Monday, 30 August 2010

Seven Souls Coffee Corner

Sunday, 29 August 2010

Coffee Shop Bussines Plan


What type of business formation are you planning on starting, a sole proprietor, a partnership, a corporation or a Limited Liability Company?

- Location, Location, Location... Where is your coffee shop business going to be located? The Location can make or break your business...
- Are you going to buy an existing coffee shop, or are planning on buying a franchise or are you going to start your business from scratch?...
- How are you planning on financing your coffee shop? Are you going to use your own resources, get financial help from family or friends or are you going to apply for financing from a bank?...
-What type of equipment and inventory will your business need? it will depend on the specific type of coffee shop you are planning on starting...
- If you are starting an coffee only coffee shop with a few extra things like coffee, cappuccino and other coffee enhancement type of things to sell at your shop. The type of equipment you will need will be things like tables and chairs, a counter to check your customers out and a register...
-If you are planning on starting a coffee shop cafe you can see how your inventory would include things like coffee products as well as pastries and so on...
- If you are planning on starting a coffee shop internet cafe, you would need to include everything mentioned before as well as computers at a specific number of tables and perhaps some books and magazines for your customers to read...

Managing Your Coffee Shop In Today's Environment...

-You will need to develop an effective business system to help your business survive on a daily, weekly and monthly basis...
-How will you handle the situation when equipment or customers have a problem...
-Hiring employees, how will you choose the right people for the job. Will training them be cinch or a hassle?...
-These are just a few issues that will come up when you start your coffee shop.
-If you are ready to get start with starting your very own coffee shop. You must start with a plan to write your coffee shop business plan, that will help you with this process.
-The day to day operations of your Coffee Shop Business can be overwhelming, if you don't have some type of system.

Coffee Shop Business Plan System

- A Business System is what makes a business run in an expedient manner.
- You will need to create a Business System that will work for your Coffee Shop Business.
- A Business System is the way you operate your business. This system should include a plan of operation for every aspect of your Coffee Shop Business.

The First System

- The first part of your Business System should include how you will run the day to day operations of your Coffee Shop Business.

The Second System

-The second part should include all of the equipment you will need to operate your Coffee Shop Business.This part should also include the day to day operations and the maintenance that should be done on your equipment. This part should also include the preventive maintenance on this equipment, as well.

The Third System

The third part of your Business System is that, you are going to have to figure out how you are going to pay for your Coffee Shop Business.Are you going to self finance it or are you going to borrow the money from your friends and family? Or are you going to use your credit cards? Are you going to obtain financing from a bank?

The Fourth System

- The fourth part of your Business System is figuring out where your Coffee Shop Business will be located. Are you going to start it out of your home? Or are you going to rent or lease a business location? Are you going to buy a building for your business?Before you actually start your Coffee Shop Business, it is best that you take time to figure out if this is the type of business for you and your future.
Starting a business can be hard work. But chances are once it is successful all of the initial planning will all have been worth while.Writing your own Coffee Shop Business will help you understand why you want to be in business for yourself.

It will also help you to be one step ahead on your business planning. If you don't take care of your business, who do you think will do it for you?

From International Coffee Chain, coffee shop, Warung Kopi to door to door coffee seller

Everywhere we can find coffee, from International Coffee Chain to Warung Kopi (coffee shop,bahasa: small coffee shop) even some just use tents or selling door to door by bike.


Let's star from International Coffee Chain, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington, United States.Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,133 stores in 49 countries, including 11,068 in the United States, nearly 1,000 in Canada and more than 800 in Japan.Starbucks sells drip brewed coffee, espresso-based hot drinks, other hot and cold drinks, coffee beans, salads, hot and cold sandwiches and panini, pastry, snacks, and items such as mugs and tumblers.


In indonesia, at least there is 153 Coffee Shops listings in indonesia.panpages.com with telephone numbers and street, e-mail and website addresses, that's only on At Jakarta we can visit Dante Coffee at Thamrin, Tornado Coffee shop at Kemang, at Yogya, Own Kafe at Adisucipto, Blandongan at Gowok, at Bandung there is kopi ireng at Dago, KOPI KOPI at Ruko Paskal Hyper Square B63, in Surabaya there is Coffee Shop at Inna Simpang, and mandy moore, ups...many more, and specialin Bali : Seven Souls Cofee Corner at Dalung, hehehe, narcist :)
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Continued...thats all coffee shop only list from one website, in fact, there is thousands coffee shop in Indonesia, from international coffee shop, local coffee shop till door to coffee shop like this picture.

Friday, 27 August 2010

Coffee Community

International Coffee Comunity :
The International Women’s Coffee Alliance
Founded in 2003 by Karen Cebreros, Melissa Pugash, Colleen Crosby, Karen Gordon, Margaret Swallow and Kimberly Easson, the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) strives to create a difference in the world of coffee. With a mission to “empower women in the international coffee community to achieve meaningful and sustainable lives; and to encourage and recognize the participation of women in all aspects of the coffee industry,” the IWCA, from its inception, has remained focused on promoting possibilities for women in coffee communities throughout the world.

4C Coffee Associaton
This global community has joined forces to continuously improve the social, environmental and economic conditions for the people making their living with coffee.
Main pillars of 4C are a code of conduct, rules of participation for trade and industry, support mechanisms for coffee farmers, a verification system and the participatory governance structure.



Cocoa Java Cafe

Here You can find Recipes, links, articles, forum discussions, reviews, news, and more! all about coffee and chocolate

Indonesia Coffee Community :
Coffee Community
Indonesian Coffee Community is special forum for coffee lovers, discussion about recipe, article, coffee machine, caffeine health, latte art and etching, buy and sell all product and coffee machine and many more.

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Making Coffee Shop as Your Art Gallery


Business objects currently booming art-proliferation discussed. Starting as a hobby typically people interested in making money from art because a lot of fans who had been held. It seems that the artwork will hang in the galleries sell a lot was done by various people in this business. But try something different, there is no harm, let alone will generate more profits. One is the display of art objects sold at the coffee shop. Obviously not all coffee shops that you choose, but a coffee shop, that has the taste of the arts.
Coffee Shop has a sufficient criterion for displaying art objects to selling Every day, many visitors who spent time at the coffee shop for coffee or enjoy a light meal. As they sat enjoying a meal, they can see the artwork on display at the coffee shop. You do not need to display many objects of art, only some of the best from your collection. In this case you can cooperate with the owner of a coffee shop or coffee shop if it's your own it will be an extra advantage for you. Consignment is the best way if you do not have a coffee shop with consignee sale with the owner of a coffee shop. If your artwork is good, will provide its own value to the owner of a coffee shop. For the criteria that you select a coffee shop to display artwork, it would be better if the coffee shop is indeed ethnic nuance or flavor of high art that will be harmonious if the display art. Many coffee shops will be interested if you offer your artwork for display there. Besides getting a new atmosphere which they also sell high value does not need to pay especially if the artwork is sold they can get more commission.

Sunday, 22 August 2010

Fragrance tasting Coffee Shop Business


Business coffee shop or coffee shop is currently promising a lucrative business. Coffee shop business is one of the most popular business. Manage a coffee shop you can not just sell coffee as soft drinks, but other types of snack foods enough to satiate. Customers who come to the coffee shop you do not just want the company with a cup of hot coffee made you but also various pastries that could be an option.
If you like coffee or if you can find nor do the coffee business in accordance with your lifestyle. Here are some pointers to open a coffee shop, the business plan is required as well as tips to maximize profits. Jadillah creative entrepreneurs, if you want customers, you have to fight to get it.

Start with this checklist to open a coffee shop
1. Mind all licenses required to open a coffee shop not to get overlooked and later can cause problems.
2. If you intend to rent a place to open a coffee shop then you should think of your rental expenses that must be issued and location of the venue.
3. Prepare a business plan carefully you can download it online and for free
4. Open a new account at a bank for financial management Cofee shop your business and do not mix with your personal finances. You even can get a loan from the bank's capital.
5. If the business you want incorporated under the laws then you should immediately take care of
6. Quickly create your name card for business purposes. This is the cheapest way to promote your business.
7. Finally make a website for business purposes. Make your website you do not need expensive facilities can take advantage of free online templates
You have to believe that starting a business not only with capital money alone but with enough information, the business plan is ripe and full dedication from yourself. Good coffee shop business

Varietes of Coffee in Indonesia by Origin

Subspecies, varieties of coffee refers to coffee. Coffee beans from two different places usually have different characters, both from the smell (from citrus scent to smell the soil), caffeine content, flavor and acidity. These characteristics depending on where they grew coffee plants, production processes and differences in genetic subspecies of coffee.

Java coffee
is a coffee produced on the island of Java. In the United States, the term "Java" by itself is slang for coffee in general. The Indonesian phrase Kopi Jawa refers not only to the origin of the coffee, but is used to distinguish the strong, black, very sweet coffee, with powdered grains in the drink, from other forms of the drink.



Sumatra Coffee
Mandheling and Sumatra Lintong - named by Batak Mandheling Mandailing in northern Sumatra in Indonesia. Lintong coffee place is called by name Lintong in northern Sumatra. While the coffee comes from the Gayo Gayo Highlands - is a Native Gayo in Aceh - which includes Central Aceh Regency and Bener Meriah. Gayo coffee touted as the best organic coffee in the world.


Sulawesi Coffee
Toraja Kalossi - Grown in the high mountain areas in Sulawesi. Kalossi is a small town in Sulawesi, which is a collection of coffee from the surrounding area. Toraja in Sulawesi is a mountainous region where coffee is grown. Celebes exhibits a rich, well-balanced acidity (slightly more than Sumatra) and has a multi-dimensional characteristics. The color is dark brown. Excellent coffee for darker roasting. Because the production process, this coffee can dry out irregularly. However irregularly shaped seeds can enrich it.


Bali Coffee
In recent times, with Robusta prices falling, Arabica has been planted in several areas of the Bali Island. Some of these plantings are in commercial plantations, however the bulk are beans grown by small-holders in a number of villages saddling the volcanic peaks.



[[Coffee Luwak]
one of Arabica coffee varieties that have been eaten by a mongoose then collected and processed. Flavor and aroma of coffee is distinctive and become the world's most expensive coffee,for something like $600 per kilo. The luwak, an animal native to Indonesia resembling a cute cat, eats the ripe fruit of coffee trees (each piece contains two coffee beans side by side). When the luwak excretes the still intact beans, they are removed and roasted and ground into powder like any other coffee. Hard-core aficionados say the flavor is intense and defend the roasting process, noting that the beans in any case are roasted and what can happen to them in the luwak's stomach? Shenhav describes the taste and quality of luwak coffee as creating sparks and justifying the high price.