Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Denver Area Coffee Shop

I recently came across a coffee shop in the Denver area called, “Dazbog Coffee.” There are about six locations in Colorado. I saw a guy wearing one of their shirts recently at a part in San Diego and ask him a few questions about the coffee house. From his “testimonial” it is the place to go! The shirts are very creative and seem to be well received by the public. I guess the coffee is pretty good too. I would love to hear feedback from others who have gone to the shop and their results!

Here is the website

Saturday, July 07, 2007

Coffee Shop Marketing

One of the things Bean Wear is in the planning stages is helping Coffee Shops around the U.S. market their businesses. The new website is in the making, and we will be offering advertising opportunities and also personal marketing assistance. In other words, if you are a coffee shop owner in need of ideas to grow your business, stay tune for help. In the mean time, we are here to help. We can help create a website, logos, marketing advice, etc.

If you have comments, questions or ideas of how we can help you, let us know as well!

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Dunkin Donuts

I just returned from a family vacation in the Northeast: Boston, New Hampshire and Maine. There is still one major coffee shop that rules the Northeast, and it is NOT Starbucks. Dunkin Donuts reign up and down each highway I drove. Most of my east coast friends who live in my city, San Diego, have talked positively about the Dunkin Coffee. When I go back east, I make it a point to try it. During my 10 day trip, I had Dunkin coffee twice!

My conclusion about Dunkin Donuts coffee is quite simple: 1) It taste great if you eat a donut and sip your coffee together. 2) It is better than Starbucks (for what it’s worth) 3) It taste terrible without a donut 4) It taste even worse when it is lukewarm. I experienced all four conclusions during my two trips to Dunkin!

One last thing that disturbed my east coast visit this time was that there did not seem to be a lot of locals that really knew a lot about a perfect cup of coffee. The ones I met enjoyed the stuff but just did not have much to compare besides Starbucks and Dunkin. We need to market independent coffee shops in the northeast more than ever before!