Espresso! Starting and Running Your Own Coffee Business

Monaghan, Joe, Huffaker, Julie S

ISBN 10: 047112138X / ISBN 13: 9780471121381

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Espresso! Starting and Running Your Own Coffee Business
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047112138X
• ISBN 13: 9780471121381
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

An A-to-Z guide to making it in your own specialty coffee business!

Expert tips, tricks, and a gold mine of crucial how-to information you just can't find anywhere else--learn how to:
* Get started in business for as little as $15,000
* Secure the optimum location
* Get the financing that best suits your goals
* Buy, use, and maintain equipment
* Find and deal with suppliers
* Market your espresso business with little or no capital
* Brew delicious, high-quality coffee drinks that keep customers coming back for more
* Hire and manage personnel
* And much more


Espresso! also arms you with sample business forms, leases, and contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations; sample menus; coffee drink recipes; inventory lists; plans and layouts; and dozens of other valuable, time-saving tools of the trade that no espresso entrepreneur should be without.

About the Authors

JULIE SHELDON HUFFAKER is a writer and editor who works with the specialty coffee industry.

JOE MONAGHAN is National Sales Manager for Espresso Specialists, Inc. He has also operated several espresso carts in Seattle, Washington.