How to Build a Good Company Culture, or A Pep Talk About Making Clear What Matters
Oct 12th 2021 Written by Steve Morrow
Corporate culture is exactly what it sounds like, but, because of the “corporate” part, often gets relegated to conversations about big business. In the realm of specialty coffee, a burgeoning but fairly new industry, very few of those “big” ones exi
…
Developing Team Structure
Sep 28th 2021 Written by Ragan LaTour
The adrenaline of opening day has come and gone, things have begun leveling out, and you’ve hired a few highly-driven, like-minded, coffee-loving, baristas to help you run your coffee shop. Sure, they have a lot of the day-to-day operations under con
…
What's Behind Your Bar? Thinking Through Coffee Shop Inventory
Sep 14th 2021 Written by Steve Morrow
Coffee, like other things in life, is best served with options. These days especially. When customers order a latte, for example, they probably want to choose the milk, be it alternatives like almond, oat, soy, or even—yes, it still exists!—cow’s mil
…
Anatomy of Espresso Drinks: A How-To Guide and History of Espresso Drinks
Aug 31st 2021 Written by Ragan LaTour
A small cafe perched on the edge of a busy street, Vespas are zooming by, a pleasant array of Italian conversations swirl around, meshing into a melodic hum. The warm Mediterranean breeze blows through your hair, and in front of you sits a small cup
…
What We Mean When We Talk About Bar Flow
Aug 17th 2021 Written by Steve Morrow
The phrase “bar flow” gets thrown around a lot in coffee circles, but what does it really mean? What do we mean when we say “bar flow”? The simple answer is the obvious one: the flow (movement) of bodies (employees) behind the bar. The goal is to get
…
Rountable | Sunergos Coffee
Aug 4th 2021 Written by Reagan Jones
Watch as we sit down and chat with our friends Kenny and Andy from Sunergos Coffee about the commercial aspect of specialty coffee; including how they handled running a business during the pandemic, coffee gear that's worth not skimping on, and of co
…
Roundtable | Ditting Products
Aug 4th 2021 Written by Reagan Jones
Join us as we sit down for our second ever Round Table Discussion! This time we are sitting down to talk to Ryan and John about an exciting new announcement — Prima will now be US distributor for Ditting products. We will be carrying their full line
…
How to Develop an Email Marketing Strategy
Aug 3rd 2021 Written by Ragan LaTour
An astonishing 4 billion people across the globe use email as a form of communication. With half the world’s population only a click away, email marketing is one of the most important tools in your toolbelt when developing a successful marketing stra
…