Hello everyone,
I have spend a great deal of my time developing a business plan for a coffee house. I'm very excited to be progressing in my goal. I'm young and still in college, yet I spend most of my time (when not with friends) researching about coffee, new methods, I'm sure you get it...I have a specific vision of what I want to do and strive for the best possible product when it comes to coffee and espresso based drinks. But there are still a few things I don't know.
QUESTION: 1) How do I go about choosing what (green) beans to use, and where from? Not just at origin, but also from who?
2) I know only a little about coffee brokers and how they work, are they the main source for a cafe's coffee?
3) How on earth do I develop a direct relationship?? Who do I contact for that?
4) Can I get a list of places or sites I can check out that are examples of Fairly Traded ...whatevers...? I don't know what to call them because once again, I don't know what they are!!
I have spend a great deal of my time developing a business plan for a coffee house. I'm very excited to be progressing in my goal. I'm young and still in college, yet I spend most of my time (when not with friends) researching about coffee, new methods, I'm sure you get it...I have a specific vision of what I want to do and strive for the best possible product when it comes to coffee and espresso based drinks. But there are still a few things I don't know.
QUESTION: 1) How do I go about choosing what (green) beans to use, and where from? Not just at origin, but also from who?
2) I know only a little about coffee brokers and how they work, are they the main source for a cafe's coffee?
3) How on earth do I develop a direct relationship?? Who do I contact for that?
4) Can I get a list of places or sites I can check out that are examples of Fairly Traded ...whatevers...? I don't know what to call them because once again, I don't know what they are!!