Come Monday [Some Changes]
I don’t even like Jimmy Buffet, but I think of what will be different on Monday morning at Everyday Joe’s and the song just enters my head.
At Everyday Joe’s, we constantly look for ways to increase opportunities to talk to you, improve quality, and be a better business. A few things coming up will breach all three of these fronts, so let’s chat about them.
TALKING TO YOU
For 7.5 years now, we’ve brewed the majority of our coffee using the french press. This is not changing. What is changing is how we serve that coffee to you.
The brew has always resided in an airpot, and we’ve always handed you a cup so you can go and serve yourself. A bit ago, we thought “Hang on here! Why are we sending our dear friends away from us when we could see them more??!!!??!?!?”
Enter these slick things:
That is a picture of our new thermal carafes. The carafes we will SERVE you your french press coffee from. It is more time with you. It also eliminates the disappointing “bottom of the airpot” experience we all dread and loathe. This, then brings us to our next topic…
QUALITY
Airpots are convenient. A nice invention, even. But, that initial burst of air it takes to get the coffee from the pot, out the spout, and into your cup can really kill the brew’s most wonderful tastes. Now, we just pour it into your mug and you enjoy.
This change in process accompanies some changes in our menu layout & offerings as well. We hope the new layout will make it easier to find what you want to drink, and we hope the change in offerings will do the same. You’ll have to come in and say hi to see those changes, though (wink wink nudge nudge).
Continuing on the quality front. Check this out with thine eyeballs:
That’s our new syrup selection…and our new syrups!
We made the decision a while ago to switch brands to our new friends at Sweetbird. We believe the quality of these syrups better matches up with the quality of coffee and milk we use. And -- for those who are into it -- they are vegan. And the raspberry tastes like raspberries. And the schnozberries taste like schnozberries. And in the cup, they look like syrup instead of sugar water.
“But wait! There are so few! Why! Why! WHHHHYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!???!”
Glad you asked.
BUSINESS TIME
We have the desire to be good stewards of our resources: this building, our volunteers, our community, and our funds. Having 10 bottles of syrup sitting out in case someone might want that flavor sometime is not good stewardship. It is money sitting on the shelves. The syrups go bad and have to be thrown away. We thought long and hard about this and surveyed folks. This step reduces costs and waste….and they taste so good I want to try a flavored latte for the first time in 2 years.
The Sweetbird syrups do cost a tiny bit more, though. That -- along with a rise in our milk prices -- have necessitated a price increase. It isn’t much (about 20 cents), but it should help around here. We also believe the new prices reflect the quality of beverages we are making, without gouging your pocketbook. We worked hard on this as well: checking out the nationwide coffee house prices as well as local ones, talking with folks who have been in this business for a LOOOOOOOONG time, and straining our eyes and brains while obsessing over spreadsheets of costs and percentages.
Everyday Joe’s is about serving you and creating a place where we can be a benefit to the community. Thank you for being with us through the journey. It is a fun one, even when it involves spreadsheets. Everyday Joe’s loves you very, very much.
And now, Jimmy Buffet:
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