http://www.coffeebythirty.com A story about opening a coffee shop before I turn thirty years old. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:45:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spammers. That's what. Coffeebythirty.com got hijacked by spammers. The volume of returned mail was so great, this domain alone threatened to shut down the entire web server on my shared hosting plan. Not good. Rather than have my entire account deleted, the web host and I decided it would be best if ... http://www.coffeebythirty.com/2007/06/68/ As part of opening a coffee house, one key bit of research is to visit other area coffee houses and determine what they do well/poorly. Here in my town, we have about sixty houses from local mom-and-pops to the Big Green Mermaid. I've visited them all. Today I started to revisit ... http://www.coffeebythirty.com/2006/08/66/ I've been thinking about this post for a long time. Coffee by Thirty isn't going to happen. There will be a coffee house, but the 30 part is dwindling. Coffee by Thirty came very, very close to happening back in January. Had the timing been a little different or the sun shone ... http://www.coffeebythirty.com/2006/08/65/ Coffee by Thirty doesn't have a sales tax ID yet; with tax ID's come a whole new slew of headaches, so we're holding off until we actually need it. Having completed a glorious year of Silver Leaf, though, we obviously sold stuff. Thankfully, the state of Michigan makes this easy ... http://www.coffeebythirty.com/2006/08/67/ I'm not complaining in the least bit, but all of you who purchased an iced coffee or smoothie last Saturday at Silver Leaf made me drive to Grand Rapids and back to Battle Creek Saturday night. Thanks to you all, we had a banner weekend. The Hummingbird Coffee House blew through ... http://www.coffeebythirty.com/2006/07/64/ Each week, I've been devising a special of the week to coordinate with Silver Leaf's weekly themes. Wonders of the East weekend brought us Vietnamese Iced Coffee. Celtic Celebration week brought the Iced Nutty Irishman. Both went over very well. This week's theme is Coronation & Commencement, in which Silver Leaf ... http://www.coffeebythirty.com/2006/07/63/ Silver Leaf is getting really, really close. Equipment and supplies are streaming in and cluttering every room in the house. I have $500 worth of chocolate sauce in my bedroom. A bulk coffee grinder in the hall, and a Mazzer Mini, still in the box, in the middle of ... http://www.coffeebythirty.com/2006/06/62/ Coffee by 30 is delighted to annouce it will play a role in the 2006 season of the Silver Leaf Renaissance Festival as Hummingbird Coffee House. The Hummingbird will offer a variety of coffees, smoothies, pastries and other coffee house items for your culinary pleasure and caffeine fixes. As a huge ren ... http://www.coffeebythirty.com/2006/06/61/ I'm updating the back end of the web site. Hopefully, everything will be transparent on your end, though I'm sorry in advance should anything blow up. Update:Upgrade successful, and everything appears to be just peachy. http://www.coffeebythirty.com/2006/05/60/ I'm battered, bruised, and sore in various places, but I survived the National Restaurant Association's annual trade show. It took exactly two days to go through all the booths, and I certainly have the loot to show for it, not to mention the piles of food I ate, from gelato ... http://www.coffeebythirty.com/2006/05/59/