Thanks joey
Huub... while busy with finalising the business plan, casing out locations, gathering investors, blah blah, I'm still educating myself on the wonderful world of coffee. Without going into too much detail, before I start, I want to be able to do it right... or not at all. I spent several weeks at the Mocca Club and it was an eye-opening experience
So, lots of thanks to Joey for showing me all the guts to running a great place - the good, the bad, the difficult, the easy, but most of all the passion and the fun! And she's still mentoring me
Despite all that, I still have lots to learn and have my tongue in-training on tasting the subtleties in coffee. How could I pick a bean, much less talk about it, if I can't quite grasp it myself?
Don't listen to joey about staff... she's got a great staff! Heee heee... I'm going to steal one of hers... after all, he's Dutch!
So, he belongs back here!!! All kidding aside, I'm going to have to borrow him in my opening stages... for training purposes too
In an ideal world, I wish it was all a reality now, never mind hoping to get things on the ground in 6-9 months time. I'm confident that what I could do now will be lots better than what's currently served in NL and that the general public could/would appreciate/notice the better quality. I've tested on about 50 brutally-honest Dutch friends/neighbours/ex-colleagues who are enthusiastic - and more aware of their product choices now
What I don't want is some geeks coming in thinking, "On no, not another one selling stuff she knows nothing about". After all, you only get to make your 1st impression, once. Hmmm... maybe I could have an "identify yourself if you're a geek"... and then tell them to go make their own drink?