Recent content by TonyDiCorpo

It will all affect your roast. The key is to get enough experience and hours in roasting taking detailed notes so you can anticipate and give an educated guess when certain conditions change. A great thing to get is a moisture meter and test your green before roasting to see what the moisture...

just remember all profiles are not always interchangeable. It all depends on various conditions not necessarily controllable by the roaster. Some conditions are the age and condition of the green...is it older therefore dryer? Is it raining outside? is it hotter than the Georgia asphalt in...

You are in an excellent position to be the first independent coffee shop in your town. Starbucks=no competition because you will have better beans, better coffee and better overall customer satisfaction! I tell my clients all the time that without a Starbucks however, we would not be able to...

Yes a business plan is important but be sure it is geared toward a coffee shop. A taco shack business plan changed to Joe's Java will not help you one bit! Be careful.

Also check locally in your area of the USA for a local roaster that might sell to you green beans wholesale. Sweet Maria's is geared toward the home enthusiast for pricing. However I used Theta Ridge for a long time before I started wholesaling my beans and I will say Kevin (owner) is...

Tony (OP), In answer to your questions, there are roasters that will give you equipment to use if you buy their beans and other supplies. There are upsides to this but be careful and be certain their beans are the best you can get. do not skimp on beans due to the cost; great coffee is not...

I 2nd with ElPug...you need to know your anticipated customer pattern in order to plan a pro-forma. A good way to to do this is to actually go and watch the traffic as it passes your (future) door. Count, write and repeat. You should do this at all hour peak intervals: 6a-930a (peak...

until you bought and paid off (or recouped) the investment in a roaster, it is quite labor-intensive to roast for your shop. You also have to look at the spce you have to work with, and the maintenance of the roaster. An ideal shop roaster would be 5 kilos (about 11lbs) capacity. Good for a...

good luck to u!

the proper people demographic in your targeted area should be 18-55, with an avg income of $40k/yr.

Remember that VPD alone cannot be used to get accurate #'s if the rent is going to have to be low for a tenant to make an decent living. if u have a 24k vpd that is low for the coffee business unless there is really good foot traffic, a good daytime and night resident count and possibly even a...

couple of questions: what are the yearly sales? is the lease on your space renewable or transferable, and are there add'l options for renew? Also why are you selling?