Arizona Coffee

Connie Alexakos wrote:
Aloha Chris,
A note about Bad Ass Coffee. We are a franchise company and will be opening in both Surprise and Scottsdale, AZ in the near future. However, we are not affiliated with Maui Wowi. We have been in business since 1989 selling Hawaiian coffee. We specialize in 100% Kona coffee and […]

If you were the CEO of Starbucks, what changes would you make and what would be your primary focus?
It’s an open question, leave your ideas in the comments.

A new coffee shop has opened in Glendale with a Hawaiian theme. It’s called Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees and Smoothies. Maui Wowi is a franchise of Bad Ass Coffee.
Kona coffee shop comes to W. Valley
Sherry Anne Rubiano
The Arizona Republic
Apr. 28, 2007
Lisa Wagenknecht and Gary Johnson discovered Kona coffee on a Maui vacation two years ago. […]

Over Coffee, in Surprise, has a story in the paper today.
Surprise’s Over Coffee serves up beverages, art and music
Erin Zlomek
The Arizona Republic
Apr. 26, 2007
About a year ago, four friends met over coffee and talked about opening their own business. Months later, they launched an independent coffee shop, named Over Coffee.
The co-owners - Jennifer Lancaster, Kirk […]

What music do you listen to in your shop or when you work? I’ve seen a lot of places jump on the satellite radio tune, and it works out pretty good. If I had my own coffee shop, I think I’d hook iTunes up to the sound system and play music that way.

Heather Monk writes:
I’m always looking for great coffee on my travels through Arizona and I’d like to nominate Mountain Java in Heber-Overgaard. Their espresso is so much better than anywhere I’ve ever been that it’s ruined my other favorite coffee shops for me. Mountain Java is very small and not at all trendy […]

There is a fun little story in the paper about a Yuma man named Pat Roberts who serves up coffee from Yuma, AZ.
YUMA, Ariz. — For the past seven years, local coffee expert Pat Roberts has been helping to wake up Yuma residents.
Roberts knows just about all there is to know about America’s favorite caffeinated […]

On Wednesday I visited Ritual Coffee in San Francisco. The first thing I noticed about Ritual was the long line out the door. I’ve never seen a line out the door at a coffee shop before.
I decided to go for a latte. We were short on time so we all ordered cups to-go (and then […]

I visited Ritual while I was in San Francisco. I’ll post my thoughts on it tomorrow.

The fair-trade group Just Coffee will hold a fundraiser Saturday at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church to raise money for two new cooperatives in El Aguila, Chiapas, and Coyutla, Veracruz, Mexico.
The group seeks to reduce migration from Mexico to the United States by creating good-paying jobs for Mexican coffee plant growers. It runs a […]

Red Rock Foods is giving away a free pass to the SCAA Convention. All of the details are in the forum.

I’ve been in San Francisco since Saturday and have been working with the Viddler team on the launch of version 2.0 of the site. It just launched last night at 2 o’clock in the morning. We’re at the Web 2.0 Expo to announce the new stuff on the site, meet with people, and generally have […]

I visited It’s A Grind in Gilbert (opened about two weeks ago). Quite a classy establishment and a cheerful crew.

It’s A Grind
891 E. Baseline Rd.
Ste 106
Gilbert, AZ 85233
www.itsagrind.com

Well I went over to LUX Coffeebar today to try their famous Dr Lux drink which I have heard about recently. It was good. I didn’t have my camera with me, so I’ll have to explain how it was served. In a tall glass cup with ice cubes and Dr Pepper, toss in two shots […]

I like Weather and Coffee. They’ve got a nice location and a really cheerful crew.

I am reading Founders At Work and read this gem today. It’s from the interview with Arthur van Hoff, the CTO of Marimba. They had just gotten 4 million dollars in venture capital…
Another story I remember from our first round of funding was when they gave us the checks – the lawyers were there, Kleiner […]

I just received an email from Tomas and wanted to share it:
Green LA Girl told me about this earlier, but I just wanted to let you all know that Black Gold is showing on April 10th on PBS here in Phoenix, Arizona.

www.pbs.org/independentlens/blackgold
www.blackgoldmovie.com
www.imdb.com/title/tt0492447

Zoom version here. Source.

By Jeffrey Taylor

Last month, we explored how to position your new venture against Starbucks. If you’ve decided to take the plunge and open your own coffee shop, you will need to prepare a business plan. Although most experts say you need to write it down, I believe that a good business plan starts with a […]

The last poll was a big success with over 40 votes. Let’s try again…