Are there any coffee snobs out there?

[toomuchfuel]

Well you would have to agree that any life style suggested by Tim would have to involve some damn good coffee! Well I was a spectator in a barista competition a few years ago and from then on was hooked, I spent hours (all of which were pleasurable) sourcing the best beans and learnig the best etchnique for making coffee, two things I learnt, the best coffee is made by those who just love to make great coffee for other peoples pleasure, secondly the best beans are the ones you select and roast yourself. Then I met Tim. Well there were a bundle of muse's but I wanted a consumable, many deliberations over coffee took place; now many of you are thinking, yeah right, good luck competing against the thousands of worldwide wellers out there! That's exactly what I thought. But. To sell roasted beans there would have to be something significantly different about how mine are sold and they would also require a guarantee like the $100 french shirts Tim mentions in his book, a 200% return if not completely sattisfied. I also thought that all my competitors sell from 10 - 30 different beans, I would sell just one, that's right, just one. I would hire a marketing company to create a web site that eludes to the fact that we have spent so much time on perfecting just one bean, we guarantee it 200%! The web site would of course bee all alluring and mouth watering, but a coffee roaster that only has one bean with a 200% guarantee, I think the majorites curiousity would have to give it a go, and then they're hooked. Well I welcome your feedback, especially all those coffee lovers, oh and btw it is an exceptional roast of bean.

[JFrenzel]

Well,

I hope you do your research. BTW some of the best beans are from Nicaragua, my dad had a lot of acreage out there back in the day. But the way the beans are roasted makes a huge difference.


MIcro test it and research enough.


Cheers

Jose

[webgal]

I think those niche roasters do rather well. I prefer the small to the starbucks. I order from Calif. coffee roasters. And there's one locally. So I'm a coffee snob, kona being a favorite along with ethiopian harr harr. My Dad jokes with me about that one. But he sure loves to get it as a gift.

Let us know the results of your search.

[mrhead]

I swear I just had this exact same idea 2 days ago..a niche coffee supply website; it's the perfect source of residual income. Coffee drinkers typically are addicted to the coffee they drink and feel they "need" it before they can do anything else(I used to drink a pot a day religiously).

All one would have to do is find a good bean supplier or drop shipper, get a good number of repeat customers, and you'd be set for life.

So I have to ask, it's been almost a month since you posted this idea; have you gotten anywhere with it? Do you have good news to share with us? Are you sipping martinis on a beach and don't even bother with posting in this forum anymore? Have you gone bankrupt because you ended up drinking all of your product?

-mrhead

[syndaddy]

a couple of months ago i was visiting a friend in austin tx. he fixed me some a cup of coffee that blew me away, we drank the whole pot. he has since moved and i have lost track with him. does anyone know how to find texas acid house coffee i can't find it anywhere on the web and no listing in austin.

[Caesar_X]

I love coffee and have mine delivered from a local importer/roaster. So I think there's a good business there.

But a muse? Where's the 8x markup? I can't see anyone selling $6/pound (i.e. crappy) beans for $48.

Think information. Is there a cd or dvd product you could develop to turn someone into a "coffee expert"? I bet there is.

[Caesar_X]

Here's a good example of someone selling information about coffee at a good markup. $79.95 for a 26-minute dvd!

http://www.espressovivace.com/books_videos.html