Perhaps I missed an earlier post, but where are youlocated? What city are you planning to open in? (I may be able to get this from your profile, but would suggest you mention the particulars in your posts so new people don't have to ask or check your profile).
Also, nothing in this post gives me any incentive to support you financially unless you happen to be near where I am--not even then for me since I don't eat wheat anymore, and going to a tea shop when one doesn't eat wheat is generally an exercise in frustration. Since it appears you will be a for-profit business I won't take advantage of, why do you think this is a good project for crowdfunding? Just asking.
>> She is very excited about our idea to have a small cafe/bakery/tea shop, as have been the Small Business Advisers that we talked to and my late father-in-law's financial adviser. <<
Woohoo! This is great news.
>> There's a yearly boat show in the area and a "Taste of" festival, and art shows <<
You could do thematic blends for those. Like for the boat show, a "spice road" blend with imported black tea and spices, and a sailing ship on the label. For the art show, a "painter's palette sampler" with black, white, green, and red teas; and an artist's palette on the label.
>>I imagine that we're going to have to sort out some loans but I'm hoping that we can get some money from the crowd funding route.... )
>>You could do thematic blends for those. Like for the boat show, a "spice road" blend with imported black tea and spices, and a sailing ship on the label. For the art show, a "painter's palette sampler" with black, white, green, and red teas; and an artist's palette on the label.... )
>> I already have a few blends--things we'd come up with before we stopped selling at market; but I am having to re-label and in a couple of cases re-name given "The Silver Path Signature Blend" isn't exactly in keeping with "Magic Monday Cafe". The whole reason those were signature was because TSP's symbol was a pomegranate and that's one of the main ingredients in those. /ramble. ... )
>>Some cookies ship well. Biscotti are ideal, along with many other hard bread/cracker type items. Chocolate-covered pretzel sticks, rock-sugar coated spoons, etc. are also durable. You can run a search for recipes of things for shipping, care package foods, etc. Many holiday gift foods are in this category and there are whole cookbooks on the topic.<<
This is a good point. I can't remember if biscotti is something Becca knows how to make but she's very adept and getting things right from recipes.
I'll have to see about mixes as well. Something else I hadn't thought of.
>>Hmm, you could also investigate local suppliers such as organic farmers who could source fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk, etc. Some of them might be interested in investing just for the sake of having another market for their products.... )
>> Most of our area is horse farms or citrus -- we're in Central Florida -- but a little further south there are some growers as there's a local produce stand that at least has some squash and greens aside from the citrus. ... )
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Also, nothing in this post gives me any incentive to support you financially unless you happen to be near where I am--not even then for me since I don't eat wheat anymore, and going to a tea shop when one doesn't eat wheat is generally an exercise in frustration. Since it appears you will be a for-profit business I won't take advantage of, why do you think this is a good project for crowdfunding? Just asking.
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Woohoo! This is great news.
>> There's a yearly boat show in the area and a "Taste of" festival, and art shows <<
You could do thematic blends for those. Like for the boat show, a "spice road" blend with imported black tea and spices, and a sailing ship on the label. For the art show, a "painter's palette sampler" with black, white, green, and red teas; and an artist's palette on the label.
>>I imagine that we're going to have to sort out some loans but I'm hoping that we can get some money from the crowd funding route.
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>>Baked goods might be difficult to ship out as gifts.
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This is a good point. I can't remember if biscotti is something Becca knows how to make but she's very adept and getting things right from recipes.
I'll have to see about mixes as well. Something else I hadn't thought of.
>>Hmm, you could also investigate local suppliers such as organic farmers who could source fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk, etc. Some of them might be interested in investing just for the sake of having another market for their products.
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