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Coffee and business.
Carlos on coffee, hospitality and the business of running venues. Straight opinions, no press-release gloss. These are Carlos's personal opinions, not the official line of King Carlos Coffee.
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The owners are paying themselves last
Half of NSW owners cut their own pay this year to keep the doors op...
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What the cafes tell me when the till goes quiet
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We now fear the taxman more than the insurer
Taxes and levies just became the cost NSW businesses dread most, ahead of insurance for the first time. Car...
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Australian-grown coffee
New varieties and rising prices are pushing Australian-grown coffee forward. Here's our honest position as ...
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Ultrasonic espresso
UNSW made espresso with cold water and sound waves. We explain how, and why the machine still wins at our bar.
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Thirty-six licences to pour a coffee. Thirty-six.
Before a single coffee gets poured, the paperwork's already stacked up. Carlos on the cost nobody puts on t...
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Thirty-nine dollars an hour, and the coffee's still five bucks
The wage floor went up in July. The flat white didn't. Carlos on the gap between what an hour costs and wha...
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One in ten gone, and the cheer squad isn't helping
More than one in ten venues gone in a year. A cafe owner on what is really killing the trade, and what stil...
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