A global economic crisis is not entirely bad, after all, is there an easier way to explain our own business failures and inadequacies without accepting personal responsibility for poor planning and management? Of course not! As the Dow Jones Industrial Average drops, the number of “the economy ate my business” stories rise. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Venting Steam'
Maui Wowi franchisee names economy as scapegoat for failure
October 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Coffee Shop News, Retail Coffee Industry, Start a Coffee Shop, Venting Steam
Tags: business failures·coffee·coffee business·economic hardship·hawaiian coffee·maui wowi hawaiian
Big Island coffee farm productivity down
September 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Hawaii coffee, Venting Steam
Despite an increased number of farms and acreage, coffee production on the Big Island of Hawaii was off by about 3% in the 2007 season. I find it interesting that the Pacific Business News prefers to look at the “glass is half full” side of this story, emphasizing that the number of farms and [...]
Tags: coffee·coffee farm·farm productivity·farmers·hawaii·pacific business news
Ripped off by the Los Angeles Times?
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Coffee Shop News, Retail Coffee Industry, Venting Steam
There was something oddly familiar about a certain Los Angeles Times this morning. Am I crazy or did they lift this from my website?
The LA Times article says:
Ah, the romance of owning your own coffeehouse: the gently steaming cups of fragrant cappuccino, the intellectual chitchat with your regulars, the freedom of being your own [...]
Tags: coffee business·coffeehouse·la times·rant
Meth Coffee brand name entices Illinois Attorney General
July 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Retail Coffee Industry, Venting Steam, Weird but True
Underscoring the government’s total failure to understand the root causes of America’s drug epidemic, Illinois Attorney General Amy Madigan (nice blazer!) has threatened to sue the makers of Meth Coffee citing “the devastating impact that methamphetamine has had” in that State.
I have never tasted this coffee, do not know the owners of this company and [...]
Tags: amy madigan·coffee·illinois attorney general·meth coffee·methamphetamine
Pete Licata is the real Coffee Prince
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Coffee Shop News, Events, Venting Steam, Weird but True
…or so says this article from The Pitch, a Kansas City food blog that recently interviewed our friend from PT’s Coffee.
You may notice (above, left) the publicity photo for “Coffee Prince,” a hugely popular Korean drama television series. What you may not notice is that the WBC logo backdrop and trophy are [...]
Tags: barista·coffee·coffee prince·korean drama·overland park·Pete Licata·PT's Coffee·wbc




