Hola Enid, Please send me the details I am not sure I would be able to participate because my wife and I are expecting a child in late September. But if possible I would love to try to be there.
thank you,
Mario

I am trying to start a coffee shop with a budget of $ 35,000. Filling this out would greatly help me. I am disabled and trying to get off of uncle sam's payroll. Also any advice is appreciated. i am in my business planning stage at the begning balnace statement. My head just spins
from talking about it!

1 What kind of coffee machines do you use
2 How long do they last
3 How much is the rent for your store
4 After you found your location for your store, what condition was it in
and how much did you spend to fix up?

5 How much is store insurance a month
6 how much are your utlities
7 When you were first in business did you ever need a payroll loan,
if yes how long did it take for your credit to become established to get a loan

8 how many differnt types of coffee do you brew a day
9 How many employees do you have a day
10 How many pounds of beans do you order in a week
11 Ball park customers and cash take in a month
12 how big is your store and town located in
13 do most of your customers live or work in town
14 what hours are your shop open
15 how long has your shop been open

Check out this link for more info on cappuccino cups. Hope this helps, take care and good luck in the competition.

- Matt

Mario and Thanh Thanh from Bananadang Coffee in Rincón suggested we contact you. We are Sandra Farms Coffee from Guayabo Dulce, Adjuntas, where we live on our farm. Our coffee is served at Bananadang Coffee and elsewhere. I like to go to Bananadang to drink the espresso that Mario makes with our own coffee! I would love to have your espresso also when we are in San Juan again.
If you are interested, we can send you a sample of our exquisite coffee from the famous alturas of PR. Rowstercoffee.com has asked us to send some green beans to be used by Kurt's barista friend in an upcoming regional competition; we are honored to do so, and would be honored to have you cup it. ¡Felicidades! Israel y Sandra

Thanks again Enid. Your the best! Banana Dang

Enid!!! I miss you sooo much! How've you been?

Hola Enid,
We hope to visit you in San Juan and enjoy one of your espressos.
Please let me know if you have a website and the name of your espresso bar.
best,
Mario

Enid,

Te pido que me envies una direccion alternativa de mail para que te envie el archivo.

Saludos,
Federico

Enid,

No te preocupes, aprendi mucho sobre cafe y la profesion del barista en Tokyo, y fue una experiencia muy positiva (espero volver a participar en otra oportunidad).

Por otro lado, te cuento que estoy trabajando en un proyecto sin fines de lucro que involucra una visita a las zonas de cultivo de PR .... si te interesa que te mande un borrador del plan de negocios para darme tu opinion, avisame.

Un abrazo,
Federico

Hola Enid,

Bienvenido a Barista Exchange!

Saludos,
Federico