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Drink less coffee?

If you’re like me, a 12oz coffee is about all you can handle… especially after a double espresso to start the day.  We’ve been offering 12 and 16oz coffees from the Clover since we reopened almost a year ago, and now after much delay/experimentation we’re ready to offer the “for here” size- you can call it a short if you want.  The new size will be 8oz and will leave a safe amount of room in our for here mugs (which are 10oz but have found they can hold 12 given surface tension!).

We’re adjusting our 16oz coffee a bit so that it doesn’t top off the 16oz to-go cup and will leave room for milk if you want it.  Having said that we won’t have to ask if you want room for cream anymore (personal pet peeve).  Since our pricing is based upon how much coffee we use, the 16oz coffee price is actually dropping somewhat.  Speaking of pricing, we adjusted ALL of our coffee recipes for the Clover based on what was tasting best for each origin… so some of the prices may have moved up or down a bit.  Remember that all our prices now include tax.

daily menu with 8oz coffee

A Fresh Menu

FINALLY finished the new daily menu- it’s a new format encompassing our current by the cup coffee and tea offerings.  It also includes retail prices if you want to take a bag home with you.  Remember that our prices now include 7% tax.  Look for this to be updated every time we get in something new.  We’ll have copies in the store for you to take as well.

daily menu

Throw that old menu out and get yourself a fresh one…

FOCUS

When you work in a business long enough, you know what it is and what it is not.  Each time you make a change to the business it either feels good or it doesn’t.  Each step is an evolution of sorts, a further refinement of what you believe the business should ultimately be.  You begin to really focus on details that you couldn’t see before.  I give you our new menu…

New Menu

It feels good.

Area coffee shop ditching menus?

Our offerings are a little different than what you’d find in 99% of area “coffee shops”.  Over the past couple of years we’ve had the traditional menu boards up on the wall. They’ve worked great for us but we’re always looking for ways to improve and focus our business.  Sometimes customers see the words espresso, latte, even coffee and think they’re going to get the same beverage anywhere they go.  We’re not changing the names of drinks or anything, but rather the way the options (and number of options) are presented.  We aren’t going to be confused with the “fast food” coffee joints of the world.

Having said that, all of our menus are getting a facelift…

Food: We’ve taken down our existing food menu.  Our focus is on the drinks, but you’ll be able to see what food items (fresh baked pastries, fresh made panini, etc) are available each and every day on the front of the deli case.   We’ll also continue to have those wonderful belgian waffles… just don’t ask for syrup please.

Brewed Coffee/Tea: We’ve had menus on the front counter for a while detailing descriptions of our offerings, but we’ve decided for visibility they’d be better placed on the back wall.  This is a big change for us as we feel this will put more emphasis where it should be… on the coffee and tea itself.  We’ll probably (hopefully soon) come up with a small takeaway version of what is fresh for that week on the brewed coffee and tea side that is a little more informational.

coffeetea

Drinks: This corresponds to everything else… from espresso to italian soda.  Keep your eyes peeled.  As soon as we get our new menu board delivered to the Frick Building you’ll see something cool and new at the Strip.  Hopefully this will all go down sometime this week.  Be excited.

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