Courtesy of Sweet Maria’s Blog)
Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee: it is in the forests of the Kaffa region that Coffea Arabica grew wild. Coffee is “Bun” or “Buna” in Ethiopia, so Coffee Bean is quite possibly a poor anglicized interpretation of “Kaffa Bun”. We consider Ethiopian coffees to be some of the best in the world, and extreme genetic diversity of the coffee shrub is certainly part of the reason why. [Read more…] about Why Ethiopian Coffees are so Highly Rated
Leverage Leadership is a Southern California based ministry engaged in leadership training for pastors around the world.
Each Coffee 4 Missions purchase by you and your church has a significant tithe component going back to support of this ministry. Enjoy!
Burr grinders are the benchmark for brewing consistent coffee day after day in coffee shops and at home around the world and for good reason: they produce consistent granular coffee.
Conversely, blade grinders are essentially equivalent to “food processors” in so many kitchens. Put an onion in your food processor and run in for 10 seconds and you get nicely chopped onion for your pizza. Run the processor for 30 seconds and you get onion puree. Same thing happens in it’s own way with with blade grinders and coffee. [Read more…] about Why you should get a Burr Grinder for better tasting coffee
Church coffee is a big part of Coffee 4 Missions business plan. Why? When you purchase coffee for your church we offer great coffee, but also give a portion of our profits in our tithe back to missions and ministries your church would certainly support. [Read more…] about Church Coffee for Missions and Ministry
Or, “Why you need a Mentor”
When we opened our retail coffee shop in 2004, we had no idea what we were doing. We were missionaries for goodness sake. I could land a Cessna 185 into a 1200 foot muddy airstirp all day long. Trish could haggle with Ecuadorian butchers for fresh meat, pasteurize milk from the cow and arrange accommodations for a visiting work team of twenty five US supporters.
But run a retail business? After all we had been out of the business world since 1990 and out of the US serving with MAF since 1994. However having moved back into the US culture in 2002, with kids approaching college age and the higher cost of living here, a second income was needed. [Read more…] about The Number One Reason Some Coffee Shops Struggle
Our consulting services come with a planning component. We come to your space, measure and based on years of experiences watching others do it sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and our own day to day retail shop experience, we come up with a logical flow chart drawing.
This is not an architectural, scale rendering as much it is to show the thought through workflow that helps your baristas work in concert and not a conflicted environment.
It’s all about efficient use of available space and that’s our game.
“There can be economy only where there is efficiency.” – Benjamin Disraeli
