Fresh roast coffee is fabulous. When I travel, I am on the lookout for a place to stop for a cup or a bag of fresh roasted coffee. Fresh Roast Coffee is Big Business. According to Hoovers, there are over 20,000 coffee shops in the USA alone. This represents about $10 billion in revenue. With over [...]
Coffee Houses, Where Everyone Knows Your Name.
Following coffee through the centuries. Third in a series. Coffee houses began to appear. It is recorded that the first coffee house was established in Damascus. Later in the 16th century, Constantinople. Coffee houses became the gathering place to discuss politics and business. They were places where people could freely criticize the government. Soon checkers, [...]
Fresh Roast Coffee Delivered in Shanghai, China? No, Saarbrucken, Germany!
Ever since I arrived in Saarbrucken, I was in search for an excellent coffee roasting business. You know, I have become quite spoiled since I have been roasting YOMO for several years now. The grocery stores have the ‘famous’ Germany brands, several shops serving Illy, the local Starbucks. It also seems that every street corner [...]
It all began when the goats started dancing.
Following coffee through the centuries. First in a series. According to legend, the magic of the coffee bean was first discovered sometime around the fifth or sixth century by a goat herder in the area we know as Ethiopia. Goats were usually allowed to roam and graze freely eating pretty much anything wanted. One night [...]
Coffee beans soon traveled beyond the Ethiopian borders
Following coffee through the centuries. Second in a series. Sometime around the sixth century, the coffee beans were taken to an area now known as Yemen. The Arabs began growing the trees and first producing medicine, then as a beverage. Fermenting the pulp of the cherries were used to produce wine. They also boiled the [...]
Importance of Temperature in a Roast
What is one of the most important parts of a Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey? It’s that little pop up button that tells you the bird is done. That little button pops up when the meat reaches a certain temperature. No thinking required. Just wait for the button. So, when is the turkey done? According to [...]
Opening A Coffee Shop Successfully Requires Planning
If you wanted to improve your likelihood of opening a coffee shop, what kind of information do you think you might want? You are probably going to want to know why some were successful and others failed. What I am suggesting is you learn from other people’s mistakes, right? Why do I talk about failure [...]
Goodbye Saarbrucken Coffee – Hello Shanghai Coffee
Our stay in Saarbrucken has come to an end. In July it seemed as though four months would be a very long time. The stay was wonderful as we found little creature comforts to help us through the summer and fall. As I mentioned earlier, I roast coffee in Shanghai. Enjoying great coffee was very [...]
Have You Ever Eaten Gourmet Popcorn with Chopsticks?
Have you ever eaten Gourmet Popcorn with Chopsticks? One of my favorite snacks is popcorn. I eat popcorn a lot. A time in my life when I didn’t eat much popcorn was when I was in Shanghai. When I found it, I was excited. But then when I tasted it, the excitement went away. It [...]
Colombia Coffee – How Much is Produced Annually?
Colombia is one of the world’s top coffee producers. It is believed that coffee arrived in Colombia by way of a Jesuit priest sometime in the 1730’s. Colombia’s first export was a shipment of 2500 pounds that arrived in the United States in 1835. By 1860, coffee was one of the dominant Colombian agricultural exports. [...]
- Fresh Roast Coffee
- Coffee Houses, Where Everyone Knows Your Name.
- Fresh Roast Coffee Delivered in Shanghai, China? No, Saarbrucken, Germany!
- It all began when the goats started dancing.
- Coffee beans soon traveled beyond the Ethiopian borders
- Fresh Roast Coffee
- Coffee Houses, Where Everyone Knows Your Name.
- Fresh Roast Coffee Delivered in Shanghai, China? No, Saarbrucken, Germany!
- It all began when the goats started dancing.
- Coffee beans soon traveled beyond the Ethiopian borders
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