Helpful Advice on Opening Your Coffee Shop
The process of opening a coffee shop can be a stressful and confusing experience for first-time business owners and those without prior knowledge of the coffee industry.
If you are considering or thinking of opening a coffee shop or cafe, then we can help you by providing a range of coffee machines and grinders, including traditional espresso machines to bean to cup.
A wide range of wholesale coffee beans, with different flavours, profiles, and styles are available, and we can even arrange coffee tasting and sample packs to help find the right coffee for you.
We use a local engineer and approved partners for machine servicing and repairs, backed up by manufacturers warranties, we offer a full-service package and experience so you can focus on running your business.
If you would like some hands-on experience, we can even invite you into the Kardomah to try for yourself first-hand the serving and making coffee experience in a real time café.
Our packages can include everything you could possibly need; from the bare essentials like cleaning supplies, knock boxes, tampers, shot timers, decaf shots, retail products and last but not least, pavement signs for that all important open for business brand opportunity.
If we have missed anything, don’t be afraid to ask, we are here to help!
With over 30 years in the coffee industry, we are the experts when it comes to beans, machines, and everything in between.
What are the next steps?
Send us your enquiry, call us, drop into the Kardomah, and let’s set up a meeting or call.
If you have never used a coffee machine before, then getting to grips with making ‘proper’ coffee might be a daunting prospect, we offer free basic training with every machine purchase.
Are you thinking of starting a coffee shop, are the wheels in motion for opening a coffee shop, what advice are you looking for?
What are the key things to consider?
- Making hot drinks can be a challenge, who will be serving your drinks?
- Why do you want to start a coffee shop?
- Ask yourself why you want to own or open a coffee shop and what you hope to achieve by doing so.
- Do you simply like making coffee?
- What are you seriously passionate about?
- Do you understand the level of work and hours required to make your business a success?
- Can you deal with both customers and staff, all whilst managing everyday issues?
It may be worthwhile considering working within a coffee shop environment for a short period or length of time to see exactly how a coffee shop operates.
Have you done a business plan and thought about prices and profits?
Have you chosen the right coffee machine for your business?
Picking a machine that suits your budget, style and needs is always going to be a challenge, whilst we can’t choose the exact machine for you, we can help point you in the right direction.
Not every coffee shop or mobile operator needs a machine that can make hundreds of coffees per day, and that’s where our help comes in.
How much does it cost to make a cup of coffee?
Do you know how many cups of coffee you can make from the average 1kg bag of roasted coffee beans?
From the average high street shop, you’ll pay around £2.50 for a standard cup.
With our most popular blend it works out at around 9p for a standard single espresso and on average you can make around 140 cups per 1kg bag.
This will vary depending on what coffee blend you use and even the amount of milk used in each drink.
Talk to us to understand more about the real cost per drink and the variables that make a difference to your bottom line.
For more information please contact Marcus on James through our contact form.
