Last week I wrote a short list of what it was like to open a coffee shop, but focussed on before opening. This time I will update a few more words on the before, but then focus on the after, especially the first six months. In other good news, it is the end of the […]
After Opening a Coffee Shop – An Explanation Read More »
I am asked on occasion, ‘what was it like when you opened?’ or ‘what was it like to open a coffee shop?’ So I have been thinking about those types of questions recently and how to answer them. This is my attempt, but I am going to go back in time to before opening, because
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Oh how I wish I could eat out all the time. Mrs K treated me last week to three fabulous meals, in order to celebrate one’s birthday you see. We went to St John Hotel in the morning for breakfast where I had grilled kippers and a pot of Rare Tea Company Earl Grey, then off to Barrafina for
Aspirations and Inspirations in London Hospitality – An Explanation Read More »
The UK coffee market has certainly come along way in a few years. How much more can it grow? Can you remember when Starbucks and Costa and Nero first come onto the high street and introduced us all to a different coffee culture? Was the opening of Flat White in 2005 the real kick that
The Coffee Industry Growth – A Graph and an Explanation Read More »
I have been living in the UK now for 10 years altogether, and it was just the other morning, as I came up from Oxford street early in the morning and looked at all the British flags they have up and down Regent/Oxford streets at the moment, that I realised again how much I enjoy
Why I love London – An Explanation Read More »
Unfortunately we are saying goodbye to another one of our staff members, because his visa is about to expire and he has to go home. Matthew is the young man you may have seen working the service area. He came to us late last year, after completing a 12 month scholarship at a leading London
Kaffeine Legend – Matthew Burt – Senior Service Read More »
No, sorry, it’s not a joke. I tell really bad jokes, ask the staff. Dad jokes. Anyway, I was thinking about this the other day, because we had a lot of coffee people in over the last weekend with the London Coffee Festival, and we had one particular Spanish family in, who were on holiday
A coffee enthusiast, a regular and a tourist walk into a cafe – An Explanation Read More »
We really are very happy, and so, it appears, are our tea drinking customers. We recently changed from a very good tea supplier, to one that we felt matched the Kaffeine profile and was able to provide that little bit better product that we are always searching for. It took some time, our lead barista
Rare Tea Company – A new supplier Read More »
The blackboard of knowledge is what is has come to be known as, our A frame blackboard outside that we use not just to advertise our wares, but to try to make someones day as they walk past, or, to attract attention in some sort of abstract, out there way. I started off by downloading
The Blackboard of Knowledge – Superstar Read More »
Some of you may have picked up that we are recruiting for new staff as we are expanding the business. This is true. Lend Lease is an Australian based construction company that employs over 17,000 people worldwide and who are involved in some of the world leading construction and community building projects. Their head office
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