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Labor laws (post moved to correct category)

May 2011 federal law changed regarding tips. If you do not know what is says you better read it and change your practices if you haven’t al…

Started by Denise Smith in Retail Coffee Business

0 Jan 14, 2014

Space between bar edge and espresso machine

What is a standard width between the edge of the bar and where the espresso machine starts? 5"?

Started by Rick Astley in Retail Coffee Business

9 Jan 13, 2014
Reply by Rick Astley

Barista WANTED Tullahoma, Tennessee

The Celtic Cup Coffee House currently has an opening for a trained Barista. We use the methods taught by The American Barista and Coffee Sc…

Started by Denise Smith in Classifieds

0 Jan 13, 2014

WIFI

I plan to offer free wifi at my location.  I see ads for WebBeams.  Please share your experience with offering wifi, and mainly what to avo…

Started by Tara Peloquin in Retail Coffee Business

2 Jan 13, 2014
Reply by Denise Smith

Tip / Gratuity Distribution

As I'll be opening a coffeehouse soon, I want to determine a fair procedure for the distribution of tips (both cash and credit card) for th…

Started by Adrian Badger in Retail Coffee Business

35 Jan 13, 2014
Reply by Denise Smith

Barista Etiquette

I recently started managing a brand new coffee bar in a bakery. We have a about 6 baristas of varying skill level, ranging from poorly trai…

Started by Toriander in Retail Coffee Business

9 Jan 13, 2014
Reply by Denise Smith

Seeking Best version for Americanos

I work at a shop that started as a franchise but is now independent. Along the way our owners have self-educated themselves since the franc…

Started by Keith King in Espresso

2 Jan 13, 2014
Reply by Brady

ns aurelia II water level

Hello techs,   I set up our new aurelia II volumetric and after doing a manual fill, we began test using it and the water level in the visi…

Started by nick placakis in Equipment & Tech

5 Jan 12, 2014
Reply by Keith King

"Suspended Coffee". Do you offer it? Would you offer it? Why or why not?

I didn't see anything on this so I'm sorry if I missed it By now, many of you have seen the articles about "suspended coffees". I keep get…

Started by Jennifer Vaaler in Retail Coffee Business

9 Jan 12, 2014
Reply by Jennifer Vaaler

Which grinder should we go with?

We're in the process of opening a drive-thru/cafe in Bend, Oregon.  On the cafe side it looks like we are going with a Modbar setup and I'…

Started by jacob hermeling in Equipment & Tech

4 Jan 12, 2014
Reply by Jason Campbell

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