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Pluckley, Kent, UK (PRWEB) August 18, 2008 — UK Coffee Connoisseurs can add another coffee bean outlet to their list of top quality coffee sources, as Coffee-Bean-Shop.co.uk joins the world’s leading quality initiatives.

“We have continued to drive the quality of our coffee beans upwards, as a direct response to customer demand” said Elizabeth Powell, Co-founder and Master Coffee Roaster. “By joining the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe we will have an opportunity to establish our credentials with the best in the business. The Cup of Excellence programme has become the world’s leading initiative for the pursuit of the very best quality coffees, by joining the initiative we have an opportunity to acquire coffee beans that are recognised as the very best available in the marketplace”, she added.

At the top end of the world coffee marketplace, where the very best of the world’s coffee beans are grown, traded, roasted and enjoyed; two prominent organisations represent the interests of the majority of companies and individuals concerned: The Specialty Coffee Association of America – SCAA (including the European branch – the SCAE) and the Cup of Excellence Programme (COE).

“Acquiring top quality coffee beans has always been a passion for us here at Coffee-Bean-Shop.co.uk” said Dean Chalk, Co-Founder and professional coffee taster. “Many of our current coffees are already amongst the best available, including for example our Costa Rican Peaberry coffee beans (http://www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk/Single-Origin-Coffees/Costa-Rican-Peaberry.htm) and Guatemalan ‘El Bosque’ coffee beans (http://www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk/Single-Origin-Coffees/Guatemala.htm) (the same coffee that was used in the recent World Barista Championships). The Cup of Excellence programme allows us access to coffees that are voted the best in the world by the world’s foremost authorities on quality coffee” he added.

“Specialty coffee is a fledgling industry in the UK” Dean said. “There only a small handful of roasters and importers pursuing top quality coffee beans at this level” he added. “Even though we have two world barista champions and one of the world’s cupping (coffee tasting) champions residing here in London” he added.

“Coffee lovers and connoisseurs need more choice in the UK” Liz added. “With more roasters like us pursuing the very best world coffees the number of coffee enthusiasts in the UK can only grow. We intend to be one of the foremost UK sources for these exceptional coffees” she added.

“There are of few remaining COE auctions before the end of the year, and we will be acquiring our first bags of these exceptional coffee beans in the very near future – watch this space” stated Dean.

This press release is available on Coffee-Bean-Shop.co.uk’s site here (http://www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk/press/top-coffee-beans.htm).

About Tastiera Services Ltd (Coffee-Bean-Shop.co.uk)

Tastiera Services is a small coffee bean roastery based in rural Kent, specialising in coffee roasting using traditional methods. They supply coffee to consumers throughout the UK from their online website at www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk and by direct arrangements. They also supply coffee freshly roasted to their trade customers including restaurants, coffee shops and hotels.

Contact:

Elizabeth Powell, Director

Tastiera Services Ltd (CoffeeBeanShop.co.uk)

01233 840158

coffee-bean-shop.co.uk (http://www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk/Index.htm)

If you, like me, spend a lot of times at the nearest caf’ getting your caffeine buzz, relaxing, and socializing you may have given some thought to opening up your own coffee shop. Right now, you may be sitting in a caf’ reading this, and watching all the customers walk in the door and spend money. You can open your coffee shop and be on the receiving end of all that business! Here are a few tips to get you started.

Financials

Before starting up your own coffee shop you need to have a true picture of the financing you will need, and the income stream you can expect. You need to evaluate not only the costs of starting up the shop, but also the daily expenses you need to live on until your start bringing in profits from the coffee shop. Most estimates project a year for any new business to start earning profits, so prepare for a year of these expenses. Your local chapter of the SBA, or Small Business Administration, can help you obtain some applications for applying for start up funds from various agencies. You can even find some applications on the SBA’s website. Simply fill these in online and you will be on your way to starting your own coffee shop.

Area

Everyone knows how important location, location, location is. This is just as essential when picking where to open up your new coffee shop. You will need to be in a highly visible area that has a lot of traffic. You should also be far enough away from competitors so that you won’t be sharing clientele. Ease of getting in and out of your coffee shop should also be considered. You can enlist the services of a commercial real estate agent to help you locate the perfect property. Once you find it, they can help you negotiate the best terms and give you insight into what going rates are.

Have a Plan

You should have a well thought out business plan written out. You can do this yourself or even hire someone to assist you in writing it. Once executed properly, a business plan can help you procure money from investors, bankers and even business partners. If this sounds a little overwhelming, consider hiring a coffee franchise company such as Java Bean Review to assist you. You can put together the part of your business plan that you know and are comfortable doing. The coffee franchise company can help you fill in the rest. In this way, you are getting the expertise you need in areas you are unfamiliar with, but it is still your coffee shop built upon your own ideas. This can be invaluable in navigating such areas as accounting, marketing and public relations.

All of these tips can help you be successful at opening your own coffee shop so you can sit at your own table with a cup of your own coffee when logging online. Have fun and good luck on your new and exciting venture. Here’s a drink to your success!

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Pluckley, Kent, UK (PRWEB) August 10, 2008 — The ‘freshly roasted coffee movement’ is taking the UK coffee market by storm. Demand for superior freshly roasted coffee from regular coffee drinkers with home equipment is driving the new trend. Cafes and coffee shops in major cities are beginning to display ‘roasted dates’ on their coffee boards, further evidence that UK consumers are demanding more from their morning cappuccinos.

In response to this trend, Tastiera Services Ltd – a Kent based traditional coffee roastery has re-launched and re-branded their online shop in the face of growing demand.

“Our online business has grown dramatically over the last 12 months” said Elizabeth Powell, co-founder and Master Coffee Roaster. “We always knew that there is a huge difference in flavour between ‘supermarket shelf’ coffee and high-quality, freshly slow roasted coffee. It seems that the increase in use of domestic coffee making equipment combined with the growth of internet shopping had driven a lot of coffee lovers to our previous online store. With this in mind, we commissioned the development of a new high quality website that was better able to cope with growing customer demand”, she added.

“We hope our online presence will develop and change over time, in response to customer feedback” – said Dean Chalk, co-founder and professional coffee taster. “We currently freshly roast on demand over 25 top quality world coffees, which our customers can easily purchase at the new store. We also have a fledgling coffee articles section that should expand over time, as well as other coffee related features”, he added.

“A greater awareness of quality coffee is also a factor in the growth of this business” said Liz. Our Ethiopian Sidamo (http://www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk/Single-Origin-Coffees/Ethiopian-Sidamo.htm) and Yirgacheffe (http://www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk/Single-Origin-Coffees/Ethiopian-Yirgacheffe.htm) coffees come from the farmer’s co-operative featured in the famous ‘Black Gold’ movie about the farming end of the coffee chain. Since the films screening our sales of these coffees has tripled.” She added.

About freshly roasted coffee

traditionally slow roasted coffees have to be derived from very high quality raw coffee beans, otherwise any imperfections are accentuated in the roasting process. Slow roasting coffee produces a superior flavour, as more of the essential oils from the coffee bean are maintained during the roasting process. Bulk coffees from supermarkets are by contrast flash-roasted in large factory units that can quickly roast very large quantities of lower quality coffee to a drinkable standard. If coffee is consumed within 4 weeks of its roasted date, the complex oils that create the majority of the coffee flavours are still present, so consuming freshly slow roasted coffee is a remarkably better experience than consuming flash-roasted coffee past its 4 week prime. Supermarket coffee is flash-roasted and typically between 12 and 48 weeks old when sold and consumed.

About Tastiera Services Ltd (CoffeeBeanShop.co.uk (http://www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk/Index.htm))

Tastiera Services is a small coffee roastery based in rural Kent, specialising in coffee roasting using traditional methods. They supply coffee to consumers throughout the UK from their online website at www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk and by direct arrangements. They also supply coffee freshly roasted to their trade customers including restaurants, coffee shops and hotels.

Contact:

Elizabeth Powell, Director

Tastiera Services Ltd (CoffeeBeanShop.co.uk)

01233 840158

www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk (http://www.coffee-bean-shop.co.uk/Index.htm)