Category Archives: Starting your Coffee Shop

Coffeehouse Music

Whether your taste is for Starbucks or Caribou Coffee or the little cafe on the corner, coffeehouse culture is alive and strong. While the exact ingredients that go into a successful creation of coffee house culture may be elusive to most…the first thing that should be revamped or rechecked is the music. If your CD…

Coffee House Equipment Basics

It is important to have good equipment in your coffee house.  After all the equipment will greatly affect how the coffee tastes.  The equipment is imperative because you will definitely lose customers if your coffee isn’t the finest in the area.   You’ll need top-quality water filters.  The purer your water, the better your coffee…

Roasting Coffee in a Barn

When Mark and Lisa Verrochi lost their “three Boston coffee stand leases to large corporate landlords,” they decided to start over — in a small, red, rent-free barn in their back yard. Out of that barn in Hopkinton, Mass., Red Barn Coffee Roasters was born. The company soon grew to include 7 locations. It’s still…

Coffee Messiah, Seattle, WA

Coffee Messiah1554 E Olive Way * Seattle, WA * (206) 861-8233 http://www.coffeemessiah.com/Conveniently located on Olive, Coffee Messiah is an artsy grungy coffee dive that will delight your hot beverage palettes. They go with coffee grown in the traditional manner, the traditional way. Global Thinking, Global Friendly. Eco Friendly. The appreciation of community. 5 years old…