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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 surcharge ban lands October 1. Here's the truth nobody's telling cafes.
Card surcharges are banned from October 1. The doom is overdone, the free lunch is overdone, and there's on...
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Broke, stressed, and still buying the good coffee
Budgets are tight and premium coffee keeps outselling the cheap stuff anyway. Carlos on the last luxury sta...
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The office coffee machine is back. This time it had better be good.
Offices are full again and the sad pod machine didn't survive the trip. Carlos on what workplaces owe their...
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Why does cafe coffee taste better than yours at home?
It's not magic and it's not a $20,000 secret. Carlos breaks down what the cafe actually has that your kitch...
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The coconut cloud strawberry matcha won't save your cafe
Signature drinks are 2026's margin play. Carlos on when the $9 drink is smart business, when it's a costume...
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Twenty years behind the counter, and what never changes
Trends come, prices lurch, gadgets arrive and leave. A handful of things about this trade never move.
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Iced coffee in July, the customers changed, and the smart cafes noticed
Cold coffee is not a summer novelty anymore. It quietly became a year-round format.
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Whinge if you like, but we still pay less than almost everyone
Before the next price grumble, a quick look at what the rest of the world pays for the same cup.
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