The history of coffee in Australia dates back to the arrival of the British in 1788. According to Nicola Teffer, the First Fleet unloaded coffee seeds and plants that were collected in Brazil, during the voyage to Australia. But there was a slight problem. The climate in Sydney was not conducive to producing coffee commercially. As a result, coffee was far too expensive for the colonists. They tried in vain to find substitutes, though they found little success. During the 1870s, coffee houses started slowly appearing in Sydney but they did not last long. Continue reading “Coffee Australia – Exploring the Region” »

Chocolate coffee beans are a gourmet treat that you can readily buy online, if you so choose. Companies will ship them to your door in special heat-resistant packages so they won’t melt during transit. But making them yourself is much more fun and economical.  Here’s what you need to get started. Continue reading “Chocolate Coffee Beans Are Easy to Make” »

Though the coffee industry of Hawaii is a fairly modest producer, its coffee consistently sells for a better than normal price. The Kona variety is the most popular of all varieties produced on the islands. Coffee production in Hawaii tends to be small scale, with about 8000 acres of coffee divided among 790 farms. Continue reading “Hawaii Coffee – Exploring the Region” »

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Typing “coffee shop business plan” into Google yields over 8 million pages in only 0.17 seconds. The amount of data is so great it would probably take 17 years to read through all those pages. You can save some time by reading this post. After wading through a great deal of those search results, I’ve come up with a short list that should point you in the right direction to start. Continue reading “Coffee Shop Business Plan” »