Recent content by sfrank57

This is a question for those who have either web-based sales, or retail sales which they ship. Which company have most of you found to have the best rates and service, USPS, FedEx, or UPS? I am setting up a web site and I am trying to determine which would be the best to use. I currently have a...

I have a rotisserie/convection oven which came with a stainless steel wire drum and I have been toying with the idea of using it to roast beans when I am trying out new blends. I would be able to roast smaller samples than what I currently roast in my 2.5kg roaster at work. I would think it...

Seasonal coffee shop I am the owner of a coffee shop in Central Florida and we are very seasonal 6 months out of the year. Starting in November the snowbirds come down for the winter and the population almost triples. As tax day approaches the snowbirds start heading home and this lasts until...

I am looking for some small cotton or burlap bags which will hold 1# of roasted coffee beans. Since these bags are porous I will be placing the beans in some type of poly liner before placing them in the small bags. Is anyone out there doing this?

Does anyone have any experience opening a coffee shop/cafe in a hospital or know someone who does. I have the opportunity in the near future of doing so but I'm not sure how to approach the administrator of the hospital. They currently have a small cafe but they are in the expansion process and...

I was wondering if anyone out there is making a decaf americano when a customer asks for a decaf cup of coffee. I don't have very many customers asking for decaf coffee so I can't see making several pots of decaf coffee in a day and pouring the majority of each pot down the drain.Since I live in...