Posts made in August, 2016


Happy Birthday Pop!! In honor of his birthday, we’re continuing this years theme with a mini-interview to get to know him a little more and see his perspective in starting SONDER Coffee. Pop- on starting a coffee shop We learned that Ernest is a man of few words, but Pop is actually even more so! This guy is totally mellow, zen, chill, but really hard working and ambitious. He owns/runs/works at two thai restaurants with his...

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I’ve gotten behind on posting; there just aren’t enough hours in the day to do all there is to get done! It’s harder to be mindful on the quantitative part of documenting this process when you get lost in the whirlwind of everything else going on. I’ve combined these past two weeks in one post, noting the fact that it’s also easier to take pictures of the fun side of things, because it’s just more...

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It was pretty fun creating our menu, but I have to admit I keep putting off pricing our menu. It’s intimidating giving things a quantifiable value and not knowing how customers will respond to it. Is there a right or wrong? People put so much emphasis on price and profit in business that no one wants to under or overvalue themselves. Well, I finally went through all the research I collected on pricing a menu for our coffee shop...

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SONDER Build Out Week 4 Is it week four of SONDER build out already? Let’s start off with introducing a piece of equipment we’re super excited to use: our 3-head tap tower for nitro coffee and kombucha! Bar Build-Out But the work for the majority of the week was the bar. As our contractors were continuing on electrical, plumbing and drywall, we focused on the bar– to which Ernest and Mike built the frame in last...

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SONDER Build Out Week 3 This week’s SONDER build out is starting right where we left off, getting ready to finish off ground plumbing with concrete. Ernest and Mike also started building out the bar while electrical, drywall and wood-staining continued on in the background. It’s so fun to see it all unfold, but there’s still so much to coordinate and get done. Pouring Concrete Early Monday morning we hit the ground...

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