Good luck with opening your shop Tim - from a fellow ABC grad and PA coffee shop owner.

Oh, I get you, actually the Gibson in the photo is about 45 years old, so yes, it is a "classic". I also re-built a Sturgis which is only 34 years old. The Sturgis actually makes a better travel guitar, so I might bring that one.

How's it going Tim?

That's no classical guitar, that's pure steel string. I don't mess with that nylon stuff. I would love to work on my lap slide anytime I can get out of the house for some pickin'.

I'll be up there in easton on Wed. and Thursday. We'll chat. Glad everything is lining up nicely! See you at the Jam!

Tim, it was nice to meet ya in DC! Take care of things up there in Philly!

Hi Tim! It was a pleasure meeting you this weekend! I look forward to talking with you more, and we will have to meet up next time you are up in Boston! Have a good week!

Tim, I look forward to visiting your shop. My wife and I are moving up in a month and a half. I used to run the Bala Cynwyd Clearview Cinema. Can't wait to be back in the area. I hear this is Philly's year for a great coffee explosion! Will you be in DC this weekend?

Hey Tim,

Nice to hear from you! Are you going to be at Coffeefest DC next week?

come on by, no time to give you a tour of the city but i would love to make you coffee. the address is
158 bedford ave
brooklyn, ny 11211
503-781-7601

Tim, you can order Rubies from Franke in Seattle. But with an E-61 you won't need any.

Tim!
Yessir, I am in Mount Olive, NC - about 1.5 hours from Durham and about an hour East from Pinehurst. I have attended the CCC training, but haven't had the time for a cupping yet, darn it!

I will probably be in Philly this weekend, but I won't know for another 24 hours.

When I am on the road, I have a HTC Touch by Sprint and the web works great, except on the Barista Exchange. I can view everything, but I can't reply or use the functions on the site. So, I will send you a e-mail now with my contact information. Maybe we can get hooked up in the next few days. Chestnut Hill rocks, but I would like to see more of Philly!

Hey Tim, we will have to meet at your shop sometime for some coffee and talk. Maybe it will work out this weekend!

Yes and you will find me in DC also... will be good to see you again... Bruce

Ha ha..not really. But I think this site is awesome... very proud of my brother. Good to see all of you on here..Take Care!

It's all your skills, Phil. Next time, we'll get you on camera doing it blindfolded.
Coffee Zen.

Hey man, your video is a hit! It seem to have caught the imagination, as they say.

Good luck with the opening, do it soft.
Cheers
Neil

The interior design elements are coming to me fast and furious.
There's a discussion I read recently (coffeed.com) regarding the issue of bar seating in a coffee house... I just naturally assumed that 3 or 4 stools at the bar would be proper, but it really screws with the flow of customers and the work set-up.
Still, I want an espresso bar, and at slower moments of the day, the barista to wow the avid onlookers, and sell a few extra drinks, to boot.