Good News!
My wife and I, sat down and calculated how well we were doing with coffee.
We’ve sold a lot of coffee but until we sat and calculated cost vs profit there was no way of knowing if we were losing money.
After a little over a year and eight conventions we’re making more money then we’re spending on coffee. It’s not a lot more but enough to justify continuing.
So we will have coffee beans available for Ottawa Comic Con, Creative Ottawa Nerds Craft Fair, and possible Geek Market.
What’s Next?
There were two choices for the future. Either we continue the way we have or we expand production and try to streamline our process. We’ll be going with option two and expanding our production.
It’s a risk but hopefully, with your help, it’ll pay off.
What does that Mean?
It means selling more coffee and being smart about it.
Buying in bulk
This year we’ve been buying what we need for each convention and nothing more. However the more you buy of something the cheaper it becomes. This year has proven that there’s a demand for good flavoured coffee and I can stop worrying about ending up with useless supplies. (I hope)
Roaster
Currently it takes me, depending on the roast, 7-12 minutes per 100g bag of coffee. If you consider that on average we make roughly 25 bags that size and 40 smaller bags. That means it takes me roughly 5+ hours for a moderately sized con.
My hopes are to buy a roaster on Boxing Day. The roaster I want can roast 900g per batch and will take around 15-20 minutes per batch. It should also allow for a more even roast and a darker dark roast.
Core Flavours
I need your help.
I want to have a core amount of flavours that will always be available at a convention. I was thinking one of each kind of roast (Light, Medium, or Dark.
Please vote below on your favourite of each category and between that and demand I’ll decide on the core flavours.
Light
Favourite Ligth Roast
- Coconut - Jack Coco'Oneill (44%, 7 Votes)
- Butter Rum - Spiked Coffee (38%, 6 Votes)
- Banana - Minion Coffee (19%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 16
Medium
Favourite Medium Roast
- Chocolate - Davroast (44%, 7 Votes)
- Peanut Butter - Jabba the Peanut (38%, 6 Votes)
- Raspberry - Red Pill (19%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 16
Dark
Favourite Dark Roast
- Cinnamon - Raktajino (100%, 15 Votes)
- Key Line - Key Lime PI (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 15
Future Ideas
Below are a series of options for possible future coffee products. Please vote.
Decaf
Would you buy decaf versions of our coffee?
- No (60%, 9 Votes)
- Maybe (27%, 4 Votes)
- Yes even if a little more expensive (13%, 2 Votes)
- Yes but ionly at the same price (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 15
Grinder
Would you buy a grinder?
- No (40%, 6 Votes)
- Maybe (27%, 4 Votes)
- Yes (Branded JenEric Gourmet Coffee) (20%, 3 Votes)
- Yes (With Geeky themes) (13%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 15
Unflavoured
Would you buy regular unflavoured coffee? (Still Geeky themed and Fair Trade / Organic)
- Yes at the same price (36%, 5 Votes)
- No (29%, 4 Votes)
- Maybe (21%, 3 Votes)
- Yes at a cheaper price only (14%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 14
Now I’m going to go make myself a coffee. Thank you for all your help!
Éric
I think the poll is broken but I am advocating for a Medium Blend and the Grinder
Hi,
There are 5 polls in the post. The first three are to choose a flavour from each sort of roast.
Are you not seeing the polls?
This sounds super exciting!! You guys make amazing coffee 🙂