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Coffee Cart vs Kiosk

I am in the process of researching my options to start my own coffee cart or kiosk.  However, i am not sure which will be better for my sit…

Started by Andrew Doulass in Retail Coffee Business

4 Aug 12, 2012
Reply by Coffee Haven

Buying existing coffee bars -- looking for advice

I write a magazine column for people who want to buy businesses. I'm trying to determine the average valuation for a profitable chain of sp…

Started by Elaine Grant in Retail Coffee Business

3 Aug 12, 2012
Reply by Brady

Making our Entry

Well, after a year of talking through it, our family is going to open a small drive-thru coffee shop in Oregon. Have the building, name and…

Started by Rod Gwinn in Retail Coffee Business

10 Aug 11, 2012
Reply by Rod Gwinn

Final Preparations - About to launch Awesome Coffee

I am also preparing to open a coffee shop this month in the front half of a 1940's Arkansas rock house. Coming from a construction manageme…

Started by Shelley Winchester in Retail Coffee Business

2 Aug 10, 2012
Reply by Jesse Cox

montana coffee?

first trip to montana...livingston...hope to get to bozeman.  Google doesn't give me much as far as third wave selection in either town.  …

Started by jay weatherly in Barista Exchanges & Travel

8 Aug 9, 2012
Reply by jay weatherly

Volumetrics & accuracy

I've been playing with the volumetrics on my Aurelia — I never let the baristas use these for anything except flushing — in an effort to se…

Started by R. Justin Shepherd in Equipment & Tech

3 Aug 6, 2012
Reply by Dustin DeMers

Commercial Roaster

Hi everyone, Currently we are using two 2kg Solar Roasters from Coffee Tech Engineering, and have been very happy with the consistency of o…

Started by N. Hewitt in Equipment & Tech

4 Aug 6, 2012
Reply by N. Hewitt

Restaurants Under Dosing for Brewed Coffee

I'll probably open up a can of worms with this discussion but here we go...We do not seek out restaurants as wholesale accounts for a numbe…

Started by zack burnett in Barista Exchanges & Travel

8 Aug 4, 2012
Reply by zack burnett

nuova simonelli blues!

Hey fellas! Just wondering if any of you out there happen to use a nuova simonelli aurelia 2 group head machine and when ever I flush a gro…

Started by Edward in Equipment & Tech

4 Aug 2, 2012
Reply by lance battenfield

What temperature are you steaming your milk to?

Hello fellow coffee peeps!  We're a small indepent retailer that runs a couple of drive-thru's in Southwest Washington and we've been goin…

Started by jacob hermeling in Retail Coffee Business

5 Aug 2, 2012
Reply by Brady

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