Recent content by debbiej

this week I attended a green chamber of commerce meeting. pretty cool. main topic was local support. how to inspire people to shop and support local business. how local business can support each other. I will join, have offered a side of my building for a "shop local" logo to be painted on...

our shop is often frequented by families with children. we have some board games and a room with couch and chairs. but a screaming child is still a screaming child. sometime children just aren't socially acceptable. with a very few exceptions, people realize when their child is making...

yeah. we have sleeves, they are some give-away fire prevention sleeve. I suppose having sleeves printed with our logo and using cheaper paper cups would sure be a good thing to think about!

my shop is in an old gas station. the roaster is in the room that would have been the place you came in to pay for your gas, and buy oil. our kitchen would have been the office, and our bar and most of the customer seating would have been the 'service bay'. when we remodeled, we took out the...

for to go, we use soft touch cups. pricey, but no need for a sleeve. I found a nice place in Tucson that has all the sizes of ceramic mugs I need. very reasonable by the case. southwest glass is the name, I think. we sell 12, 16 & 20 oz cups. hate to do it, but use the 20 oz perfect touch...

I'm legal. roasting in my shop has changed my life. I can roast when I need coffee. I can go home at 6. yipee! nat. gas is different. it is faster, easier.

lets see, it is two months later than my last post. still waiting for the plumber. but the line and installation is inspected, so all I'm waiting for now is for the gas to be turned on and the roaster to be converted to natural gas. sheesh. but on Friday, I should be roasting in my shop...

I do really like them. But 9.5 hours? sit down for a while!! :-)

yes, I know we would use a lot less. I'd hope so as it uses a pound of coffee for about 9 cups of water. however, the "steep" time, and methods make it seem somewhat labor intensive for my shop. I ground the coffee much coarser than I use for the curtis, and made a batch at home. it takes a...

sore feet here too. nothing helps, really, when you are on them all day. But a month ago I bought some "real" earth shoes. a kind of tiva like sandal. slightly lower heel, very very supportive and cushy. I'd avoided the brand, as some lower heels aggravate plantar factitious. so far they are...

we a selling a lot of iced coffee lately. probably because our freezer broke and I've had to run to the store multiple times per day. the 100 degree weather we may have something to do with it too. for iced coffee, we brew it and let it cool, refrigerate it then ice it as it is ordered...

school starts next week. business is good! lots of it! it is busy, that is good. maybe the worst is over. my customers are amazing. had a broken window for a month. pane in a mullioned window. a very regular customer made a pane of stained glass and asked if I MINDED if he put it in place...

I should mention that I haven't really been roasting that long.... maybe 4 years?

I'm a little excited about the price of green... when I first started roasting, the average price of green coffee was around $1.20-$1.50. I did get some very nice coffee last month from Zephyr. some Panama Santa Teresa Estate $2.50, some Brazil Moreninha Formosa, $2.15. month before some...

I would have, but for two things. the last time I fired someone, She filed for unemployment, and I didn't want my rate to go up. I didn't have the proof in writing that she had been warned about being late. they said I needed to do evaluations, document the problem and have her sign the...