Why Paul's Coffee Shop stands out
I like reading about the unique ways that coffee or tea establishments use to stand out.
In this article when asked what they do to unique Phil Martinez says "We have a special place by the door where our customers hang their personal coffee cups and just pick it up when they come in the door. Our Marine Corps wall of honor always gets a lot of attention, and many of the customers helped decorate by bringing in their own treasures and pictures to display.
We have original sand of Iwo Jima! John Wayne is also a favorite, and we have a John Wayne Omelet and a big portrait of him painted by John Wayne's wife."
Post a comment if you have any special ways to keep the hot beverage requests coming.
Comments (0) 07.20.2007
Get in Touch with Internet Cafes
We've previously posted a list of websites that listed cafes. I've found another one to add to that um... list. It's called CafeTouch; and is exclusive to only Internet Cafes. This site has a blog and directory.Taken from their website:
"We hope that CafeTouch will become the internet's number one Internet Cafe directory. We also home that Internet Cafe's owners will find CafeTouch to be a place where they can find ideas, discuss their business with colleagues and get updates with news."
Comments (0) 07.19.2007
Tearooms return to tackle high street coffee culture
Here is a great article about how tea is still clawing it's way into the coffee culture.The British tradition of afternoon tea is enjoying a renaissance. Sales of speciality teas are growing at record rates, there are two-month waiting lists for afternoon tea at London’s top hotels, and a new chain of high street tearooms is set to open.
William Gorman, executive director of the Tea Council, said that women between the ages of 20 and 40 were leading a boom in tea drinking. He said: “We drink 165 million cups of tea per day, as a nation, compared with 70 million cups of coffee, but 90 per cent of tea is drunk in the home. The market is ripe for a new, public, tea venture.”
Continue reading Comments (0) 07.18.2007
McDonald's Opening Coffee Chain in Japan
McDonald's is set to take on Starbucks in Japan with a new chain of coffee shops brewing up bargain lattes, the fast food chain said Thursday.The Japan unit of U.S.-based McDonald's Corp. will launch 15 pilot "McCafe" stores in the Tokyo area on August 29, according to a company release.
The stores, the burger chain's first foray into the coffee shop business, will offer drinks at low prices to target families, the release said. McDonald's said it will consider opening McCafes across Japan in the next fiscal year.
The cafe business in Japan has been shrinking and stood at 1.052 trillion yen (US$8.61 billion) in 2006, down 5 percent from the previous year.
Still, sales at specialty coffee shops like Starbucks have soared. The Seattle-based coffee chain, which launched in Japan in 1997, has almost 700 stores across the country and saw sales jump 16 percent last year to 78.9 billion yen (US$646 million).
Comments (0) 07.12.2007
