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It’s no mystery why wine tastings are so popular: as a participant you get to drink something delicious, enjoy time with friends, compare descriptions and even compete (if that’s what you’re into) to identify the flavor profile and origin of each sample, and more than likely you leave feeling a little more buzzed than when you arrived. All those same attractive attributes could describe...

Once upon a time, building out a café was a comparatively simple affair: line up a few commercial-grade automatic coffee makers, ensure there are a few coffee syrups and assorted milk, blender and creamer selections, and install a few cozy places for customers to sit and sip. Today, an increasingly savvy clientele has pushed coffeehouse owners to explore alternative brewing methods, and those machines...

Believe it or not, you have a huge advantage over your local chain coffee house. Your very independence is one of your biggest assets. If you walk into a chain coffee shop anywhere in the country you’ll likely get the same thing, as there is not much innovation that goes on at the store level. Want a cookie to go with that coffee? You’ll...