Running a coffee shop is fun, but it also hard work! Some do it for a life stye and enjoy the socialising, cooking and of course serving great coffee. Others do it to have a vibrant, busy and exciting business. Owning one or multiple coffee shops is a dream of many people… What is however [...]
Archive for October, 2010
What is the hardest?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Coffee cart APE van for sale
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our friend Paul is selling his coffee van. We know Paul very well and he looks after his stuff so this should be a good one. You can contact Paul here: www.thelittlecoffeevan.com
New Guest Coffee
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What a great way to start the morning. Just made a delicious cappuccino with our new Guest Coffee. We mixed Brazil with Ethiopia once again and added a small amount of our new coffee from Rwanda. Roasted medium. Very tasty and certainly a bit different then you normally get from us. We’ll see how it [...]
Barista? Coffee? Machine? What is the deciding factor…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have just come back from Brugge which is absolutely lovely. There was a coffee shop we went into and they had a £5000 – 2 group espresso machine, a decent grinder and £20 a kg coffee. The kit was definitely there. I am not a big fan of that coffee but it can be [...]
OneGratis – digital loyalty card
Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Loyalty cards are great for rewarding your customers for being loyal. Buy 6 get 1 free kind of thing. Most coffee shops have been offering loyalty cards for a very long time and it is usually a great success. Tony, one of our customers from the beautiful lake district, has developed a digital loyalty card [...]
Arborart – selling our coffee in a dome – so cool!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ben had a wonderful weekend selling his coffee that we roasted for him. People seem to love it and we love what he is doing! Arborart (http://www.arborart.co.uk) use Aeropress and single cup filter brewers to brew coffee. It is going down as a treat and served coffee constantly! Check out the very cool pictures:
Good vs Bad tamp video
Posted in Uncategorized on October 11, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Do you know what is going wrong here? The only difference between these two shots is the way it was made. The exact same grind, coffee and amount of water were used; but two completely different coffees are the result. Post your comment if you think you know what is wrong…
Buy, rent or hire purchase?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you are starting a coffee shop and you are looking to buy equipment, what would you prefer to do? Please do let us know, these surveys help us a lot!
Market for great coffee?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We get asked quite often if there is a market for coffee shops. Aren’t there enough coffee shops already? Sure, there are indeed a lot of coffee shops in the UK. I am here standing at Leeds train station at 7am and I could really do with a delicious coffee… The reason I wanted to [...]
New guest coffee
Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The latest one is once again a winner if you ask me. Lots and lots of body, nice and sweet and sort of like caramel. Beautiful mix of Brazil and Honduras, some of our best coffees this year. Roasted once again medium and great for espresso based drinks as well as brewed coffee. We tried [...]
