Cafés & Events
Coffee Shop Bar Workflow
Every page written about bar workflow describes a room. None of them asks what is in the hopper. Where a coffee bar actually stalls, and the two supply decisions nobod...
Guide
Notes from the roastery: what we buy, how we roast it, and what we have learned building coffee programs on the Gulf Coast.
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Cafés & Events
How Do You Price a Coffee Shop Menu?
Every pricing formula needs an ingredient cost, and none of the guides teaching them derives one. Here is the chain from green coffee to the cup, in grams, and which e...
Cafés & Events
How to Start a Coffee Shop
Most guides to opening a cafe cover format, lease and permits, then leave the coffee blank. Here is the per-cup number, six questions to ask a roaster, and the purchas...
Roasting
Mill City MCR-15 One-Hour Coffee Roaster Rental Guide
Book an hour on the Mill City MCR-15, a 15 kilo automatic roaster that turns out 100 pounds an hour. How to plan the session and what to record.
