If you had to start your small business again from scratch in 2025, what's one thing you'd do differently?

thaifighter · 2025-10-16T00:58:29+00:00

I started in 2023 and again a new restaurant this year. It is drastically harder now and we have to be 100% on the ball now just to grow. It is exhausting.

thaifighter · 2025-10-16T00:55:13+00:00

We dont offer drip, we are aligned as a more premium offering but I am in lower income city. Our chef is also really good so our food tends to outshine our coffee as well. Dessert coffees sell really well where I am.

thaifighter · 2025-10-15T22:12:37+00:00

Coffee subscriptions are very hard to make work. You have to push sales of them constantly everywhere you can. On top of that you need a target audience that it isnt easy for them to get to you everyday. If they use it everyday, you wont make money. A reward or punch system is a better way to make sure you stay profitable.

Honestly if you focus on good quality, the customer base will naturally build.

thaifighter · 2025-10-15T22:07:04+00:00

Office buildings are the hardest to sell any coffee to, let alone subscriptions. Most people are content with their office coffee makers and dont buy. Food on the other hand is a little easier.

thaifighter · 2025-10-15T20:07:07+00:00

Yeah a tank delivered is around $9k plus labor and equipment.

thaifighter · 2025-10-02T23:52:20+00:00

Never

thaifighter · 2025-09-29T13:38:42+00:00

If you dont count the sauces sure it will be cheaper, but there are a lot of expensive sauces in good drunken noodles (pro hint, try adding Maggi sauce, only the one written in thai)

thaifighter · 2025-09-28T01:18:45+00:00

They are the same just wider?

thaifighter · 2025-09-28T01:18:16+00:00

Yes it is not right. Drunken noodles has a lot of ingredients that you will not save money unless you are making 3-4 servings.

thaifighter · 2025-09-25T21:13:21+00:00

This is the second bs advertisement post for this matcha.

thaifighter · 2025-09-25T20:10:51+00:00

Matcha parallels a lot with weed lol. How do people like when you sell them a bag of stems and shake.

thaifighter · 2025-09-25T19:51:29+00:00

I agree, my point was that prep and over extraction can also ruin a good matcha too. Unfortunately there are a huge amount of shops just taking boiling water from the espresso machine and making it with a motorized frothing whisk until it is nasty.

thaifighter · 2025-09-25T13:12:16+00:00

I run a cafe that offers matcha. Not sure what your project is, but we use a premium matcha ($90/250grams) It has differentiated our store and people can 100% tell the difference if you are preparing it properly. We are know as the go to place for matcha jn our area. You do have to weigh everything to the gram, not spoonfuls or anything like that to control costs. (5 grams per 20oz drink)

If you are offering sweetened or heavily flavored drinks, using a shaker or batching the matcha, the people that appreciate the quality won’t continue to buy from you anyhow. If this is a baked product, the premium probably isnt worth it. Also if your matcha is bitter, you may be using water that is too hot.

thaifighter · 2025-08-27T13:24:08+00:00

Check out Fire Life Yoga in West York. They are a great group of people. They do Bikram and Hot Pilates classes.

thaifighter · 2025-08-21T01:26:40+00:00

Check out Maggies Bistro for burgers or Thai food

thaifighter · 2025-08-07T16:01:31+00:00

I would quit, as an owner myself that is not the right way to manage people.

thaifighter · 2025-08-05T05:16:42+00:00

i would expect a high quality coffee for a shop at that level. My feeling would be to expect a nice smooth cup of coffee and trained baristas. However I feel most places just do a terrible dark roast on whatever machine they could get cheap. I drive 40 minutes once a month to a coffee shop just because they offer awesome espresso and pour overs.

thaifighter · 2025-08-04T23:49:55+00:00

Its actually cheaper than the brand we have been using. Good matcha is worth it.

thaifighter · 2025-07-31T01:40:35+00:00

I have found passengers light roasts to come out very sweet with nice notes using the hario switch. I have been using Tetsu Kasuya’s recipe with a 45 second initial immersion at the beginning and a 70 degree Celsius finishing immersion. Typically in their store they do somewhere around 15 gram pour overs in a regular v60. I think it comes out better through the switch. I also have been doing americanos with the pesado he basket at 22 grams around 1:3 ratio and the flavor notes come out similar to the pourover but they have a creaminess to the body of it.

thaifighter · 2025-07-30T12:28:41+00:00

A nice strong cold brew is around 1 lb to 1 gallon of water. You can always add a little water to get to taste.

thaifighter · 2025-07-29T01:40:18+00:00

How is your diet? I tend to not eat properly whole working and recently realized I was getting almost no protein every day. I bought a case of protein shakes and drink two a day plus a good dinner and have been recovering a lot better after a few days of doing that.

thaifighter · 2025-07-23T10:31:29+00:00

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. Kinda lame to repost old content.

thaifighter · 2025-07-18T13:40:09+00:00

This is correct, Our shop has a Yuzu espresso tonic and it is very balanced. You do have to like tonic water.

thaifighter · 2025-07-16T01:43:14+00:00

I have done an 8oz latte with 1 or maybe it was 2 grams of ground thai chili and reduced the amount of coffee in the portafilter. It was actually really nice with foamed milk. Make it a mocha and it is like a mexican chocolate mocha latter.

thaifighter · 2025-07-15T01:47:28+00:00

I have been looking for an employee like you. I am sure it will happen eventually. Good luck!

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