Starting Your Own Coffee Shop: Opening & Running a Successful Coffee Business: 8

Bought as a gift. Arrived quich and it looked like a great, quick and easy to read guide on the subject.

A very brief book full of theory. I was expecting a hands on manual for the stages of opening a coffee shot but all it is -is just a collection of theoretical tips.

Such an amazing book for the beginner in coffee industry to understand how it work from inside out.this book cover everything equipment, marketing, cost, finance and design everything.

Great starting point for anyone who is thinking about maybe opening up and running a coffee shop one day. I thought the layout of the chapters were in a logical flow and I really enjoyed how the overall tone was positive and encouraging. I feel like too many writers and bloggers tend to write about their coffee business with the “don’t even think about until you’ve done this” attitude, instead of a more positive attitude. Simms does a good job at laying down the facts and giving a general overview of the many pieces that it takes to open and maintain a profitable business. She does not go into too much detail on the specifics of things, however, she gave me some great starting points for a myriad of helpful resources that at the very least, got my research heading in the right direction. I do wish though that there was a chapter on coffee sourcing and how to go about finding and choosing a wholesale seller and maybe some general guidelines on keeping / rotating a backstock for the beans specifically. Also, an “additional resources” section at the end that would offer more books and websites that the author might’ve found helpful in her research for the reader to use in continuing their research would be super helpful. Overall though, great book, the author offers a great overview of all the things that it takes to open and run a coffee shop. Quick read and would definitely recommend. Side note: The author’s description can read a little misleading. In the description it states “her short fiction is widely published” which could make it appear that this book is a work of fiction when it is not. Not a big deal really, I was just a little confused when I was initially looking into the book on Amazon is all.

Haven't read it all but so far so good. Lots of things in it that i never thought of.

J'avais acheté ce livre par curiosité, et parce que j'ai un petit projet de côté. Ayant moi même travaillé sur le sujet, ce livre m'a apporté une vision extérieure, orientée vers une activité spécifique : les coffe shops, ou comment transformer un projet, un rêve et un produit de commodité en quelque chose de viable. Bien que le livre soit en anglais, il est très facile à lire, à recommander pour toutes personnes ayant un projet entrepreneurial quel qu'il soit.

I like how detailed it got in describing all the aspects in planning, opening, and running a coffee business. Honestly, it made me dream in a more realistic way. I know nothing of running a business, much less a coffee shop, so the information, facts, advises, and figures provided in this book are a solid guideline that I could use. I’m glad to have bought it. I also liked the font and the paper used in this book - friendly to the eyes, and easy to underline important sentences.