JoeyH

Phahah that's great

Yeeaahhh

LuckyMcSwervy

***Well this thread kinda crashed and burned, didn't it?

I'm surprised no one has suggested you contribute to the gallery so it doesn't "crash and burn".


Well, me being a dude would mean that I would have to post in the other thread. But you can feel free to contribute to help the cause

BillyVance

***Well this thread kinda crashed and burned, didn't it?

A 7 year old thread???

Damn... looking at some of the posters who posted in this thread...

Whatever happened to Acmeskydiver?

Hasn't logged in in a month according to their profile.

I'm somewhat of a noob to this site so ill ask, why is anything from Africa considered a scam?

Well this thread kinda crashed and burned, didn't it?

LuckyMcSwervy

******I wish you guys would quit gloating.
It hurts those of us who were left out.

Don't worry, I was left out too.

Maybe she didn't want you to piss it away trying to open a coffee shop on a DZ.

Sorry... couldn't resist.

Phahaha good one Nah, I have given up on that idea. Lol

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4551122;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

ryoder

I wish you guys would quit gloating.
It hurts those of us who were left out.

Don't worry, I was left out too.

Conspiracy

*********....my 2 cents, wait til you graduate to start jumping...

I started at 19, going to the DZ every weekend to jump, and skipping night time college activities so I could get up and head to the DZ and pack tandems all day...

I loved it for a while. I would make 5-6 jumps a weekend and would make enough money to pay for my jumps and walk away with some cash. Then I started realizing what I was missing. I gave up college parties and spending time with friends to hang out with people I would only see on the weekends and were 10+ years older than me. I loved my sky family, but felt I wasn't being a college kid.

College is a great time. So is skydiving. Point is, you won't be in college forever, but can skydive any time after that.

I am part of a RAVE family that i go out with every 2-3 weeks...but it used to be every weekend ;) ...they know whats up now, especially since its all i talk about around them. Hell, im taking two of them my next jump day, 2 free jumps for me ;)

...And BASE is next year...Bridge Day 2014 :D
Should have 100 skydives by then.

Don't forget your wingsuit and GoPro, please

Phahaha! ;) just ordered my Vampire5! On a serious note...Ill take the advice and wait till i have my D for BASE.
That's good :)

LuckyMcSwervy

***Just drink yer plastic cupped "coffee" and hush up then.

Do you drink that monkey poo coffee??? I'm the wimpiest coffee drinker out there. I'm so sheltered.

Lol. The monkey poo coffee is honestly shit coffee. (Pun intended) its just different so people are raving about it.

normiss

Just drink yer plastic cupped "coffee" and hush up then.

I LAUGHED WAY TOO HARD AT THIS.

I've given up on the idea. Ill just keep coffe and jumping separate.

LuckyMcSwervy

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Did they give the customers an experience that would make them come back for more?

It's a coffee shop. At a DZ. The experience I want is coffee as fast as possible to go back to jumping. Your business model may need to be tweaked.

Exactly what I was going to write. Who has time for the full coffee shop experience except the whuffos? I get impatient at the Dunkin' Donuts drive in if it takes more than 60 seconds in the morning rush. Half coffee/half skim milk. Ain't that hard, folks.

Speed is part of that experience. If fast service is the experience that you need to come back then that's what they need to give. I never said a "full coffee shop experience" I said and experience that made people want to come back. There is a way to give a cool laid back experience while still getting your drink out in -70 seconds. The coffee shop I'm at now is in an office building full of impatient attorneys who are rushing to get to work. I know what you are talking about.

I just ASSUMED it was the full coffee shop type experience since you said you loved being a barista and then posted a photo with a fancy design on top of the coffee or whatever type of drink that is.

Personally, I'm a Keurig machine girl. If a DZ put a Keurig machine on the counter near the manifest window or somewhere else easily accessible I'd think I was in Heaven.

Or just a Gravity pot full of good coffee that gets refilled when it needs it.

Someone does that at my DZ with the DD Box O' Joe thing on the weekends (along with DD donuts). It's a really sweet gesture by a long time jumper but I never touch the coffee. The Keurig machine would make me happier. It's the novelty of it.

I said GOOD coffee... If you tasted my coffee, you wouldnt want to drink Keurig coffee again if you had a choice. lol Trust me. I loved the Keurig before I got into specialty coffee.

Good is subjective. I pick Keurig for taste and convenience (including clean up).

Hey, maybe I'm not the best person to comment on this since I'm just a medium roast, half skim milk girl. Very boring and basic. You can't teach this old dog new tricks.

Good is subjective to an extent. But not here. Lets go back to burgers. NOBODY would argue that a fresh, home made, hand seasoned, grilled burger isn't good compared to a McDouble from McDonalds. Or that a Hand craft, micro brewed beer isnt better than a 211. :)

LuckyMcSwervy

I see you have 5 hours in the tunnel. I don't know about you but tunnel time is exhausting to me! Especially when you're scheduled to fly overnight.

Hmmm... espresso shots, turbo coffee at the tunnel...

There you go. You're welcome.

LOL a small pop up coffee bar at the tunnel in Colorado? lol.

LuckyMcSwervy

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Did they give the customers an experience that would make them come back for more?

It's a coffee shop. At a DZ. The experience I want is coffee as fast as possible to go back to jumping. Your business model may need to be tweaked.

Exactly what I was going to write. Who has time for the full coffee shop experience except the whuffos? I get impatient at the Dunkin' Donuts drive in if it takes more than 60 seconds in the morning rush. Half coffee/half skim milk. Ain't that hard, folks.

Speed is part of that experience. If fast service is the experience that you need to come back then that's what they need to give. I never said a "full coffee shop experience" I said and experience that made people want to come back. There is a way to give a cool laid back experience while still getting your drink out in -70 seconds. The coffee shop I'm at now is in an office building full of impatient attorneys who are rushing to get to work. I know what you are talking about.

I just ASSUMED it was the full coffee shop type experience since you said you loved being a barista and then posted a photo with a fancy design on top of the coffee or whatever type of drink that is.

Personally, I'm a Keurig machine girl. If a DZ put a Keurig machine on the counter near the manifest window or somewhere else easily accessible I'd think I was in Heaven.

Or just a Gravity pot full of good coffee that gets refilled when it needs it.

Someone does that at my DZ with the DD Box O' Joe thing on the weekends (along with DD donuts). It's a really sweet gesture by a long time jumper but I never touch the coffee. The Keurig machine would make me happier. It's the novelty of it.

I said GOOD coffee... If you tasted my coffee, you wouldnt want to drink Keurig coffee again if you had a choice. lol Trust me. I loved the Keurig before I got into specialty coffee.

LuckyMcSwervy

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Did they give the customers an experience that would make them come back for more?

It's a coffee shop. At a DZ. The experience I want is coffee as fast as possible to go back to jumping. Your business model may need to be tweaked.

Exactly what I was going to write. Who has time for the full coffee shop experience except the whuffos? I get impatient at the Dunkin' Donuts drive in if it takes more than 60 seconds in the morning rush. Half coffee/half skim milk. Ain't that hard, folks.

Speed is part of that experience. If fast service is the experience that you need to come back then that's what they need to give. I never said a "full coffee shop experience" I said and experience that made people want to come back. There is a way to give a cool laid back experience while still getting your drink out in -70 seconds. The coffee shop I'm at now is in an office building full of impatient attorneys who are rushing to get to work. I know what you are talking about.

I just ASSUMED it was the full coffee shop type experience since you said you loved being a barista and then posted a photo with a fancy design on top of the coffee or whatever type of drink that is.

Personally, I'm a Keurig machine girl. If a DZ put a Keurig machine on the counter near the manifest window or somewhere else easily accessible I'd think I was in Heaven.

Or just a Gravity pot full of good coffee that gets refilled when it needs it.

dirtbox

I'd like it but you'd have t try outside the US...you guys are all clueless as to what good coffee is...

Trust me, I know what good coffee is.

normiss

I still don't understand the draw to Dunkin' or The Bucks.

Fresh ground coffee, made at home, erry day.
Tastier AND cheaper.

Ralphie May - Cuban coffee
Dirty white people at The Bucks

Really the draw to Starbucks is the fact that all of the "Cool" people are seen with Starbucks cups. The fact of the matter is: STARBUCKS SUCKS. Starbucks is like the McDonalds of the coffee world.

Coffee has a max whole bean life of 20 days after roast. Typically you don't want to serve after 14. Coffee tastes best 7 days after roast. So that gives you about 7 days of serve time.

Coffee loses 95% of flavor, aromatics, and caffeine less than 15 minutes after it is ground.

so how is it that Starbucks serves coffee that was roasted 7 months ago and ground days before they use it? they use a preservative/flavor enhancer. Starbucks and DD coats the outside of their beans with propylene glycol. this not only "Keeps coffee fresh (Complete bullshit)" but allows you to add artificial flavors to the beans. In fact, Starbucks adds COFFEE FLAVORING to their beans

In any chain, consistency is key. How does Starbucks have the same flavored beans in all 10000 stores world wide? every farm is different and tastes different. They over roast the beans to the point of being burnt so that all of the coffee tastes the same.

So with Burnt, stale, Chemically enhanced coffee that isint brewed correctly... NO WONDER STARBUCKS SUCKS

normiss

I still don't understand the draw to Dunkin' or The Bucks.

Fresh ground coffee, made at home, erry day.
Tastier AND cheaper.

Ralphie May - Cuban coffee
Dirty white people at The Bucks

Where do you get your coffee? What brewing method do you use? I LOVE COFFEE CONVERSATIONS! lol

JoeyH

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Did they give the customers an experience that would make them come back for more?

It's a coffee shop. At a DZ. The experience I want is coffee as fast as possible to go back to jumping. Your business model may need to be tweaked.

Exactly what I was going to write. Who has time for the full coffee shop experience except the whuffos? I get impatient at the Dunkin' Donuts drive in if it takes more than 60 seconds in the morning rush. Half coffee/half skim milk. Ain't that hard, folks.

Speed is part of that experience. If fast service is the experience that you need to come back then that's what they need to give. I never said a "full coffee shop experience" I said and experience that made people want to come back. There is a way to give a cool laid back experience while still getting your drink out in -70 seconds. The coffee shop I'm at now is in an office building full of impatient attorneys who are rushing to get to work. I know what you are talking about.

I would also like to point out that only one person has entertained the bar part of this idea...

LuckyMcSwervy

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Did they give the customers an experience that would make them come back for more?

It's a coffee shop. At a DZ. The experience I want is coffee as fast as possible to go back to jumping. Your business model may need to be tweaked.

Exactly what I was going to write. Who has time for the full coffee shop experience except the whuffos? I get impatient at the Dunkin' Donuts drive in if it takes more than 60 seconds in the morning rush. Half coffee/half skim milk. Ain't that hard, folks.

Speed is part of that experience. If fast service is the experience that you need to come back then that's what they need to give. I never said a "full coffee shop experience" I said and experience that made people want to come back. There is a way to give a cool laid back experience while still getting your drink out in -70 seconds. The coffee shop I'm at now is in an office building full of impatient attorneys who are rushing to get to work. I know what you are talking about.

Conspiracy

***....my 2 cents, wait til you graduate to start jumping...

I started at 19, going to the DZ every weekend to jump, and skipping night time college activities so I could get up and head to the DZ and pack tandems all day...

I loved it for a while. I would make 5-6 jumps a weekend and would make enough money to pay for my jumps and walk away with some cash. Then I started realizing what I was missing. I gave up college parties and spending time with friends to hang out with people I would only see on the weekends and were 10+ years older than me. I loved my sky family, but felt I wasn't being a college kid.

College is a great time. So is skydiving. Point is, you won't be in college forever, but can skydive any time after that.

I am part of a RAVE family that i go out with every 2-3 weeks...but it used to be every weekend ;) ...they know whats up now, especially since its all i talk about around them. Hell, im taking two of them my next jump day, 2 free jumps for me ;)

...And BASE is next year...Bridge Day 2014 :D
Should have 100 skydives by then.

Not telling you what to do and what not to, but i would wait to start BASE. Even at 100 jumps, you will still be relatively inexperienced. Hold off.

promise5

Coffee is heaven in a cup!!!
I would love a coffee shop at a DZ, but then with the amount of coffee I drink I think I could support a shop with my business alone.

I agree 100%. I love being a barista... Mainly because I get to do this all day: (See attachment)

Southern_Man

Coffee shops need quite a bit of volume to support themselves. If Eloy can't do it...

Exactly what I was thinking. But then it goes back to the reason they went out of business. Did they have a good product? MORE IMPORTANTLY: Did they give the customers an experience that would make them come back for more? Its hard to say why they didnt last. But i am slowly giving up on the idea