Kelly's Coffee & Fudge Factory - Coffee Franchise

Kelly's Coffee & Fudge Factory blends the rapidly expanding market of specialty coffee retailing with an extensive menu of freshly baked pastries, sandwiches, salads, and home-style fudge, which appeals to the entire family.

A sound year-round business opportunity.

Everything is manufactured daily on the premises to ensure freshness of product. Specialty coffees and specialty frozen drinks such as Mocha Freeze creates a year round draw for business.

The high-quality product assortment includes gourmet coffee drinks (hot, cold or frozen), specialty teas, a wide variety of fudge, baked goods, homemade candies, caramel apples and Rice Krispies Treats. Everything is manufactured daily on the premises to ensure freshness.

Kelly's coffees are of the highest grade (species Arabica AA&A), with the customer's order filled directly from the roaster to produce the freshest coffee available. The company also offers complete coffee brewing accessories, espresso pots, filers, grinders, cups and other paraphernalia, as well as a selection of bulk (loose) and stash (bags) teas.


Franchise Concepts

The franchise development process for Kelly's Coffee & Fudge includes a comprehensive support program beginning with real estate selection and design and concept of store. Kelly's real estate department assists with location availability and site selection. We also provide management, staff and operations training for a successful operation.

At the outset, estimated start-up fees range from $200,000 to $250,000 including franchise fee, equipment, initial supplies, deposits, insurance, leasehold improvements, architectural engineering, and initial working capital. Kelly's Franchise Operations Department will provide you with assistance researching and launching your very own Kelly's store.


Percolating for Growth, Some Site Requirements

Optimum site sizes range from 800 to 1,400 square feet. Potential sites include freestanding facilities, end caps, and pads. Also, in-line space within exceptionally well located entertainment centers, power centers, community centers,neighborhood shopping centers and malls should be considered.


Franchise Facts

Established: 1983
Franchised: 1983
US Franchises: 42
International: 1

Franchise Fee: $20,000
Cash Required: $150,000
Total Investment:
$200,000 - $300,000

Training Provided: 1 Week at HQ and 1 Week during Opening.

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Starbucks Coffee Franchise....?

Starbucks Franchise Facts

It's funny that among all the industry related searches among search engines like Google and Yahoo, the search for "Starbucks Franchise" is among the most popular. Yes thousands of people each month for one reason or another go looking for a "starbucks franchise" online.

We get this question all the time "How Much Does a Starbucks Franchise Cost?



Maybe they're looking after the Starbucks Success story around the world

However , bad news java fans, Starbucks is not a franchise!

I quote the Stabucks.com FAQ below:

Q: Does Starbucks Franchise?
A: No, Starbucks does not franchise to individuals. However, in situations in which a master concessionaire or other company controls or can provide improved access to desirable retail space (such as an airport), the Company may consider licensing its operations to such a company.

Coffee Hair Rinse

This short tips will make your hair shiny

(for brunettes and redheads)

* 8 cups warm brewed coffee

After shampooing rinse hair with coffee. Do not rinse it out. Your hair will be rich and shiny.

don't forget, no sugar Please... and no creamer

Benefits of Coffee

Researchers from the University of Scranton released on August 29, 2005 that coffee is the No. 1 source of antioxidants in the American diet. Black tea is the second. Antioxidants are substances or nutrients in foods that can prevent or slow oxidative damage to our body. When our cells utilize oxygen, they naturally produce free radicals (by-products) which can cause damage to other cells. Antioxidants act as "free radical scavengers" and hence prevent and repair damage inflicted by these free radicals. Fruits and vegetables are hailed as the richest sources of antioxidants, but this study shows that coffee is the main source from which most Americans get their antioxidants. Both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee appear to provide similar amounts of antioxidants.

By Gloria Tsang
http://www.healthcastle.com/coffee.shtml

World’s Rarest Coffee Brews - Norwegian Egg Coffee

To most people, it is quite unusual to brew coffee with an egg in it. However, this is a traditional Norwegian method for making coffee.

How to make it? First, you have to break a single
egg and mix the egg with a half a cup of water (about 120 ml) in a slow heated saucepan. Then, add a cup of ground coffee with six cups of boiling water (about 1.5 liter) and leave it to boil in slow heat for about 3-4 minutes. After that, add a half cup of very cold water and let it steep for another 9 minutes before serving.

I bet you would expect a coffee with a mixture of egg floating in it. What's unusual about this coffee is that, you will get a rich, clear coffee. This is due to the fact that the egg protein binds with the ground coffee and it settles the grounds, providing the coffee with the richness in its taste. This is when a half cup of very cold water is added suddenly to the mixture.

Note that there are many variations in making the Norwegian Egg Coffee. Some people may even use the egg together with the shell (broken up). In this case, the coffee must be carefully strained to remove pieces of egg shell. Some people may use only the egg whites. In any cases, whichever method you use, the result will still be the same, i.e. clear and rich coffee.


by sher d fly

World’s Rarest Coffee Brews - Reishi Coffee

“Reishi” means red mushrooms in Japanese. Coffee blend which include Reishi is normally consumed for the maintenance of health and general well-being. This healthy drink has been commercialized by a number of companies and has increasingly becomes common now. However, the ones produced under an American brand called ReishiGo is quite unusual.

This special blend of Reishi coffee contains the whole Reishi mushroom including the fruit body, cracked spores, and mycelium, which claims to be more potent in terms of de-oxidation and efficacy. Actually you can see the said mushroom floating in the coffee.

by Sher d.Fly

Barista..........??? mm mm mm don't know what is this about...

Barrista....?

What is this.,
kind of thing ? product, brand or profession

What is the different with Barrister...?


If you were to visit a bar or coffeeshop in Italy, you might very well encounter a uniformed bartender called a barista. In Italy, a barista is a trained mixologist familiar with both alcohol and coffee-based drinks. He or she might even wear an elaborate jacket similar to that of a bandmaster or military officer. A barista is usually treated as a respected specialist, in the same vein as a wine steward or sommelier.

When the gourmet coffee industry exploded onto the scene during the 1980s and 1990s, however, the term barista took on a slightly different meaning. A barista in the coffeehouse sense is an expert in producing espresso and espresso-based drinks. Expresso is an intensely-flavored form of coffee generally served in a small cup called a demitasse. In order to brew a perfect cup of espresso, a barista must place a measured amount of ground coffee into a wire basket and tamp it down firmly. The wire basket is then locked under the spout of an espresso machine.

A trained barista should know precisely how much hot water should be forced through the mesh and for how long. If the time is too short, the espresso will be weak and watery. If the barista spends too much time, the espresso will be too strong to drink. It is this intimate knowledge of an espresso machine's capabilities that make a good barista indispensable to a coffeeshop. A barista may also have to create a good froth from steamed milk or allow the espresso to form a natural dark layer on top called a crema.



The skills of a barista go beyond being a good coffee maker. In some coffeeshops, a barista is also expected to have a working knowledge of all of the different blends of gourmet coffees offered. Customers may also ask a barista about roasting times or which grinder settings work best. A good barista also learns different garnishing techniques, such as creating signature designs with stir sticks and cream. There are national and international barista competitions which put all of these skills to the ultimate test.


Oh almost forgot..so what is barrister...?
from Wikipedia..A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions that employ a split profession in relation to legal representation