We offer the k-cup stuff for free. I've always thought this was the best balance of choice and end-to-end cost for coffee (cost to clean up beans, machines, etc.).
Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Feb 8, 2013, at 8:09 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > I answered a "how" we provide coffee question here a while back: > http://www.quora.com/Coworking/Whats-the-best-way-of-providing-coffee-in-my-new-coworking-space/answer/Alex-Hillman?srid=xym&st=ns > > We've since added a new Chemex pourover, and an espresso machine that gets > daily use, but not a lot. > > But as I mention in my Quora post, it's the beans that are worth spending the > money on. Almost daily we get comments about how great our coffee is, even > the stuff that just comes out of the commercial drip setup. It comes down to > 1) a decent water filter + 2) the best local, fresh roasted beans you can > buy, ground to use. We picked up a commercial coffee grinder like the ones > you see in a grocery store last year after killing a bunch of consumer burr > grinders and it's been awesome. > > But back to your question about budgeting for coffee, we spent $5600 in 2012 > on beans and related supplies, up from $3500 in 2011. That's $110/week on > average. I hesitate to crunch that number down to the individual day or even > person, because it would not be representative of anything worth making > decisions based upon. > > But I'd also urge you to rethink your strategy about comparing your > membership costs to cups of coffee at Starbucks. You're selling something > that Starbucks can't offer (and I'm not talking about the space), so price > fixing against them (and worse, below them) for the sake of marketing sounds > like a decision that you'll regret before long. > > Think about the value you're offering. It should be a LOT more than the > coffee. Why price yourself below coffee costs? > > Furthermore, anyone drinking 10 cups of coffee in a day is likely to be a > short term member, given the likelihood that their heart explodes from > over-caffeination ;) > > Bottom line takeaways: > 1) Buy the best coffee you can afford. Buy fresh, local beans. Grind every > pot fresh. Your members will thank you, and tell their friends. > 2) Price on value, not on your "competition". Starbucks probably isn't your > competition. > > -Alex > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Feb 7, 2013, at 3:50 AM, Tom Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry for the double post but looking through your cost figures reminded me >> of something. One of the scary big numbers on our business plan is for >> coffee (and tea, hey we're Brits!)- could you give us an idea of how much >> coffee people drink per day on average (I could ask you for your total >> spend, but from what I remember the cost of coffee differs a fair bit over >> there)? >> >> As an aside, one of my key principles in attracting people to want to join >> the space we're building is the promise that no membership will ever cost >> more per hour than a cup of coffee from Starbucks (and who wants to work >> there?). So even at the drop in/associate level at £20/day or £49/month for >> 28 hours), it's still no more than £2 an hour for membership >> >> Still, the coffee cost does worry me, and I used to sell coffee for a >> living, though that was low end vending machine instant so not much use in >> these calculations! >> >> On Tuesday, 5 February 2013 16:31:25 UTC, Alex Hillman wrote: >> I spent some time last night summarizing some figures from our 2012 P&L >> along with some insights and interpretations related to the numbers that >> people might find valuable for doing their own analysis & projections. >> >> For reference, 2012 was Indy Hall's 5th full year of operation, and included >> the 3rd major expansion of our workspace. >> >> Enjoy! >> >> http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2013/02/indy-hall-2012-reviewing-our-coworking-community-by-the-numbers/ >> >> -Alex >> >> -- >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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