coffee after looking to the map and seeing that uganda borders kenya. I've had keynyan coffee. its pretty good. So I wondered about ugandan coffee. Which I've never seen for sale or had. But I am a fan of single origin african coffees.
here are some facts about it (most of what I did not know).
Robusta coffee is indigenous to the country, and has been a part of Ugandan life for centuries. The variety of Wild Robusta Coffee still growing today in Uganda's rain forests are thought to be some of the rarest examples of naturally occurring coffee trees anywhere in the world.
Uganda has the unfortunate circumstance of being landlocked, and needing good relations with its neighbors to move its coffee crop to a port city. Coffees from politically unstable regions, especially East Africa and the 10-year civil war in Uganda, bring up ethical issues. But the plain fact is this: coffee is a cash crop. It is grown by 300,000 small-holder farmers in Uganda. It is 95% of the Ugandan exports and 2,800,000 people rely on it for a living
So here is what I thought. Many of us are coffee drinkers, and also care about uganda. So you could support the ugandan economy and others by buying coffee. Which would put money into the peoples hands and help their situation and also have some good tasting and feeling coffee. Its like the whole teach a man to fish. Free money is great but it want change things.
I found a company that sells ugandan coffee and donates part of the sell to a co-op there. I have the links saves you can PM me and I will pass them onto you. This coffee company. donates $1 from the sale of every package to a comunity co-op.
So hypothetically this could Connect caring people to areas that need our help and support their economy by buying their coffee at fair prices and educating ourselves about their problems and solutions.
I'm not sure where i'm going to go with this idea, (maybe an information type website) maybe give free ugandan coffee to coffee shops and explain to them what I'm doing. But thats that. I felt the need to pass this on.
Also My friend had an art show about Oxaca Mexico and the termoil that is going on there, so I found a seller of oxacan coffee and passed it onto him
there are other conflict areas that are coffee producers. So this is my idea to use coffee to help people in need. I guess this also goes with a new movie that I just hearsd about blackgoldmovie.com It seems to speak of the global concerns associated with coffee.
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Posted by MrBox on 2006-11-10 10:58:07 Post Subject: Using Coffee to help those in need
I'm deeply troubled by the things in uganda. If you don't know much about what is going on there. I suggest you research it. check out ugandacan.org or invisiblechildren.com. Its probably top on my list. As far as conflict areas. The 1st time I heard about it, something just hit home. I wasn't sure what I could do. There are the organizations such as one.org or the others like that. But sometimes I wonder if the money gets to the people. So my idea came from coffee. I thought about ugandan coffee after looking to the map and seeing that uganda borders kenya. I've had keynyan coffee. its pretty good. So I wondered about ugandan coffee. Which I've never seen for sale or had. But I am a fan of single origin african coffees.
here are some facts about it (most of what I did not know).
Robusta coffee is indigenous to the country, and has been a part of Ugandan life for centuries. The variety of Wild Robusta Coffee still growing today in Uganda's rain forests are thought to be some of the rarest examples of naturally occurring coffee trees anywhere in the world.
Uganda has the unfortunate circumstance of being landlocked, and needing good relations with its neighbors to move its coffee crop to a port city. Coffees from politically unstable regions, especially East Africa and the 10-year civil war in Uganda, bring up ethical issues. But the plain fact is this: coffee is a cash crop. It is grown by 300,000 small-holder farmers in Uganda. It is 95% of the Ugandan exports and 2,800,000 people rely on it for a living
So here is what I thought. Many of us are coffee drinkers, and also care about uganda. So you could support the ugandan economy and others by buying coffee. Which would put money into the peoples hands and help their situation and also have some good tasting and feeling coffee. Its like the whole teach a man to fish. Free money is great but it want change things.
I found a company that sells ugandan coffee and donates part of the sell to a co-op there. I have the links saves you can PM me and I will pass them onto you. This coffee company. donates $1 from the sale of every package to a comunity co-op.
So hypothetically this could Connect caring people to areas that need our help and support their economy by buying their coffee at fair prices and educating ourselves about their problems and solutions.
I'm not sure where i'm going to go with this idea, (maybe an information type website) maybe give free ugandan coffee to coffee shops and explain to them what I'm doing. But thats that. I felt the need to pass this on.
Also My friend had an art show about Oxaca Mexico and the termoil that is going on there, so I found a seller of oxacan coffee and passed it onto him
there are other conflict areas that are coffee producers. So this is my idea to use coffee to help people in need. I guess this also goes with a new movie that I just hearsd about blackgoldmovie.com It seems to speak of the global concerns associated with coffee.
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View entire thread: Trung Nguyen Coffee - The Best Coffee In Viet Nam
Posted by trungnguyencorp on 2007-09-27 04:43:07 Post Subject: Trung Nguyen Coffee - The Best Coffee In Viet Nam
http://trankimha.trustpass.alibaba.com/productlist.html
http://www.trungnguyen.com.vn
HOW WE GROW
Small entrepreneur – Great enterprise
Trung Nguyen Coffee Company - the 1st member in Trung Nguyen Corporation – started business in 1996 as a small entrepreneur led by young medical students.
Creativity and aspiration to increase Vietnamese coffee value have been the key factors bringing us success and fame. Being the No. 1 coffee producer in Vietnam with 2 successful brands - Trung Nguyen coffee and G7 instant coffee - Trung Nguyen has become a phenomenon of incredibly fast-growing company.
Crossing national border, Trung Nguyen’s products are present in more than 40 countries around the world to serve its gourmet drinkers.
The Trung Nguyen experience
Being the first Vietnamese company successfully set up coffee franchising system nationwide and worldwide, Trung Nguyen has been giving its coffee-lovers a unique environment to experience Vietnamese coffee culture through its gourmet coffee cup.
A coffee philosophy transcends language and culture
“Coffee is not just a simple drink, but an inspiration to human creativity”
This philosophy has been the guideline in our franchising system development strategy.
Fast growth
More than 1,000 coffee shops setting up nationwide and worldwide within 8 years showing Trung Nguyen’s proper development strategy and profound philosophy.
OUR NETWORKS
National network: Being the leading coffee brand in Vietnam, our products are present nationwide with a huge distribution network of 140 distributors , 91 supermarkets, resorts, bookstores and thousands of retail shops.
International network: Trung Nguyen’s coffee and tea are serving the world’s drinkers in more than 40 countries including US, UK, Canada, Australia, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, France, Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, etc. with export value reaching millions US dollar per year.
OUR BRANDS
TRUNG NGUYEN COFFEE - The leading coffee brand in Vietnam
Through the careful selection of Vietnamese Highland’s finest coffee beans and the application of Trung Nguyen’s unique know – how in roasting and brewing, a gourmet coffee brought to you with variant of flavors and aromas.
With a wide product portfolio ranging from ground coffee, espresso to whole beans categories, Trung Nguyen proudly satisfies the mutable needs of its coffee-lovers around the world.
Enjoy the distinctive taste and flavor of Vietnamese coffee and peaceful moments to inspire your creativity through the most beloved coffee brand in Vietnam.
G7 INSTANT COFFEE - The pioneer’s spirit
Launched in 2003, G7 3 in 1 instant coffee immediately won over the leading position of a global brand – Nescafé - in domestic market and crossed national border to reach the world’s consumers.
The facts that G7 coffee chosen as the sole instant coffee serving the Heads of state during the ASEAN 5 Summit is an international recognition of our gourmet coffee quality.
To give our coffee-lovers more choices, G7 instant coffee’s portfolio has been expanded to pure black as well as Cappuccino with different flavors.
KEY FACTORS TO OUR COFFEE BRANDS’ SUCCESS
Perfect geographical conditions
Located in central highland of Vietnam, Buon Ma Thuot – where our coffee grows - having the best conditions for coffee cultivation. Through 160 million years of major geographical changes, its legendary basaltic soil becomes the major factor making our coffee unique.
The unique know-how
With an everlasting passion for coffee, Trung Nguyen’s craftsmen dedicate their lives to bring the world’s coffee-lovers a special coffee range with distinctive tastes and flavors through our unique know-how of coffee selecting, roasting and brewing.
Well-managed system and advanced technology
Being the only coffee producer in Vietnam certified EurepGAP (EUREP: Euro-Retailer Produce Working Group; GAP: Good Agricultural Practice) and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System), Trung Nguyen proudly convinces the world’s coffee industry of their capability to maintain consumers’ confidence in their coffee quality and safety, minimize detrimental environmental impacts of farming operations and ensure a responsible approach to worker health and safety.
Equipped with European advanced technology, Trung Nguyen’s 2 factories in Buon Ma Thuot and Binh Duong provinces ranking the biggest and most modern coffee factories in Vietnam with maximum capacity reaching 13,000 tons per year for ground and instant coffees.
Strong Manpower – Great Spirit
We are proud of being a member of Trung Nguyen corporation to inspire human’s creativity through our gourmet coffee and profound coffee philosophy. Since coffee is a major source of society development, it’s worth dedicating our lives to treasure it.
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Posted by trungnguyencorp on 2007-09-27 04:43:07 Post Subject: Trung Nguyen Coffee - The Best Coffee In Viet Nam
http://trankimha.trustpass.alibaba.com/productlist.html
http://www.trungnguyen.com.vn
HOW WE GROW
Small entrepreneur – Great enterprise
Trung Nguyen Coffee Company - the 1st member in Trung Nguyen Corporation – started business in 1996 as a small entrepreneur led by young medical students.
Creativity and aspiration to increase Vietnamese coffee value have been the key factors bringing us success and fame. Being the No. 1 coffee producer in Vietnam with 2 successful brands - Trung Nguyen coffee and G7 instant coffee - Trung Nguyen has become a phenomenon of incredibly fast-growing company.
Crossing national border, Trung Nguyen’s products are present in more than 40 countries around the world to serve its gourmet drinkers.
The Trung Nguyen experience
Being the first Vietnamese company successfully set up coffee franchising system nationwide and worldwide, Trung Nguyen has been giving its coffee-lovers a unique environment to experience Vietnamese coffee culture through its gourmet coffee cup.
A coffee philosophy transcends language and culture
“Coffee is not just a simple drink, but an inspiration to human creativity”
This philosophy has been the guideline in our franchising system development strategy.
Fast growth
More than 1,000 coffee shops setting up nationwide and worldwide within 8 years showing Trung Nguyen’s proper development strategy and profound philosophy.
OUR NETWORKS
National network: Being the leading coffee brand in Vietnam, our products are present nationwide with a huge distribution network of 140 distributors , 91 supermarkets, resorts, bookstores and thousands of retail shops.
International network: Trung Nguyen’s coffee and tea are serving the world’s drinkers in more than 40 countries including US, UK, Canada, Australia, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, France, Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, etc. with export value reaching millions US dollar per year.
OUR BRANDS
TRUNG NGUYEN COFFEE - The leading coffee brand in Vietnam
Through the careful selection of Vietnamese Highland’s finest coffee beans and the application of Trung Nguyen’s unique know – how in roasting and brewing, a gourmet coffee brought to you with variant of flavors and aromas.
With a wide product portfolio ranging from ground coffee, espresso to whole beans categories, Trung Nguyen proudly satisfies the mutable needs of its coffee-lovers around the world.
Enjoy the distinctive taste and flavor of Vietnamese coffee and peaceful moments to inspire your creativity through the most beloved coffee brand in Vietnam.
G7 INSTANT COFFEE - The pioneer’s spirit
Launched in 2003, G7 3 in 1 instant coffee immediately won over the leading position of a global brand – Nescafé - in domestic market and crossed national border to reach the world’s consumers.
The facts that G7 coffee chosen as the sole instant coffee serving the Heads of state during the ASEAN 5 Summit is an international recognition of our gourmet coffee quality.
To give our coffee-lovers more choices, G7 instant coffee’s portfolio has been expanded to pure black as well as Cappuccino with different flavors.
KEY FACTORS TO OUR COFFEE BRANDS’ SUCCESS
Perfect geographical conditions
Located in central highland of Vietnam, Buon Ma Thuot – where our coffee grows - having the best conditions for coffee cultivation. Through 160 million years of major geographical changes, its legendary basaltic soil becomes the major factor making our coffee unique.
The unique know-how
With an everlasting passion for coffee, Trung Nguyen’s craftsmen dedicate their lives to bring the world’s coffee-lovers a special coffee range with distinctive tastes and flavors through our unique know-how of coffee selecting, roasting and brewing.
Well-managed system and advanced technology
Being the only coffee producer in Vietnam certified EurepGAP (EUREP: Euro-Retailer Produce Working Group; GAP: Good Agricultural Practice) and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System), Trung Nguyen proudly convinces the world’s coffee industry of their capability to maintain consumers’ confidence in their coffee quality and safety, minimize detrimental environmental impacts of farming operations and ensure a responsible approach to worker health and safety.
Equipped with European advanced technology, Trung Nguyen’s 2 factories in Buon Ma Thuot and Binh Duong provinces ranking the biggest and most modern coffee factories in Vietnam with maximum capacity reaching 13,000 tons per year for ground and instant coffees.
Strong Manpower – Great Spirit
We are proud of being a member of Trung Nguyen corporation to inspire human’s creativity through our gourmet coffee and profound coffee philosophy. Since coffee is a major source of society development, it’s worth dedicating our lives to treasure it.
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View entire thread: New Roasting System
Posted by Fresh Roaster on 2006-07-04 07:57:57 Post Subject: New Roasting System
We are currently looking for test users for a exciting new roasting system.
Although the system has been in successful commercial use for almost six years now as a test program, we are finalizing the design and preparing for a full rollout. Over $12 million has gone into the devlopment of this patented system and it represents what many who've seen it in action, say is a "revolutionary" development in the industry.
What makes it unique? First the system is entirely smokeless and ventless. Using catalysis the system transforms the smoke via chemical reaction to CO2 and water vapor. The catalysed exhaust is then routed through a heat exchanger which heats the new incoming fresh air intake. (After a few roasts, the stored heat accumulates and the computer starts to reduce heater and electrical usage as it create its own heat through the combustion and reaction. Your coffee becomes fuel!) The exhaust is then condensed and cooled and sent through three different filter media, the last of which are two very robust HEPA filters. Finally, it exits out of the top of the system (over six feet up) as slightly warmer than room temperature (90-115 degrees) clean smokeless air. We actually often run the machines in our lab without any filtration other than the catalyst. The system is also fully enclosed. No afterburners, chimneys, expensive venting or dangerous "hot" spots. It can sit anywhere inside a retail establishment safely, which it has now at 28 locations in the past five years of testing and development.
In addition to the advanced catalysis which was specially designed for this system by industry pioneer Englehardt, the system utilizes many other high tech approaches. State-of-the-art process control software, a touch-screen PC, simple user interface tools and our patented system of laser reflectometry complete the package. With the laser we track and control the roasting process "in-line" through color. This basically allows anyone, experienced or not, to create a perfect and consistently identical roast every time. The system replaces the "roast master" with unmatched computer and laser precision.
The operation is simple. The user uses the touch screen to select a bin (variety), a poundage and a type of roast. Done. (There are plenty of advanced features as well, such as creating blends and customizing the roast profile on the fly). A "carousel" or merry-go-round as some call it, with 16 bins (hence 16 different varities) storing almost 300lbs. of green coffee spins to the selected bin or bins inthe case a blend was selected. The beans drop into the scale and then into the drum. That's it and you can walk away! While you're off doing something important, a laser beam is being projected through a window in the drum that sends back a color response to a colorimeter. That in turn is fed into the computer which makes adjustments to the roast profile (real-time) and monitors the roast development adjusting all of the machine's individual systems as needed. When the coffee has been roasted to the selected roast parameters, the heat treatment is terminated and the coffee is dropped into a cooling system, cooled and then dropped into a canister. All one needs to do is empty the canister after each roast. Pretty simple.
In most of our current locations a low level clerk is put in charge of roasting. The "roast master" at one of our locations in Santa Barbara, CA is a 16 year old part time high school student now roasting around 3500 pounds per month for a single store and coffee bar. Her boss just got her a second machine. The point is that the system makes anyone not only an expert but perfect. You can't fool the laser!
This machine finally solves the inconsistency problems of time and temperature and provides a truly automated system which does not require experience or monitoring. It is unaffected by water content, ambient air, humidity, etc. Roast times vary by weight and frequency of roasts. A 5lb. French roast can take anywhere from 11-19 mintues depending on the state of pre-heatedness. The roaster has a maximum 5lb. yield (roasted) and a minimum of 1lb.
The last item of interest is the econmics. What this machine also does is remove a level of distribution and cost. With fuel prices where they are this is becoming increasingly important. With the FRS system you shed the component costs of the wholesale roaster. Our average user is generally getting a fresher product for anwhere from as little as $2.60lb. to $6.00lb which includes our fee. Those same locations were previously paying $5.50lb to $12.00lb for the same coffee. That's an incredible margin increase that can't be ignored. But when you don't have the cost of the roaster's drivers, truck, insurance, bags, boxes, rent, equipment, taxes, repairs, maintenance, personnel... I think you get the picture.
And just for the record, the system has already been recognized by many industry professionals for its ease of use and outstanding consistency as it was made the official roaster of the Kona Coffee Festival a few years ago. Virtually every cupper made note of its ability to acheive such a high level of precision.
We are seeking roasters, coffee shops and other venues looking for increased margin, fresh roasted coffee and to help us finish development for our national rollout. This stage will only involve the West Coast, preferably, from San Francisco south to San Diego and potentially selected areas in Greater Seattle. There is no equipment cost and we do not and will not sell the machines. We will charge a roasting fee per pound and require only an operating agreement. We pay for all maintenance (except for air filters). Simply, you pay only for what you roast. We can pretty much guarantee it will be about half of what you pay now for coffee that is not nearly as fresh and nowhere close to the level of consistency you will be able to achieve on your own.
The machine is not small. It is roughly the size of a large refrigerator at 72"H x 34"W x 50"D and weighs approxmately 1200lbs. It is easily moved as it is on large industrial grade locking casters. It requires 208, 220, 240 single phase 50 amp service (60 amp recommended). This is not a home roaster nor is it really designed for heavy commercial wholesale roasting although we do have people doing that and will consider wholesalers. We seek those requiring between 20 and 100 pounds of roasted finished coffee per day. You must also be willing to spend limited time with our engineers regarding usage and provide feedback for improvements or changes to our staff. We may also ask to visit your site with potential customers. A non-disclosure agreement is required. Roasting fees vary with volume but genarally start at a maximum of $1.50 per pound. We will be selecting only fifty sites for this program stage. If interested please contact us. Looking for some team players!
Matt Weisberg - General Manager
Fresh Roast Systems, Inc.
2536 Pulgas Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94303
T: 650-325-1795
F: 650-325-1796
mweisberg@freshroastsystems.com
You may also like to visit our new website at:
http://www.freshroastsystems.com
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Posted by Fresh Roaster on 2006-07-04 07:57:57 Post Subject: New Roasting System
We are currently looking for test users for a exciting new roasting system.
Although the system has been in successful commercial use for almost six years now as a test program, we are finalizing the design and preparing for a full rollout. Over $12 million has gone into the devlopment of this patented system and it represents what many who've seen it in action, say is a "revolutionary" development in the industry.
What makes it unique? First the system is entirely smokeless and ventless. Using catalysis the system transforms the smoke via chemical reaction to CO2 and water vapor. The catalysed exhaust is then routed through a heat exchanger which heats the new incoming fresh air intake. (After a few roasts, the stored heat accumulates and the computer starts to reduce heater and electrical usage as it create its own heat through the combustion and reaction. Your coffee becomes fuel!) The exhaust is then condensed and cooled and sent through three different filter media, the last of which are two very robust HEPA filters. Finally, it exits out of the top of the system (over six feet up) as slightly warmer than room temperature (90-115 degrees) clean smokeless air. We actually often run the machines in our lab without any filtration other than the catalyst. The system is also fully enclosed. No afterburners, chimneys, expensive venting or dangerous "hot" spots. It can sit anywhere inside a retail establishment safely, which it has now at 28 locations in the past five years of testing and development.
In addition to the advanced catalysis which was specially designed for this system by industry pioneer Englehardt, the system utilizes many other high tech approaches. State-of-the-art process control software, a touch-screen PC, simple user interface tools and our patented system of laser reflectometry complete the package. With the laser we track and control the roasting process "in-line" through color. This basically allows anyone, experienced or not, to create a perfect and consistently identical roast every time. The system replaces the "roast master" with unmatched computer and laser precision.
The operation is simple. The user uses the touch screen to select a bin (variety), a poundage and a type of roast. Done. (There are plenty of advanced features as well, such as creating blends and customizing the roast profile on the fly). A "carousel" or merry-go-round as some call it, with 16 bins (hence 16 different varities) storing almost 300lbs. of green coffee spins to the selected bin or bins inthe case a blend was selected. The beans drop into the scale and then into the drum. That's it and you can walk away! While you're off doing something important, a laser beam is being projected through a window in the drum that sends back a color response to a colorimeter. That in turn is fed into the computer which makes adjustments to the roast profile (real-time) and monitors the roast development adjusting all of the machine's individual systems as needed. When the coffee has been roasted to the selected roast parameters, the heat treatment is terminated and the coffee is dropped into a cooling system, cooled and then dropped into a canister. All one needs to do is empty the canister after each roast. Pretty simple.
In most of our current locations a low level clerk is put in charge of roasting. The "roast master" at one of our locations in Santa Barbara, CA is a 16 year old part time high school student now roasting around 3500 pounds per month for a single store and coffee bar. Her boss just got her a second machine. The point is that the system makes anyone not only an expert but perfect. You can't fool the laser!
This machine finally solves the inconsistency problems of time and temperature and provides a truly automated system which does not require experience or monitoring. It is unaffected by water content, ambient air, humidity, etc. Roast times vary by weight and frequency of roasts. A 5lb. French roast can take anywhere from 11-19 mintues depending on the state of pre-heatedness. The roaster has a maximum 5lb. yield (roasted) and a minimum of 1lb.
The last item of interest is the econmics. What this machine also does is remove a level of distribution and cost. With fuel prices where they are this is becoming increasingly important. With the FRS system you shed the component costs of the wholesale roaster. Our average user is generally getting a fresher product for anwhere from as little as $2.60lb. to $6.00lb which includes our fee. Those same locations were previously paying $5.50lb to $12.00lb for the same coffee. That's an incredible margin increase that can't be ignored. But when you don't have the cost of the roaster's drivers, truck, insurance, bags, boxes, rent, equipment, taxes, repairs, maintenance, personnel... I think you get the picture.
And just for the record, the system has already been recognized by many industry professionals for its ease of use and outstanding consistency as it was made the official roaster of the Kona Coffee Festival a few years ago. Virtually every cupper made note of its ability to acheive such a high level of precision.
We are seeking roasters, coffee shops and other venues looking for increased margin, fresh roasted coffee and to help us finish development for our national rollout. This stage will only involve the West Coast, preferably, from San Francisco south to San Diego and potentially selected areas in Greater Seattle. There is no equipment cost and we do not and will not sell the machines. We will charge a roasting fee per pound and require only an operating agreement. We pay for all maintenance (except for air filters). Simply, you pay only for what you roast. We can pretty much guarantee it will be about half of what you pay now for coffee that is not nearly as fresh and nowhere close to the level of consistency you will be able to achieve on your own.
The machine is not small. It is roughly the size of a large refrigerator at 72"H x 34"W x 50"D and weighs approxmately 1200lbs. It is easily moved as it is on large industrial grade locking casters. It requires 208, 220, 240 single phase 50 amp service (60 amp recommended). This is not a home roaster nor is it really designed for heavy commercial wholesale roasting although we do have people doing that and will consider wholesalers. We seek those requiring between 20 and 100 pounds of roasted finished coffee per day. You must also be willing to spend limited time with our engineers regarding usage and provide feedback for improvements or changes to our staff. We may also ask to visit your site with potential customers. A non-disclosure agreement is required. Roasting fees vary with volume but genarally start at a maximum of $1.50 per pound. We will be selecting only fifty sites for this program stage. If interested please contact us. Looking for some team players!
Matt Weisberg - General Manager
Fresh Roast Systems, Inc.
2536 Pulgas Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94303
T: 650-325-1795
F: 650-325-1796
mweisberg@freshroastsystems.com
You may also like to visit our new website at:
http://www.freshroastsystems.com
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View entire thread: Getting started with coffee?
Posted by PinkRose on 2008-11-14 13:54:06 Post Subject:
Hello Meteorologist,
Welcome to the coffee forum!
When you wrote, "I've always found the whole atmosphere around coffee, the smell, and people, completely intoxicating," I got the impression that you may have already visited a few of your local coffee shops. That's where I'd suggest that you begin your exploratiion of the world of coffee. That way you can gradually taste and experience a variety of coffee roasts and blends and not just be limited to "instant french vanilla and the stuff your mom makes every day."
As you explore this forum, you will see that it has a lot of information about coffee, brewing techniques, equipment, etc. If you go up to the top of the screen, you will see a search option. When you click on it, you will go to a search screen where you can search for the topic of your choice.
Again, welcome the the coffee forum. I hope you have lots of fun as you explore the world of coffee!
Rose
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Posted by PinkRose on 2008-11-14 13:54:06 Post Subject:
Hello Meteorologist,
Welcome to the coffee forum!
When you wrote, "I've always found the whole atmosphere around coffee, the smell, and people, completely intoxicating," I got the impression that you may have already visited a few of your local coffee shops. That's where I'd suggest that you begin your exploratiion of the world of coffee. That way you can gradually taste and experience a variety of coffee roasts and blends and not just be limited to "instant french vanilla and the stuff your mom makes every day."
As you explore this forum, you will see that it has a lot of information about coffee, brewing techniques, equipment, etc. If you go up to the top of the screen, you will see a search option. When you click on it, you will go to a search screen where you can search for the topic of your choice.
Again, welcome the the coffee forum. I hope you have lots of fun as you explore the world of coffee!
Rose
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View entire thread: Another Idea
Posted by equus007 on 2007-01-27 23:11:07 Post Subject: how bout
coffee roasters & distribs
coffee shops & other services
equipment manufaturers, distributers & servicers
give em x amount of characters and a thumbnail to say anything what they want. Maybe require a country or zip for search purposes.
Don't know how the people who advertise here would feel about this. Might want to rethink it.
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Posted by equus007 on 2007-01-27 23:11:07 Post Subject: how bout
coffee roasters & distribs
coffee shops & other services
equipment manufaturers, distributers & servicers
give em x amount of characters and a thumbnail to say anything what they want. Maybe require a country or zip for search purposes.
Don't know how the people who advertise here would feel about this. Might want to rethink it.
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View entire thread: Another Idea
Posted by demetri on 2007-01-15 16:24:00 Post Subject:
I think a roaster directory is a great idea. We can easily come up with something that has a location specific way of finding someone.
What about expanding it out to other coffee related businesses? We could list coffee shops, equipment suppliers, etc... as long is its coffee related and not spam.
I just need some possible categories. We can then make it browsable by category or location.
Demetri
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Posted by demetri on 2007-01-15 16:24:00 Post Subject:
I think a roaster directory is a great idea. We can easily come up with something that has a location specific way of finding someone.
What about expanding it out to other coffee related businesses? We could list coffee shops, equipment suppliers, etc... as long is its coffee related and not spam.
I just need some possible categories. We can then make it browsable by category or location.
Demetri
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View entire thread: Is the economy hurting your business?
Posted by caffe biscotto on 2008-09-16 14:59:51 Post Subject:
From someone who relies heavily on the growth and success of gourmet coffee shops around the US, I must say that we’ve noticed a definite slowdown in our biscotti sales to coffee shops. Not all, but most of our coffee shops have been ordering less frequently this year, say once per 3 - 4 months, versus every 2 months. Some have blamed the economy for the recent slowdown in sales.
There are a few however, who don’t seem to be affected by the recent economic slowdown. It’s hard to say why these few have managed to actually grow over the last year or so. Location could have something to do with it. Perhaps these few are thriving in the more affluent areas of the US, like San Francisco, Boston and New York City for example, where the economy is quite high. So much so that paying $5 for coffee & biscotti isn’t a big deal to them.
Another thing I can say that may be of substance is that Latinos are becoming a force to be reckoned with. The Spanish speaking population in the US has increased substantially. Many businesses are profiting from the huge influx of immigrants from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Central and South America, etc. They are hard working and very conscious of their purchases when it comes to food for their families. They come from countries that don’t sell overly processed food and drink. They are more accustomed to fresh fruits, juices and grains that are indigenous to their land. McDonald’s can’t cater to their needs, nor can Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts.
Hang up some signs that emphasize the natural aspect of your coffees and even pastries, etc. Put a Spanish twist on at least one of your products if possible. “I’d like to try your Spanish Latte please.” After all, a lot of our coffee beans are grown in Spanish speaking countries like Colombia, Guatemala & Costa Rica.
(It should be noted that not all Latinos care for spicy foods. I think that’s mainly popular in Mexico, some of Central America (& Texas heh heh). So, no hot sauce or black pepper drinks! Also, don’t forget that although Brazilians speak Portuguese, they are still very much “Latino”.)
Oh yeah, the proof is in the empanadas - We have a new coffee shop/roaster account that can’t get enough of our Coconut Macadamia biscotti for their Latino customers. Otherwise, those particular biscotti are not appealing to Americans for some reason. It’s definitely something to think about….
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Posted by caffe biscotto on 2008-09-16 14:59:51 Post Subject:
From someone who relies heavily on the growth and success of gourmet coffee shops around the US, I must say that we’ve noticed a definite slowdown in our biscotti sales to coffee shops. Not all, but most of our coffee shops have been ordering less frequently this year, say once per 3 - 4 months, versus every 2 months. Some have blamed the economy for the recent slowdown in sales.
There are a few however, who don’t seem to be affected by the recent economic slowdown. It’s hard to say why these few have managed to actually grow over the last year or so. Location could have something to do with it. Perhaps these few are thriving in the more affluent areas of the US, like San Francisco, Boston and New York City for example, where the economy is quite high. So much so that paying $5 for coffee & biscotti isn’t a big deal to them.
Another thing I can say that may be of substance is that Latinos are becoming a force to be reckoned with. The Spanish speaking population in the US has increased substantially. Many businesses are profiting from the huge influx of immigrants from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Central and South America, etc. They are hard working and very conscious of their purchases when it comes to food for their families. They come from countries that don’t sell overly processed food and drink. They are more accustomed to fresh fruits, juices and grains that are indigenous to their land. McDonald’s can’t cater to their needs, nor can Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts.
Hang up some signs that emphasize the natural aspect of your coffees and even pastries, etc. Put a Spanish twist on at least one of your products if possible. “I’d like to try your Spanish Latte please.” After all, a lot of our coffee beans are grown in Spanish speaking countries like Colombia, Guatemala & Costa Rica.
(It should be noted that not all Latinos care for spicy foods. I think that’s mainly popular in Mexico, some of Central America (& Texas heh heh). So, no hot sauce or black pepper drinks! Also, don’t forget that although Brazilians speak Portuguese, they are still very much “Latino”.)
Oh yeah, the proof is in the empanadas - We have a new coffee shop/roaster account that can’t get enough of our Coconut Macadamia biscotti for their Latino customers. Otherwise, those particular biscotti are not appealing to Americans for some reason. It’s definitely something to think about….
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View entire thread: Goodbye Alex Fisenko
Posted by cafemakers on 2007-01-25 13:31:06 Post Subject: Goodbye Alex Fisenko
I'm sad to report that Alex Fisenko has passed; he was quite a character in the business and will be missed.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cuppy's Coffee Will Miss Alex Fisenko: 'Godfather Of Specialty Coffee'
Fort Walton Beach, FL (January 23, 2007) Alex Fisenko, the specialty coffee industry's top espresso consultant, passed away January 21, 2007.
Alex was known in the coffee industry as the 'godfather of espresso'. His focus was to bring knowledge and attention to detail to aspiring coffee minded entrepreneurs. Alex will be remembered for his seminars and training programs including 'Espresso Business Success'. His expertise and passion for the specialty coffee business has helped thousands of entrepreneurs and corporate companies realize their dreams of success.
Many coffee shops and companies like Cuppy's Coffee adapted the Fisenko training method in their stores and continue to model the style, principles and procedures taught by Alex.
"Alex Fisenko was a pioneer in the industry, a mentor and a friend. Much of the success of Cuppy's Coffee was made possible by using Alex's training methods and his understanding of consumer wants and needs," said Janice Baker, director of training.
Alex Fisenko started serving up great espresso back in 1969 in Berkley, Ca. Owning several shops of his own and consulting for numerous individuals and companies, Fisenko helped pioneer a little known concept here in the United States, the specialty coffee industry. Today there are thousands of coffee shops that serve espresso based coffee drinks in America and Canada that have benefited from Alex's teachings.
"This is a great loss to the specialty coffee industry." Baker said. "All that knew Alex and learned from him will miss him."
Our heartfelt wishes go out to the Fisenko family and friends. All of us here at Cuppy's Coffee will miss you, Alex Fisenko...
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Posted by cafemakers on 2007-01-25 13:31:06 Post Subject: Goodbye Alex Fisenko
I'm sad to report that Alex Fisenko has passed; he was quite a character in the business and will be missed.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cuppy's Coffee Will Miss Alex Fisenko: 'Godfather Of Specialty Coffee'
Fort Walton Beach, FL (January 23, 2007) Alex Fisenko, the specialty coffee industry's top espresso consultant, passed away January 21, 2007.
Alex was known in the coffee industry as the 'godfather of espresso'. His focus was to bring knowledge and attention to detail to aspiring coffee minded entrepreneurs. Alex will be remembered for his seminars and training programs including 'Espresso Business Success'. His expertise and passion for the specialty coffee business has helped thousands of entrepreneurs and corporate companies realize their dreams of success.
Many coffee shops and companies like Cuppy's Coffee adapted the Fisenko training method in their stores and continue to model the style, principles and procedures taught by Alex.
"Alex Fisenko was a pioneer in the industry, a mentor and a friend. Much of the success of Cuppy's Coffee was made possible by using Alex's training methods and his understanding of consumer wants and needs," said Janice Baker, director of training.
Alex Fisenko started serving up great espresso back in 1969 in Berkley, Ca. Owning several shops of his own and consulting for numerous individuals and companies, Fisenko helped pioneer a little known concept here in the United States, the specialty coffee industry. Today there are thousands of coffee shops that serve espresso based coffee drinks in America and Canada that have benefited from Alex's teachings.
"This is a great loss to the specialty coffee industry." Baker said. "All that knew Alex and learned from him will miss him."
Our heartfelt wishes go out to the Fisenko family and friends. All of us here at Cuppy's Coffee will miss you, Alex Fisenko...
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View entire thread: Selling homemade cheesecake?
Posted by nicepants on 2005-11-25 12:06:06 Post Subject: Selling homemade cheesecake?
Random question since I know some people who browse these forums own or run coffee shops.
I make homemade cheesecakes and from the reviews I've been getting, I'm betting they would sell very well in a coffeehouse. I don't want to run my own shop but I was thinking about approaching a few local coffee shops to see if they'd be interested in selling slices of my cheesecake. (Some already sell some desserts from a refrigerated case)
I guess my question is, do any of you who run your own shops do anything like that? I'm just wondering how to approach them, what kind of questions they will ask, etc so I can have all of my ducks in a row. I'll definitely bring some samples for them to try (one taste and they will be under my complete control....mwaahhaha).
Any suggestions/advice appreciated.
-Jason
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Posted by nicepants on 2005-11-25 12:06:06 Post Subject: Selling homemade cheesecake?
Random question since I know some people who browse these forums own or run coffee shops.
I make homemade cheesecakes and from the reviews I've been getting, I'm betting they would sell very well in a coffeehouse. I don't want to run my own shop but I was thinking about approaching a few local coffee shops to see if they'd be interested in selling slices of my cheesecake. (Some already sell some desserts from a refrigerated case)
I guess my question is, do any of you who run your own shops do anything like that? I'm just wondering how to approach them, what kind of questions they will ask, etc so I can have all of my ducks in a row. I'll definitely bring some samples for them to try (one taste and they will be under my complete control....mwaahhaha).
Any suggestions/advice appreciated.
-Jason
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View entire thread: Please help me fill the Competitive Advantage questionnaire
Posted by conancat on 2006-07-31 19:58:27 Post Subject: Please help me fill the Competitive Advantage questionnaire
Coffe shop managers and staff are invited to participate in the survey on coffee shops strategy.The purpose of the questionnaire is to evaluate services used by coffee shops in terms of the degree to which they may enhance a coffee shop’s reputation and/or result in increasing consumer volume. Your participation is completely voluntary and your opinions are highly valuable.
I have posted a questionnaire-'Competitive Advantage of Coffee Shop Business' on web. Please help me to fill the questionnaire
http://www.my3q.com/home2/97/conancat/29016.phtml
Thank you very much
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Posted by conancat on 2006-07-31 19:58:27 Post Subject: Please help me fill the Competitive Advantage questionnaire
Coffe shop managers and staff are invited to participate in the survey on coffee shops strategy.The purpose of the questionnaire is to evaluate services used by coffee shops in terms of the degree to which they may enhance a coffee shop’s reputation and/or result in increasing consumer volume. Your participation is completely voluntary and your opinions are highly valuable.
I have posted a questionnaire-'Competitive Advantage of Coffee Shop Business' on web. Please help me to fill the questionnaire
http://www.my3q.com/home2/97/conancat/29016.phtml
Thank you very much
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View entire thread: One of the evidence to see the quality of your espresso!
Posted by pstam on 2005-04-03 12:53:32 Post Subject:
After a long time of discussing with friends here and other forums, I am tired of talking about the tastes, looking at the pictures, because we cannot really compare the results through those way, really.
To know something better, we collected those datas to show something, which can make some sense.
We are also going to collect the similar datas from other coffee shops for comparison. If anyone who is interedted in this subject, we would like to see the similar datas for their coffee shops.
Does it really make sense? We are not so sure. But, let's talk about it.
If you want to see the bigger picture, please go to the original forum,
http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/espres ... ral/127158
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Posted by pstam on 2005-04-03 12:53:32 Post Subject:
After a long time of discussing with friends here and other forums, I am tired of talking about the tastes, looking at the pictures, because we cannot really compare the results through those way, really.
To know something better, we collected those datas to show something, which can make some sense.
We are also going to collect the similar datas from other coffee shops for comparison. If anyone who is interedted in this subject, we would like to see the similar datas for their coffee shops.
Does it really make sense? We are not so sure. But, let's talk about it.
If you want to see the bigger picture, please go to the original forum,
http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/espres ... ral/127158
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View entire thread: Brewing Equipment Contracts?
Posted by BigDave on 2008-11-13 06:49:34 Post Subject: Brewing Equipment Contracts?
Hi!
I am in the Detroit area and am about to plunge into the commercial roasting business. I am in the process of shopping for a roaster and for space (actually have two spaces identified and negotiating with the landlords for the best deal - one good thing about Detroit''s economy, EVERYTHING is negotiable!).
The one piece of the wholesale coffee business that I haven''t figured out yet is brewing equipment that most coffee shops have. The shops and restaurants I''ve talked to who are willing to try me, will only commit to 1/4-1/2 of their monthly order without me \"giving\" them equipment. They get their brewers to use for free and sometimes auto espresso machines for very low lease rates with a minimum monthly order through their current roaster. I''m trying to figure out how I can offer equipment for their use without having to increase my price targets AND without having to raise huge amounts of new capital (which will in essence mean raising prices down the road).
Additional side thought on this, I don''t want to get into servicing equipment, but I''m assuming (haven''t investigated yet) that I''ll be able to contract for service with a 3rd party.
Anyway, anyone had to deal with this and have any thoughts for me?
Thanks! This is my first post here, great forum!
Dave
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Posted by BigDave on 2008-11-13 06:49:34 Post Subject: Brewing Equipment Contracts?
Hi!
I am in the Detroit area and am about to plunge into the commercial roasting business. I am in the process of shopping for a roaster and for space (actually have two spaces identified and negotiating with the landlords for the best deal - one good thing about Detroit''s economy, EVERYTHING is negotiable!).
The one piece of the wholesale coffee business that I haven''t figured out yet is brewing equipment that most coffee shops have. The shops and restaurants I''ve talked to who are willing to try me, will only commit to 1/4-1/2 of their monthly order without me \"giving\" them equipment. They get their brewers to use for free and sometimes auto espresso machines for very low lease rates with a minimum monthly order through their current roaster. I''m trying to figure out how I can offer equipment for their use without having to increase my price targets AND without having to raise huge amounts of new capital (which will in essence mean raising prices down the road).
Additional side thought on this, I don''t want to get into servicing equipment, but I''m assuming (haven''t investigated yet) that I''ll be able to contract for service with a 3rd party.
Anyway, anyone had to deal with this and have any thoughts for me?
Thanks! This is my first post here, great forum!
Dave
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View entire thread: Distribution Questions and the like for New Product?
Posted by dcparker715 on 2004-11-20 14:08:51 Post Subject: Distribution Questions and the like for New Product?
I'm working on a coffee product for an Entrepreneurial class that I'm taking. We're looking into developing a product similar to the Nissan Thermos - Coffee Cup Insulator
Click Here (www.cafemaison.com)
There doesn't seem to be any other product like this in the market. Does anyone know of one?
Our product would differ in that we use a patented Thermodynamic model (some type of material sandwiched between the outside of your to-go-coffee cup and the inner lining of a SS travel mug) to reduce the temperature of the to-go coffee to the high end of the optimal drinking temperature. The heat that the material absorbs will then radiate back into the coffee as the coffee cools. This keeps the drinking temperature of the coffee hoter, longer without the need to preheat it with hot water.
Anyway, we would try to sell this product to local area coffee shops. We're specifically targeting the SF/Bay Area as a starting point. When the product is ready for shipment, where do we go from here?
What are typical business relationships between a product manufacturer and distributors in
the coffee distribution chain? Generally, how does the distributor's revenue model work?
How much margin does the distributor want from the supplier? How wide an area do local coffee distributors typically cover? Do most distributors work on product placement (selling to) with coffee shops? or do they simply deliver products where you tell them to. Is product placement simply an agreement with the local coffee shop and the manufacturer, and the manufacture is responsible for getting the product to the coffee shop?
Generally, any info on the logistics involved in this industry is very appreciated. Thank you for your time and input.
Have a Happy Turkey Day!!
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Posted by dcparker715 on 2004-11-20 14:08:51 Post Subject: Distribution Questions and the like for New Product?
I'm working on a coffee product for an Entrepreneurial class that I'm taking. We're looking into developing a product similar to the Nissan Thermos - Coffee Cup Insulator
Click Here (www.cafemaison.com)
There doesn't seem to be any other product like this in the market. Does anyone know of one?
Our product would differ in that we use a patented Thermodynamic model (some type of material sandwiched between the outside of your to-go-coffee cup and the inner lining of a SS travel mug) to reduce the temperature of the to-go coffee to the high end of the optimal drinking temperature. The heat that the material absorbs will then radiate back into the coffee as the coffee cools. This keeps the drinking temperature of the coffee hoter, longer without the need to preheat it with hot water.
Anyway, we would try to sell this product to local area coffee shops. We're specifically targeting the SF/Bay Area as a starting point. When the product is ready for shipment, where do we go from here?
What are typical business relationships between a product manufacturer and distributors in
the coffee distribution chain? Generally, how does the distributor's revenue model work? How much margin does the distributor want from the supplier? How wide an area do local coffee distributors typically cover? Do most distributors work on product placement (selling to) with coffee shops? or do they simply deliver products where you tell them to. Is product placement simply an agreement with the local coffee shop and the manufacturer, and the manufacture is responsible for getting the product to the coffee shop?
Generally, any info on the logistics involved in this industry is very appreciated. Thank you for your time and input.
Have a Happy Turkey Day!!
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View entire thread: Please Help With Measurements
Posted by wowcoffee on 2008-08-18 22:20:35 Post Subject: Please Help With Measurements
Please help. Is the below measurements the standard for coffee shops?
Espresso Shots:
1. 7-9 grams (1 espresso) = 1.5 ounces
2. 14 grams (2 espresso) = 2 – 2.5 ounces
3. 18-20 grams (3 espresso) = 3 – 3.5 ounces
4. 1 coffee pound (454 grams) = 65 single espresso shots
Using the above measurements, to make a 12oz, 16oz, and 20oz (Mocha, Lattes, etc.) coffee drinks:
1. 1 shot + 10 ounces milk = 12oz
2. 2 shots + 14 ounces milk = 16oz
3. 3 shots + 16 ounces milk = 20oz
Please correct my measurements if wrong, especially the milk measurements to make a coffee drink.
Thank you.
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Posted by wowcoffee on 2008-08-18 22:20:35 Post Subject: Please Help With Measurements
Please help. Is the below measurements the standard for coffee shops?
Espresso Shots:
1. 7-9 grams (1 espresso) = 1.5 ounces
2. 14 grams (2 espresso) = 2 – 2.5 ounces
3. 18-20 grams (3 espresso) = 3 – 3.5 ounces
4. 1 coffee pound (454 grams) = 65 single espresso shots
Using the above measurements, to make a 12oz, 16oz, and 20oz (Mocha, Lattes, etc.) coffee drinks:
1. 1 shot + 10 ounces milk = 12oz
2. 2 shots + 14 ounces milk = 16oz
3. 3 shots + 16 ounces milk = 20oz
Please correct my measurements if wrong, especially the milk measurements to make a coffee drink.
Thank you.
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View entire thread: Coffee Shops near Indianapolis?
Posted by Bill Laine on 2008-03-29 15:51:33 Post Subject: Coffee Shops near Indianapolis?
We will be staying at a Super 8 in Franklin, Indiana for a week. Any good coffee shops in the neighborhood?
Bill Laine
New Orleans
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Posted by Bill Laine on 2008-03-29 15:51:33 Post Subject: Coffee Shops near Indianapolis?
We will be staying at a Super 8 in Franklin, Indiana for a week. Any good coffee shops in the neighborhood?
Bill Laine
New Orleans
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View entire thread: Projections
Posted by Anonymous on 2004-10-09 02:06:05 Post Subject:
Hi,
5,000 Cups? It might not be right; however, this all depends on the location.
Statistics show that:
Americans consume 400 million cups of coffee per day making the United States the leading consumer of coffee in the world.
Specialty Coffee is America's Hottest Growth Industry and the demand is growing at an unprecedented rate.
Specialty coffee sales are increasing by 20% per year and account for nearly 8% of the 18 billion dollar U.S. coffee market.
Among coffee drinkers the average consumption in the United States is 3.1 cups of coffee per day.
At the present time there are approximately 8,000 Coffee Shops across the country. There will be approximately 12,000 Coffee Shops by the year 2005.
The average price for an Espresso based drink is $2.45.
The average Espresso Drive-thru Business sells approximately 200-300 Cups of Espresso and Coffee Based Drinks per day.
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Posted by Anonymous on 2004-10-09 02:06:05 Post Subject:
Hi,
5,000 Cups? It might not be right; however, this all depends on the location.
Statistics show that:
Americans consume 400 million cups of coffee per day making the United States the leading consumer of coffee in the world.
Specialty Coffee is America's Hottest Growth Industry and the demand is growing at an unprecedented rate.
Specialty coffee sales are increasing by 20% per year and account for nearly 8% of the 18 billion dollar U.S. coffee market.
Among coffee drinkers the average consumption in the United States is 3.1 cups of coffee per day.
At the present time there are approximately 8,000 Coffee Shops across the country. There will be approximately 12,000 Coffee Shops by the year 2005.
The average price for an Espresso based drink is $2.45.
The average Espresso Drive-thru Business sells approximately 200-300 Cups of Espresso and Coffee Based Drinks per day.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
More information and statistics can be found at:
http://www.e-importz.com/Support/specialty_coffee.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you are interested in learning more information about opening an espresso drive-thru business, please look into the informational guides available at www.e-importz.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-Imports Drive-Thru Start-Up Guide
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http://www.e-importz.com/E-Imports_Driv ... _Guide.htm
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Is there a secret to sustaining prosperity in today's competitive business environment? The answer is Yes; Ongoing organizational improvement.
If you are in the start-up phase, or need to make dramatic improvements in productivity, quality, marketing, planning and customer service and satisfaction; than our Successful Drive-Thru Operations Guide is the perfect source for you.
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View entire thread: Sinagpore Coffee Scene
Posted by Alun_evans on 2007-10-04 22:25:49 Post Subject: Sinagpore Coffee Scene
Having been effectively marooned in Sinagpore the last month (baby was unexpectedly born here), I have had a very good opporunity to look at the coffee scene in the Island state.
Essentially coffee can be seperated into 3 distinct groupings-
1/. Local coffee: Kopi Tiams and coffee shops catering to the local market
2/. International Coffee chains: The big r biggish names that have set up here
3/. Local Specialty chains:
1/. Local Coffee: Kopi or coffee for most older people in Singapore is enjoyed in "coffee shops" and "Kopi Tiames". The word "coffee shop" is a bit meaning as they sell coffee during the day and a variety of beer products at night. The coffee sold here is nearly always strong robusta, made using the traditional "sock and watering can" methoh of brewing. Coffee is ground fine and placed in a large mesh sock, then dripped into a watering can. Coffee is poured direct from the can into cups. The coffee is strong, even stronger than the Indonesian "kopi Tubruk" that I am normally used to. The Robusta of course gives you a kick, but as I drink mainly arabica I have found the kick and the of course the tar-like taste and consistency in the cup is not to everyone (read 'my') liking. The local places are everywhere in Sngapore and include such gamous names as "Kaya Toast" In these local places coffee is eneviatably enjoyed with runny poached eggs and slices of toast smothered in butter.
2/. International Chains: Starbucks, Dome, Port City Java, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, McCafe, Spinelli's and the like are all well represented in Singapore. Spinelli roast there own here on the island, and the master roaster does a good job in presenting a coffee that drinks well as an espresso or cappaccino. The other brands I think import their coffee. Service is highly variable. I have had the absolutley worse service experienced anywhere in the world (no kidding) at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf store at Raffles Hospital. Conversely I have had excellent and knowledgeable service from their store on sentosa... Overall Spinelli's staff take 1st prize for knowldege about coffee and preperation techniques- probably has something to do with Master-roaster Ross being a WBC judge I would think
3/. Local Specialty Coffee chains: The biggest of these is TCC (the Coffee Connoissiur). Other big local names are the Coffee Club, Highland coffee and an increasing number of small opperators. TCC has 25 stores and growing. This rivals spinelli for size. Unfortately someone at sometime decided to go with Superautos to compliment the funky post modern design of the stores. As a result the quality of the espresso and EBD's is not what it should be. The chain is also incredibly expensive compared to even the international brands.
What I like about Singapore cafe scene>
- Standard free WIFI
- Well airconditioned stores make drinking hot beverages feel almost the norm even though its 98f outside!
- Cleanliness of the places
- The coffee quality in the top places is excellent and compares well with specialty coffee in Australia/NZ.
However-
- There is also a general lack of training and enthusiasm in some opperators places. This generally refers to the chains. Most of the local Kopi Tiams have staff who may have been making coffee for decades and still love doing it!
- Service. Singapore has a very high employment level. As a result the quality of those entering the service industry is variable. I have seen some of the best barista here (attention to detail) and worse (8 second shots, steaming milk to almost 90 degrees c)... then throwing the cup accross the counter.
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Posted by Alun_evans on 2007-10-04 22:25:49 Post Subject: Sinagpore Coffee Scene
Having been effectively marooned in Sinagpore the last month (baby was unexpectedly born here), I have had a very good opporunity to look at the coffee scene in the Island state.
Essentially coffee can be seperated into 3 distinct groupings-
1/. Local coffee: Kopi Tiams and coffee shops catering to the local market
2/. International Coffee chains: The big r biggish names that have set up here
3/. Local Specialty chains:
1/. Local Coffee: Kopi or coffee for most older people in Singapore is enjoyed in "coffee shops" and "Kopi Tiames". The word "coffee shop" is a bit meaning as they sell coffee during the day and a variety of beer products at night. The coffee sold here is nearly always strong robusta, made using the traditional "sock and watering can" methoh of brewing. Coffee is ground fine and placed in a large mesh sock, then dripped into a watering can. Coffee is poured direct from the can into cups. The coffee is strong, even stronger than the Indonesian "kopi Tubruk" that I am normally used to. The Robusta of course gives you a kick, but as I drink mainly arabica I have found the kick and the of course the tar-like taste and consistency in the cup is not to everyone (read 'my') liking. The local places are everywhere in Sngapore and include such gamous names as "Kaya Toast" In these local places coffee is eneviatably enjoyed with runny poached eggs and slices of toast smothered in butter.
2/. International Chains: Starbucks, Dome, Port City Java, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, McCafe, Spinelli's and the like are all well represented in Singapore. Spinelli roast there own here on the island, and the master roaster does a good job in presenting a coffee that drinks well as an espresso or cappaccino. The other brands I think import their coffee. Service is highly variable. I have had the absolutley worse service experienced anywhere in the world (no kidding) at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf store at Raffles Hospital. Conversely I have had excellent and knowledgeable service from their store on sentosa... Overall Spinelli's staff take 1st prize for knowldege about coffee and preperation techniques- probably has something to do with Master-roaster Ross being a WBC judge I would think
3/. Local Specialty Coffee chains: The biggest of these is TCC (the Coffee Connoissiur). Other big local names are the Coffee Club, Highland coffee and an increasing number of small opperators. TCC has 25 stores and growing. This rivals spinelli for size. Unfortately someone at sometime decided to go with Superautos to compliment the funky post modern design of the stores. As a result the quality of the espresso and EBD's is not what it should be. The chain is also incredibly expensive compared to even the international brands.
What I like about Singapore cafe scene>
- Standard free WIFI
- Well airconditioned stores make drinking hot beverages feel almost the norm even though its 98f outside!
- Cleanliness of the places
- The coffee quality in the top places is excellent and compares well with specialty coffee in Australia/NZ.
However-
- There is also a general lack of training and enthusiasm in some opperators places. This generally refers to the chains. Most of the local Kopi Tiams have staff who may have been making coffee for decades and still love doing it!
- Service. Singapore has a very high employment level. As a result the quality of those entering the service industry is variable. I have seen some of the best barista here (attention to detail) and worse (8 second shots, steaming milk to almost 90 degrees c)... then throwing the cup accross the counter.
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View entire thread: Typical cost per sale?
Posted by Anonymous on 2004-10-09 00:47:37 Post Subject: coffee statistics
Specialty Coffee is America's Hottest Growth Industry and the demand is growing at an unprecedented rate.
Specialty coffee sales are increasing by 20% per year and account for nearly 8% of the 18 billion dollar U.S. coffee market.
Among coffee drinkers the average consumption in the United States is 3.1 cups of coffee per day.
At the present time there are approximately 8,000 Coffee Shops across the country. There will be approximately 12,000 Coffee Shops by the year 2005.
The average price for an Espresso based drink is $2.45.
The average Espresso Drive-thru Business sells approximately 200-300 Cups of Espresso and Coffee Based Drinks per day.
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Posted by Anonymous on 2004-10-09 00:47:37 Post Subject: coffee statistics
Specialty Coffee is America's Hottest Growth Industry and the demand is growing at an unprecedented rate.
Specialty coffee sales are increasing by 20% per year and account for nearly 8% of the 18 billion dollar U.S. coffee market.
Among coffee drinkers the average consumption in the United States is 3.1 cups of coffee per day.
At the present time there are approximately 8,000 Coffee Shops across the country. There will be approximately 12,000 Coffee Shops by the year 2005.
The average price for an Espresso based drink is $2.45.
The average Espresso Drive-thru Business sells approximately 200-300 Cups of Espresso and Coffee Based Drinks per day.
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http://www.e-importz.com/Support/specialty_coffee.htm
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Composed from many reliable sources, including the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), our valuable "Drive-Thru Start-Up Guide" contains powerful successful techniques revealing the steps and strategies for charting an unconventional path to success.
http://www.e-importz.com/E-Imports_Driv ... _Guide.htm
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Is there a secret to sustaining prosperity in today's competitive business environment? The answer is Yes; Ongoing organizational improvement.
If you are in the start-up phase, or need to make dramatic improvements in productivity, quality, marketing, planning and customer service and satisfaction; than our Successful Drive-Thru Operations Guide is the perfect source for you.
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View entire thread: Coffee Stand - Expected profits
Posted by Anonymous on 2004-10-09 00:34:47 Post Subject: Specialty Coffee Statistics
Specialty Coffee is America's Hottest Growth Industry and the demand is growing at an unprecedented rate.
Specialty coffee sales are increasing by 20% per year and account for nearly 8% of the 18 billion dollar U.S. coffee market.
Among coffee drinkers the average consumption in the United States is 3.1 cups of coffee per day.
At the present time there are approximately 8,000 Coffee Shops across the country. There will be approximately 12,000 Coffee Shops by the year 2005.
The average price for an Espresso based drink is $2.45.
The average Espresso Drive-thru Business sells approximately 200-300 Cups of Espresso and Coffee Based Drinks per day.
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More information and statistics can be found at:
http://www.e-importz.com/Support/specialty_coffee.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-Imports Drive-Thru Start-Up Guide
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Composed from many reliable sources, including the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), our valuable "Drive-Thru Start-Up Guide" contains powerful successful techniques revealing the steps and strategies for charting an unconventional path to success.
http://www.e-importz.com/E-Imports_Driv ... _Guide.htm
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Successful Drive-Thru Operations Guide
Is there a secret to sustaining prosperity in today's competitive business environment? The answer is Yes; Ongoing organizational improvement.
If you are in the start-up phase, or need to make dramatic improvements in productivity, quality, marketing, planning and customer service and satisfaction; than our Successful Drive-Thru Operations Guide is the perfect source for you.
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Posted by Anonymous on 2004-10-09 00:34:47 Post Subject: Specialty Coffee Statistics
Specialty Coffee is America's Hottest Growth Industry and the demand is growing at an unprecedented rate.
Specialty coffee sales are increasing by 20% per year and account for nearly 8% of the 18 billion dollar U.S. coffee market.
Among coffee drinkers the average consumption in the United States is 3.1 cups of coffee per day.
At the present time there are approximately 8,000 Coffee Shops across the country. There will be approximately 12,000 Coffee Shops by the year 2005.
The average price for an Espresso based drink is $2.45.
The average Espresso Drive-thru Business sells approximately 200-300 Cups of Espresso and Coffee Based Drinks per day.
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http://www.e-importz.com/Support/specialty_coffee.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Composed from many reliable sources, including the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), our valuable "Drive-Thru Start-Up Guide" contains powerful successful techniques revealing the steps and strategies for charting an unconventional path to success.
http://www.e-importz.com/E-Imports_Driv ... _Guide.htm
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Successful Drive-Thru Operations Guide
Is there a secret to sustaining prosperity in today's competitive business environment? The answer is Yes; Ongoing organizational improvement.
If you are in the start-up phase, or need to make dramatic improvements in productivity, quality, marketing, planning and customer service and satisfaction; than our Successful Drive-Thru Operations Guide is the perfect source for you.
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View entire thread: Question for Coffee Shop Owners
Posted by safetygirl on 2004-12-16 02:33:38 Post Subject: Question for Coffee Shop Owners
I am wondering if many coffee shops have any problems with slip and fall accidents in their stores (from employees or customers)? If so, what kinds of problems have they created for your business (lawsuits, workers' comp claims, OSHA fines, etc.)
I am wondering because my company has done work with grocery stores, restaurants and hotels, and I want to know if coffee shops might be a market I should focus on to help them if slip and fall accidents are a problem or concern.
Not trying to market my business here, but just so you have a small idea of what I'm talking about - we go into businesses that have floors that are normally "slippery when wet" and treat the floors with a chemical process that makes them slip resistant to keep people from slipping and falling (and keep the business owners from having to pay claims, lawsuits and high insurance rates all the time).
I would just like to get any information from coffee shop owners to find out if this is a problem or concern in your industry. Thanks so much for any feedback!
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Posted by safetygirl on 2004-12-16 02:33:38 Post Subject: Question for Coffee Shop Owners
I am wondering if many coffee shops have any problems with slip and fall accidents in their stores (from employees or customers)? If so, what kinds of problems have they created for your business (lawsuits, workers' comp claims, OSHA fines, etc.)
I am wondering because my company has done work with grocery stores, restaurants and hotels, and I want to know if coffee shops might be a market I should focus on to help them if slip and fall accidents are a problem or concern.
Not trying to market my business here, but just so you have a small idea of what I'm talking about - we go into businesses that have floors that are normally "slippery when wet" and treat the floors with a chemical process that makes them slip resistant to keep people from slipping and falling (and keep the business owners from having to pay claims, lawsuits and high insurance rates all the time).
I would just like to get any information from coffee shop owners to find out if this is a problem or concern in your industry. Thanks so much for any feedback!
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View entire thread: Please Help With Measurements
Posted by CCafe on 2008-08-19 01:02:33 Post Subject: Re: Please Help With Measurements
Please help. Is the below measurements the standard for coffee shops?
Espresso Shots:
1. 7-9 grams (1 espresso) = 1.5 ounces
2. 14 grams (2 espresso) = 2 – 2.5 ounces
3. 18-20 grams (3 espresso) = 3 – 3.5 ounces
4. 1 coffee pound (454 grams) = 65 single espresso shots
Using the above measurements, to make a 12oz, 16oz, and 20oz (Mocha, Lattes, etc.) coffee drinks:
1. 1 shot + 10 ounces milk = 12oz
2. 2 shots + 14 ounces milk = 16oz
3. 3 shots + 16 ounces milk = 20oz
Please correct my measurements if wrong, especially the milk measurements to make a coffee drink.
Thank you.
http://www.coffeeforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=7163
1 pound in theory or unless your using an automated espresso grinder such as a Azkoyen will give you 64 single shots. An Azkoyen will weigh out the grounds before each shot is dosed in to the portafilter. But the problem lies in how accurate it the machine is. Don't want to dive to deeply in the matter but to make it simple your going to have waste and you might only be able to produce in the high 50 to maybe even 60 single espresso's.
All your cups are going to be shorter on milk then you listed. You need room for the syrup as well as any toppings you might apply to the drink. Remember you still have to get the lid on if it is a to go drink.
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Posted by CCafe on 2008-08-19 01:02:33 Post Subject: Re: Please Help With Measurements
Please help. Is the below measurements the standard for coffee shops?
Espresso Shots:
1. 7-9 grams (1 espresso) = 1.5 ounces
2. 14 grams (2 espresso) = 2 – 2.5 ounces
3. 18-20 grams (3 espresso) = 3 – 3.5 ounces
4. 1 coffee pound (454 grams) = 65 single espresso shots
Using the above measurements, to make a 12oz, 16oz, and 20oz (Mocha, Lattes, etc.) coffee drinks:
1. 1 shot + 10 ounces milk = 12oz
2. 2 shots + 14 ounces milk = 16oz
3. 3 shots + 16 ounces milk = 20oz
Please correct my measurements if wrong, especially the milk measurements to make a coffee drink.
Thank you.
http://www.coffeeforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=7163
1 pound in theory or unless your using an automated espresso grinder such as a Azkoyen will give you 64 single shots. An Azkoyen will weigh out the grounds before each shot is dosed in to the portafilter. But the problem lies in how accurate it the machine is. Don't want to dive to deeply in the matter but to make it simple your going to have waste and you might only be able to produce in the high 50 to maybe even 60 single espresso's.
All your cups are going to be shorter on milk then you listed. You need room for the syrup as well as any toppings you might apply to the drink. Remember you still have to get the lid on if it is a to go drink.
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View entire thread: Opening in a couple weeks - advice please...
Posted by caffe biscotto on 2008-09-22 07:42:00 Post Subject:
Try posting this in the "Coffee Shops & Cafes" section of the forum.
You'll receive more replies.
Biscotti? Definitely.
Carnival? Hmmm...
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Posted by caffe biscotto on 2008-09-22 07:42:00 Post Subject:
Try posting this in the "Coffee Shops & Cafes" section of the forum.
You'll receive more replies.
Biscotti? Definitely.
Carnival? Hmmm...
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View entire thread: New guy here
Posted by JimStark on 2005-06-03 15:31:59 Post Subject:
Hey!
Another n00b here.
Just starting to do research on coffee shops and stumbled across this site.
Any other owners/wannabe's from the okc area?
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Posted by JimStark on 2005-06-03 15:31:59 Post Subject:
Hey!
Another n00b here.
Just starting to do research on coffee shops and stumbled across this site.
Any other owners/wannabe's from the okc area?
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View entire thread: Coffee Shops near Indianapolis?
Posted by PinkRose on 2008-03-30 12:52:11 Post Subject:
Hello,
I did a Google search and I found a list of coffee shops in Indiana. I also found your posting from this forum in the Google results too. It's interesting how fast those search engines find things on the Internet.
This is the web link to the list:
http://www.national-coffee-guide.com/Co ... Coffee.htm
You'll need to do some exploring to find a place that's near where you'll be staying. Maybe someone from the coffee forums will have a favorite place.
Rose
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Posted by PinkRose on 2008-03-30 12:52:11 Post Subject:
Hello,
I did a Google search and I found a list of coffee shops in Indiana. I also found your posting from this forum in the Google results too. It's interesting how fast those search engines find things on the Internet.
This is the web link to the list:
http://www.national-coffee-guide.com/Co ... Coffee.htm
You'll need to do some exploring to find a place that's near where you'll be staying. Maybe someone from the coffee forums will have a favorite place.
Rose
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View entire thread: Please help me fill in the questionnaire about coffee shop
Posted by conancat on 2006-07-31 20:04:39 Post Subject: Please help me fill in the questionnaire about coffee shop
Coffe shop managers and staff are invited to participate in the survey on coffee shops strategy.The purpose of the questionnaire is to evaluate services used by coffee shops in terms of the degree to which they may enhance a coffee shop’s reputation and/or result in increasing consumer volume. Your participation is completely voluntary and your opinions are highly valuable.
I have posted a questionnaire-'Competitive Advantage of Coffee Shop Business' on web. Please help me to fill the questionnaire
http://www.my3q.com/home2/97/conancat/29016.phtml
Thank you very much
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Posted by conancat on 2006-07-31 20:04:39 Post Subject: Please help me fill in the questionnaire about coffee shop
Coffe shop managers and staff are invited to participate in the survey on coffee shops strategy.The purpose of the questionnaire is to evaluate services used by coffee shops in terms of the degree to which they may enhance a coffee shop’s reputation and/or result in increasing consumer volume. Your participation is completely voluntary and your opinions are highly valuable.
I have posted a questionnaire-'Competitive Advantage of Coffee Shop Business' on web. Please help me to fill the questionnaire
http://www.my3q.com/home2/97/conancat/29016.phtml
Thank you very much
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View entire thread: HELP--Wondering where to buy Seattle''s Best
Posted by djwillie on 2007-06-28 18:40:08 Post Subject: HELP--Wondering where to buy Seattle''s Best
Does anyone know where I can buy Seattle''s Best beans besides SB cafes and Borders stores? I won a contest at a Borders store and they gave me free coupons for SB coffee BUT they are not redeemable at Borders or SB coffee shops (Silly, right? I thought so too.) Anyway, I am hoping to find SB coffee at a major grocery chain or discount store like Target but so far, I''ve had no luck. Any tips?
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Posted by djwillie on 2007-06-28 18:40:08 Post Subject: HELP--Wondering where to buy Seattle''s Best
Does anyone know where I can buy Seattle''s Best beans besides SB cafes and Borders stores? I won a contest at a Borders store and they gave me free coupons for SB coffee BUT they are not redeemable at Borders or SB coffee shops (Silly, right? I thought so too.) Anyway, I am hoping to find SB coffee at a major grocery chain or discount store like Target but so far, I''ve had no luck. Any tips?
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View entire thread: Getting the puck out of the filter without burning yourself
Posted by Timo on 2007-02-26 18:47:17 Post Subject: Getting the puck out of the filter without burning yourself
Here's a way that works for me to empty the filter when there is no way to secure it in the filter handle and therefore you can't just turn it over and thump the puck out like the coffee shops do. I use a 2" ABS male coupler (I think it was called that), part no. 5804. It's roughly 1 & 3/4 in. long; the top half has in internal diameter of about 2 & 3/8 in.; and the bottom half (which is threaded on the outside) has an internal diameter of 2 in. For the filter on our machine, the top is large enough to receive the filter when I turn the filter handle over and let the filter drop in. The bottom is small enough to capture the filter and leave an opening large enough for the puck to emerge when I tap on the bottom of the filter (which is now upside down) with the back of a spoon while holding the cool ABS piece in my other hand. Hope that was clear.
You can get the ABS part in the plumbing section of a hardware store for under a dollar. Take the filter with you to make sure it will work for you. It doesn't even look too bad sitting on the counter with the other coffee-making paraphernalia.
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Posted by Timo on 2007-02-26 18:47:17 Post Subject: Getting the puck out of the filter without burning yourself
Here's a way that works for me to empty the filter when there is no way to secure it in the filter handle and therefore you can't just turn it over and thump the puck out like the coffee shops do. I use a 2" ABS male coupler (I think it was called that), part no. 5804. It's roughly 1 & 3/4 in. long; the top half has in internal diameter of about 2 & 3/8 in.; and the bottom half (which is threaded on the outside) has an internal diameter of 2 in. For the filter on our machine, the top is large enough to receive the filter when I turn the filter handle over and let the filter drop in. The bottom is small enough to capture the filter and leave an opening large enough for the puck to emerge when I tap on the bottom of the filter (which is now upside down) with the back of a spoon while holding the cool ABS piece in my other hand. Hope that was clear.
You can get the ABS part in the plumbing section of a hardware store for under a dollar. Take the filter with you to make sure it will work for you. It doesn't even look too bad sitting on the counter with the other coffee-making paraphernalia.
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View entire thread: Tips needed. Overseas coffee shop
Posted by q80ahmad on 2006-06-19 04:38:44 Post Subject: Tips needed. Overseas coffee shop
Good day to all,
We are considering opening a coffee shop in Kuwait. The competition is stiff here with brand names like Starbucks, Costa coffee, Coffee bean and second cup coffee, but people would always consider trying something new. Our idea is to provide a new experience in coffee shops and trying to target college students.
Could anybody help on how to best buy the coffee, roast it and brew it for a place as far as Kuwait (considering the distance and the unbearable heat in the summer)?? Some insights on best inventory practices will also be appreciated. If there are any recommended books or journals, It would be so much of a help as well.
Best regards and many thanks,
Ahmad
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Posted by q80ahmad on 2006-06-19 04:38:44 Post Subject: Tips needed. Overseas coffee shop
Good day to all,
We are considering opening a coffee shop in Kuwait. The competition is stiff here with brand names like Starbucks, Costa coffee, Coffee bean and second cup coffee, but people would always consider trying something new. Our idea is to provide a new experience in coffee shops and trying to target college students.
Could anybody help on how to best buy the coffee, roast it and brew it for a place as far as Kuwait (considering the distance and the unbearable heat in the summer)?? Some insights on best inventory practices will also be appreciated. If there are any recommended books or journals, It would be so much of a help as well.
Best regards and many thanks,
Ahmad
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View entire thread: PR: Coffee Klatch offers free coffee for Starbucks closure
Posted by cafemakers on 2008-02-18 23:25:51 Post Subject: PR: Coffee Klatch offers free coffee for Starbucks closure
San Dimas, California (Market Wire) February 19, 2008 – Coffee Klatch Roasting’s two retail coffee shops in San Dimas and Rancho Cucamonga will offer free coffee to customers on Tuesday, February 26th from 5:30 PM until 8:30 PM PST in celebration of Starbucks’ planned 3-hour closure for espresso training.
Described by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in a press statement as a “bold demonstration of our commitment,” the company announced earlier this month that it would close 7,100 company-operated Starbucks stores in the United States for 3 hours to retrain more than 135,000 employees.
Coffee Klatch, home of reigning United States Barista Champion Heather Perry, has no need for similar employee remediation and consequently invites the public to visit for an opportunity to taste expertly crafted espresso beverages and exclusive coffees from exotic locales -for free- at its two Southern California locations during the closure.
“I’m not sure why it’s going to take them 3 hours to learn how to press a button,” says Coffee Klatch Roasting owner Mike Perry, referring to the automated espresso machines that are used by Starbucks employees to prepare beverages. “While they practice pushing buttons, their customers can come to Coffee Klatch and learn how coffee is really supposed to taste.”
Coffee Klatch Roasting locations:
San Dimas: (909) 599-0452 806 W. Arrow Hwy Ste A, San Dimas 57 Freeway and Arrow Hwy in the Target Shopping Center
Rancho Cucamonga: (909) 944-JAVA 8916 Foothill Blvd Ste C, Rancho Cucamonga Corner of Foothill and Vineyard in the Thomas Winery Building
About Coffee Klatch Roasting
Founded in 1993, Coffee Klatch Roasting operates two coffee shops in Southern California (San Dimas & Rancho Cucamonga) and supplies wholesale customers from a dedicated specialty coffee roasting facility. In addition to publicity gained from the accomplishments of two-time U.S. Barista Champion Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch Roasting has been recognized as serving the “Best Espresso in America” by the Los Angeles Times and the “Best Espresso in the World” by an esteemed panel of judges at the 2007 World Barista Championship in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit the Coffee Klatch website at www.klatchroasting.com.
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Posted by cafemakers on 2008-02-18 23:25:51 Post Subject: PR: Coffee Klatch offers free coffee for Starbucks closure
San Dimas, California (Market Wire) February 19, 2008 – Coffee Klatch Roasting’s two retail coffee shops in San Dimas and Rancho Cucamonga will offer free coffee to customers on Tuesday, February 26th from 5:30 PM until 8:30 PM PST in celebration of Starbucks’ planned 3-hour closure for espresso training.
Described by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in a press statement as a “bold demonstration of our commitment,” the company announced earlier this month that it would close 7,100 company-operated Starbucks stores in the United States for 3 hours to retrain more than 135,000 employees.
Coffee Klatch, home of reigning United States Barista Champion Heather Perry, has no need for similar employee remediation and consequently invites the public to visit for an opportunity to taste expertly crafted espresso beverages and exclusive coffees from exotic locales -for free- at its two Southern California locations during the closure.
“I’m not sure why it’s going to take them 3 hours to learn how to press a button,” says Coffee Klatch Roasting owner Mike Perry, referring to the automated espresso machines that are used by Starbucks employees to prepare beverages. “While they practice pushing buttons, their customers can come to Coffee Klatch and learn how coffee is really supposed to taste.”
Coffee Klatch Roasting locations:
San Dimas: (909) 599-0452 806 W. Arrow Hwy Ste A, San Dimas 57 Freeway and Arrow Hwy in the Target Shopping Center
Rancho Cucamonga: (909) 944-JAVA 8916 Foothill Blvd Ste C, Rancho Cucamonga Corner of Foothill and Vineyard in the Thomas Winery Building
About Coffee Klatch Roasting
Founded in 1993, Coffee Klatch Roasting operates two coffee shops in Southern California (San Dimas & Rancho Cucamonga) and supplies wholesale customers from a dedicated specialty coffee roasting facility. In addition to publicity gained from the accomplishments of two-time U.S. Barista Champion Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch Roasting has been recognized as serving the “Best Espresso in America” by the Los Angeles Times and the “Best Espresso in the World” by an esteemed panel of judges at the 2007 World Barista Championship in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit the Coffee Klatch website at www.klatchroasting.com.
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View entire thread: Attention Coffee Lovers! Please take this brief survey:)
Posted by CELVEA2 on 2008-05-14 19:29:02 Post Subject: Attention Coffee Lovers! Please take this brief survey:)
Hello, I am conducting a marketing research study for one of my MBA Degree program courses.
Thank you for taking the time to participate in this study!
The purpose of this research is to gather information regarding your perceptions of coffee shops and the product features that are the most important when selecting where to purchase your coffee.
Please answer the questions to the best of your ability, and remember your answers are completely anonymous and confidential. Data from this survey will be collected and analyzed in aggregate.
This survey should require roughly 10 minutes to complete.
The link to the survey is below. Thank you so much for your time!!!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=i ... iq5A_3d_3d
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Posted by CELVEA2 on 2008-05-14 19:29:02 Post Subject: Attention Coffee Lovers! Please take this brief survey:)
Hello, I am conducting a marketing research study for one of my MBA Degree program courses.
Thank you for taking the time to participate in this study!
The purpose of this research is to gather information regarding your perceptions of coffee shops and the product features that are the most important when selecting where to purchase your coffee.
Please answer the questions to the best of your ability, and remember your answers are completely anonymous and confidential. Data from this survey will be collected and analyzed in aggregate.
This survey should require roughly 10 minutes to complete.
The link to the survey is below. Thank you so much for your time!!!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=i ... iq5A_3d_3d
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View entire thread: Denver, CO Coffee Houses
Posted by cafemakers on 2006-04-17 13:52:24 Post Subject:
There's a guy in Denver that reviews coffee shops in Denver:
http://denvercoffee.blogspot.com/
Could be a good starting point for your employee to find a place that he or she may wish to work.
Best,
Andrew
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Posted by cafemakers on 2006-04-17 13:52:24 Post Subject:
There's a guy in Denver that reviews coffee shops in Denver:
http://denvercoffee.blogspot.com/
Could be a good starting point for your employee to find a place that he or she may wish to work.
Best,
Andrew
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View entire thread: need some advice
Posted by bellacoffee on 2007-06-18 09:44:29 Post Subject: need some advice
I am in the stage of doing some serious research into opening a drive thru only coffee shop. I lived in bend oregon for some time and worked in a coffee shop both drive thru and sit down for about 4 years. I am now in the south-- The only coffee shops are starbucks and cc''s coffee and they are located about 50 miles from me in each direction. The town I would open up in is not tiny and has a lot of traffic going thru it everyday. Many coming to work and many leaving to go to the surrounding areas to work. In the town are the usual fast food places, walmart, a couple department stores, and many specialty shops- and two snow cone stands and one drive thru daiquri stand- and lots of people in the medical profession.
I am seeking any kind of advice that would help me out in this phase of the game. Thanks so much!!
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Posted by bellacoffee on 2007-06-18 09:44:29 Post Subject: need some advice
I am in the stage of doing some serious research into opening a drive thru only coffee shop. I lived in bend oregon for some time and worked in a coffee shop both drive thru and sit down for about 4 years. I am now in the south-- The only coffee shops are starbucks and cc''s coffee and they are located about 50 miles from me in each direction. The town I would open up in is not tiny and has a lot of traffic going thru it everyday. Many coming to work and many leaving to go to the surrounding areas to work. In the town are the usual fast food places, walmart, a couple department stores, and many specialty shops- and two snow cone stands and one drive thru daiquri stand- and lots of people in the medical profession.
I am seeking any kind of advice that would help me out in this phase of the game. Thanks so much!!
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View entire thread: space leasing question
Posted by gimme_coffee on 2005-05-11 17:56:56 Post Subject:
Why do you think sales would drop in the summer?
If you have access to outdoor seating I don't think your sales would drop, really. From what I have seen, the coffee shops around here are always hopping on summer nights and a lot of people are buying cold drinks instead of hot and are enjoying the nights since they are cooler.
Just a thought...
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Posted by gimme_coffee on 2005-05-11 17:56:56 Post Subject:
Why do you think sales would drop in the summer?
If you have access to outdoor seating I don't think your sales would drop, really. From what I have seen, the coffee shops around here are always hopping on summer nights and a lot of people are buying cold drinks instead of hot and are enjoying the nights since they are cooler.
Just a thought...
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View entire thread: Coffee Shops in NJ
Posted by PinkRose on 2008-03-20 09:56:50 Post Subject:
Hello,
You may want to check out this web site of coffee shops in New Jersey. If clicking on the link in this window doesn't work, you can just copy and paste the web address into your browser window.
http://www.national-coffee-guide.com/Co ... Coffee.htm
I'm not sure if every place is listed, but it's interesting to see how many coffee shops there are.
Rose
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Posted by PinkRose on 2008-03-20 09:56:50 Post Subject:
Hello,
You may want to check out this web site of coffee shops in New Jersey. If clicking on the link in this window doesn't work, you can just copy and paste the web address into your browser window.
http://www.national-coffee-guide.com/Co ... Coffee.htm
I'm not sure if every place is listed, but it's interesting to see how many coffee shops there are.
Rose
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View entire thread: Industry Life Cycle
Posted by Philgood on 2008-05-09 11:17:13 Post Subject: Industry Life Cycle
Hello all,
I''ve been working on a business plan & am at the industry overview section. Just was hoping to get some input and(or) some links to resources regarding some things.
Where do you feel the industry is at in its lifecycle?
ie: emerging, growing, mature, decline
-I was going to put \"growing\" based on some of the information I''ve found. Based on some SCAA reports I''ve read it seems as though the market won''t be saturated for another 7 years or so. Also taking into consideration that almost 45% of new coffee shops opened since 1991 have been Starbucks, I think there is great growth potential for small independent roasters. Additionally, most of the coffee drinkers are in the 18-24 age group. Demographically, this market is poised to explode?
Anything I''m missing here? Any other inputs?
Why are college campus areas good or bad markets to consider?
-I was thinking that campuses are good because of the students who linger & I''ve heard they tend to buy every 2 hours? Also bad because of the lingering students I would assume. There is a large concentration of the targeted demographics on a college campus right? 18-24, educated, need caffeine?
Thoughts on this?
What are some opportunities & obstacles (if any) for a new coffee house/roaster in todays market?
-This is the one where I was hoping for some \"front-line\" input. What are some of the things you think are having a big impact, things I need to take advantage of or watch for? ie... The purchase of the Clover press company by Starbucks. I''ve heard the Clover press is not a big deal, and also it can be a big benefit.
Are there any other things of this nature I should research?
I''m grateful for any help here...
Phil
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Posted by Philgood on 2008-05-09 11:17:13 Post Subject: Industry Life Cycle
Hello all,
I''ve been working on a business plan & am at the industry overview section. Just was hoping to get some input and(or) some links to resources regarding some things.
Where do you feel the industry is at in its lifecycle?
ie: emerging, growing, mature, decline
-I was going to put \"growing\" based on some of the information I''ve found. Based on some SCAA reports I''ve read it seems as though the market won''t be saturated for another 7 years or so. Also taking into consideration that almost 45% of new coffee shops opened since 1991 have been Starbucks, I think there is great growth potential for small independent roasters. Additionally, most of the coffee drinkers are in the 18-24 age group. Demographically, this market is poised to explode?
Anything I''m missing here? Any other inputs?
Why are college campus areas good or bad markets to consider?
-I was thinking that campuses are good because of the students who linger & I''ve heard they tend to buy every 2 hours? Also bad because of the lingering students I would assume. There is a large concentration of the targeted demographics on a college campus right? 18-24, educated, need caffeine?
Thoughts on this?
What are some opportunities & obstacles (if any) for a new coffee house/roaster in todays market?
-This is the one where I was hoping for some \"front-line\" input. What are some of the things you think are having a big impact, things I need to take advantage of or watch for? ie... The purchase of the Clover press company by Starbucks. I''ve heard the Clover press is not a big deal, and also it can be a big benefit.
Are there any other things of this nature I should research?
I''m grateful for any help here...
Phil
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View entire thread: Coffee and Love
Posted by cindy on 2007-04-02 02:11:42 Post Subject:
i prefer the people i meet in coffee shops to the people i meet in bars!!!
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Posted by cindy on 2007-04-02 02:11:42 Post Subject:
i prefer the people i meet in coffee shops to the people i meet in bars!!!
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View entire thread: The karma of the delivery guy, with a poll!
Posted by Jeff_Roaster_in_Training on 2006-02-18 15:58:00 Post Subject: The karma of the delivery guy, with a poll!
I have the Friday delivery duties at work, which is nice, I have to service three grocery stores and then drive around town listening to either classical music or Air America to a dozen widely dispersed coffee shops scattered around town who are set for Friday deliveries. I was noticing taht there is a strange karmic relationship between the cuties at teh coffee shop and the delivery dude. I walk in, set the coffee on the counter and they are all over me. Not that I mind, but hell, I am just a motley long haired geeky mongrel in a leather jacket who smells like a coffee bean, where is the attraction?
I guess maybe I can add a poll to this, see what everyone else thinks.
And just in case you are wondering, no, I don't take myself seriously.
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Posted by Jeff_Roaster_in_Training on 2006-02-18 15:58:00 Post Subject: The karma of the delivery guy, with a poll!
I have the Friday delivery duties at work, which is nice, I have to service three grocery stores and then drive around town listening to either classical music or Air America to a dozen widely dispersed coffee shops scattered around town who are set for Friday deliveries. I was noticing taht there is a strange karmic relationship between the cuties at teh coffee shop and the delivery dude. I walk in, set the coffee on the counter and they are all over me. Not that I mind, but hell, I am just a motley long haired geeky mongrel in a leather jacket who smells like a coffee bean, where is the attraction?
I guess maybe I can add a poll to this, see what everyone else thinks.
And just in case you are wondering, no, I don't take myself seriously.
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View entire thread: coffee roasters/suppliers and start up
Posted by davidsbiscotti on 2008-03-12 14:44:40 Post Subject:
Here's the thread, it's in coffee shops & cafes:
http://www.coffeeforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=30161&highlight=#30161
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Posted by davidsbiscotti on 2008-03-12 14:44:40 Post Subject:
Here's the thread, it's in coffee shops & cafes:
http://www.coffeeforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=30161&highlight=#30161
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View entire thread: Coffee shop project
Posted by topher on 2007-01-10 08:53:25 Post Subject:
Survey:
1. Do you drink any of the following beverages? a,b,c,e...but only coffee at coffee shops
a. Coffee/Tea
b. Natural Juice
c. Water
d. Energy Beverages
e. Soda
f. None
2. Please rank from 1-5 the following beverages in order of preference with 1 being the most prefered and 5 being least preferred.
1_Coffee/Tea
4_Natural Juice
2_Water
never_Energy Beverages
3_Soda
3. Do you visit Starbucks?
yes but only if there are no other shops around
4. Why do you visit Starbucks? (For the coffee, the atmosphere, the status symbol) conveince
5.What do you dislike about Starbucks? (Service, Drinks, Employees)
lack of knowledge but that is not at every store
6. Do you consider Starbucks a premium product?
better than some but there are better
7. Do you think Starbucks drinks are overpriced? Not really sure. I do not drink or pay attention to prices of the fufu drinks. Drip and single espressos are not overpriced.
8. What kinds of drinks are not offered at Starbucks but would like to see offered? They have what I drink
9. Give an example of your ideal place to hang out.
as long as the coffee is fresh and prepared correctly I would return...oh and I guess I would like it to be not to dark...I hate dark coffee shops. I always feel like they are trying to hide the dirt
10. How old are you?
36
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Posted by topher on 2007-01-10 08:53:25 Post Subject:
Survey:
1. Do you drink any of the following beverages? a,b,c,e...but only coffee at coffee shops
a. Coffee/Tea
b. Natural Juice
c. Water
d. Energy Beverages
e. Soda
f. None
2. Please rank from 1-5 the following beverages in order of preference with 1 being the most prefered and 5 being least preferred.
1_Coffee/Tea
4_Natural Juice
2_Water
never_Energy Beverages
3_Soda
3. Do you visit Starbucks?
yes but only if there are no other shops around
4. Why do you visit Starbucks? (For the coffee, the atmosphere, the status symbol) conveince
5.What do you dislike about Starbucks? (Service, Drinks, Employees)
lack of knowledge but that is not at every store
6. Do you consider Starbucks a premium product?
better than some but there are better
7. Do you think Starbucks drinks are overpriced? Not really sure. I do not drink or pay attention to prices of the fufu drinks. Drip and single espressos are not overpriced.
8. What kinds of drinks are not offered at Starbucks but would like to see offered? They have what I drink
9. Give an example of your ideal place to hang out.
as long as the coffee is fresh and prepared correctly I would return...oh and I guess I would like it to be not to dark...I hate dark coffee shops. I always feel like they are trying to hide the dirt
10. How old are you?
36
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View entire thread: Starbucks vs. Walmart
Posted by susansaddiction on 2007-02-05 10:40:48 Post Subject: Starbucks vs. Walmart
I live in a fairly small midwest town where we have 1 SuperWalmart. In the past 1+ years Walmart has been really trying hard to open a second location. The major discussion revolved around running out the local small business and employee wages and bebefits. It was incredible the amount of media time given to opponents of Walmart and they, in fact, managed to nix the location that Walmart was going after. I myself an not a huge Walmart fan, but found it interesting that the majority of loud opponents were some of the more wealthier folks in town. I'd say about 80% of our area lives on a budget and for them, Walmart is a real savings for them.
That being said, I find it so ironic that not one word has been said either for or against Starbucks opening their 5th location in a town of about 65,000. Where's all the uproar about the locally owned coffee shops being challenged by corporate giant Starbucks? I have no problem with Starbucks as a company - in fact I've actually had people interview with me for a position and I've suggested that they give Starbucks a try - for example, a single Mom who needs benefits. I'm not in a position to compete with Starbucks when it comes to employee benefits.
So, what's everyones opinion on this topic? I've thought about contacting our local paper for a story on this topic -- but am concerned about sounding like a whiner!
Thanks for your time.
Susan
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Posted by susansaddiction on 2007-02-05 10:40:48 Post Subject: Starbucks vs. Walmart
I live in a fairly small midwest town where we have 1 SuperWalmart. In the past 1+ years Walmart has been really trying hard to open a second location. The major discussion revolved around running out the local small business and employee wages and bebefits. It was incredible the amount of media time given to opponents of Walmart and they, in fact, managed to nix the location that Walmart was going after. I myself an not a huge Walmart fan, but found it interesting that the majority of loud opponents were some of the more wealthier folks in town. I'd say about 80% of our area lives on a budget and for them, Walmart is a real savings for them.
That being said, I find it so ironic that not one word has been said either for or against Starbucks opening their 5th location in a town of about 65,000. Where's all the uproar about the locally owned coffee shops being challenged by corporate giant Starbucks? I have no problem with Starbucks as a company - in fact I've actually had people interview with me for a position and I've suggested that they give Starbucks a try - for example, a single Mom who needs benefits. I'm not in a position to compete with Starbucks when it comes to employee benefits.
So, what's everyones opinion on this topic? I've thought about contacting our local paper for a story on this topic -- but am concerned about sounding like a whiner!
Thanks for your time.
Susan
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View entire thread: Opening in a couple weeks - advice please...
Posted by kcooley on 2008-09-20 23:27:40 Post Subject: Opening in a couple weeks - advice please...
Hi! We are about to open a frozen yogurt (think pinkberry) and espresso cafe. This is our first time owning anything retail and we are excited and a bit nervous, of course.
We plan on doing a soft-open utilizing now open banners and 5K door hangers. We have already started marketing through word-of-mouth and are utilizing coming soon signs. We will also do a huge grand opening a couple weeks later, with another 5k door hangers, ribbon cutting through the chamber, sign holders on the street, and a \"carnival\". (About 80% of our nearby homes have young children.) We will distribute coupons and fliers to local businesses, schools (for the froyo), and gyms (froyo and smoothies).
We have loyalty cards ready to go and a POS system with which I can track customers and send emails (only periodically, of course) through.
I''ve been contemplating branding some travel mugs and possibly offering free coffee for the month (or something similar) with purchase of mug. Question - Would a deal like that cut into my more profitable espresso drink sales?
There are no coffee shops nearby, so right now everyone is getting coffee from the next door donut shop. Question - Other than having superior coffee... does anyone have any advice on how to compete with a donut shop. I know the kids are begging for donuts on saturday morning...
Regarding baked goods/sweets, what have you seen sell the best? Right now, my list is biscotti, brownies, cheesecake, croissants, danishes, muffins, and cream puffs (for a small sweet). Any suggestions?
Just a thought, has anyone ever had a \"coffee club\"? Customer pays x amount of $ and gets unlimited drip coffee for the month. I don''t know...
I would also greatly appreciate any random advice that you may have for someone who is a couple weeks away from opening.
Thanks to all you veterans!
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Posted by kcooley on 2008-09-20 23:27:40 Post Subject: Opening in a couple weeks - advice please...
Hi! We are about to open a frozen yogurt (think pinkberry) and espresso cafe. This is our first time owning anything retail and we are excited and a bit nervous, of course.
We plan on doing a soft-open utilizing now open banners and 5K door hangers. We have already started marketing through word-of-mouth and are utilizing coming soon signs. We will also do a huge grand opening a couple weeks later, with another 5k door hangers, ribbon cutting through the chamber, sign holders on the street, and a \"carnival\". (About 80% of our nearby homes have young children.) We will distribute coupons and fliers to local businesses, schools (for the froyo), and gyms (froyo and smoothies).
We have loyalty cards ready to go and a POS system with which I can track customers and send emails (only periodically, of course) through.
I''ve been contemplating branding some travel mugs and possibly offering free coffee for the month (or something similar) with purchase of mug. Question - Would a deal like that cut into my more profitable espresso drink sales?
There are no coffee shops nearby, so right now everyone is getting coffee from the next door donut shop. Question - Other than having superior coffee... does anyone have any advice on how to compete with a donut shop. I know the kids are begging for donuts on saturday morning...
Regarding baked goods/sweets, what have you seen sell the best? Right now, my list is biscotti, brownies, cheesecake, croissants, danishes, muffins, and cream puffs (for a small sweet). Any suggestions?
Just a thought, has anyone ever had a \"coffee club\"? Customer pays x amount of $ and gets unlimited drip coffee for the month. I don''t know...
I would also greatly appreciate any random advice that you may have for someone who is a couple weeks away from opening.
Thanks to all you veterans!
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View entire thread: wifi and internet
Posted by Rowley on 2004-07-06 05:08:21 Post Subject: wifi and internet
Who out there currently or plans to use internet to drive sales into their cafe? It seems wifi and internet access at coffee shops has grown like wildfire. What are some of your experiences?
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Posted by Rowley on 2004-07-06 05:08:21 Post Subject: wifi and internet
Who out there currently or plans to use internet to drive sales into their cafe? It seems wifi and internet access at coffee shops has grown like wildfire. What are some of your experiences?
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