Your Daily Grind

    What a trifecta: coffee-tea-chocolate

By owningacaforcoffeeshop

It is not often that a dedicated coffee roaster, an experienced tea expert and a quality chocolatier come together under one roof and provide an eager public a multitude of pleasures. Enter Two Cracks Coffee, Seven Seas Tea and Temper Temper Fine Chocolate of Cowaramup on the outskirts of Margaret River, WA. It is no…

  Venn a four-letter word that is worth uttering  

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Add the word coffee and bingo you have an amazing establishment that is fast becoming the soul of WA’s East Vic Park. A huge compliment yet a worthy accolade. Enter owners and founders Matt and Ash Kenworthy. Built on the back of what was once a small yet busy café these two have now redefined…

Amazingly successful yet without the fanfare!

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One major player in the hospitality scene in WA is leading by example, showcasing how a coffee roasting enterprise can offer and tick so many additional boxes. The business is Brew Coffee Roasters. The brainchild of owner and founder Peter Barile. This switched-on businessman has not come this far without hard work, sacrifices and an…

Striving for continued excellence

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So many owners in hospitality on achieving success tend to rest on their laurels and cease to refine and improve their business. Not so for the amazing couple behind Bayside Barista. One would think after receiving award after award Andrew and Kalina would simply sit back and enjoy social games of tennis and long romantic…

Always strive for perfection!

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A task that often is put in the too hard basket by owners in hospitality. Thankfully this concept is embraced wholeheartedly by Maureen and Kunal Chandawani, owners of Vic Parks popular Bespoke Café.   Up to 15 hardworking, professional, and happy staff are constantly prepared and willing to create an environment in which satisfaction and…

Love tea then love this company

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Who would have known that in little old Perth there is a company that has access to some of the finest teas produced in this great world of ours, from the Huangshan province of China to other select regions of Asia?   Simon Attenborough owner, and founder of High Mountain Tea Co is a name…

Can they get any better?

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Well Groundswell Coffee come Frothin Coffee Roasters are endeavouring to achieve just that by adding to their sensational array of coffees with, wait for it, roasted cocoa delivering chocolate that may make a certain Tasmanian chocolate manufacturer blush. This amazingly run operation has evolved over time becoming one of the most respected hospitality establishments in…

The price of that cup of coffee!

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In many circumstances owners simply go with the flow and match a competitor’s price on coffee. There is often a reluctance of setting a higher price due to a perceived customer backlash. From a customer’s perspective multiple considerations come into play when determining their willingness to purchase a coffee. Some are happy to receive their…

Back in time!

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Every so often a business pops up that just makes you say, how cool are they. Once upon a time flour mills were the lifeblood of communities and now Mark and Rachel Taylor of Miller and Baker have bought the past to the present. In 2019 a new local flour mill was created, using a…

Bucking the odds

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It is rare a business originating from humble beginnings in small community-based markets can metamorphasize into a major player within the hospitality scene. A company who has indeed bucked such odds is Don Massimo Coffee and its success can be attributed to founders and owners, former corporate players now partners in both business and in…