John Ratcliffe
Solid Ground Coffee Roastery
Solid Ground Roasters have connected with long time friend James Pedrazzini, and his amazing roasting team to create our Hero and Hulk Blends, and exclusive Single Origin coffees. James roasts 5 days a week out of his Sunshine Coast Coffee Roastery, on two custom built coffee roasters. The team at the roastery show an incredible amount of care and respect, as they roast each coffee individually to ensure maximum quality and consistency. James roasts coffee with the goal of bringing out the best balance and flavours, or representation of that coffee, and then he works his magic by blending some...
John Ratcliffe
Embrace the Employee Shortage
The current employee shortage is very real and a major topic of conversation amongst coffee shop and restaurant owners. With the Sunshine Coast growing at a rapid rate the key focus for business owners is how to attract and retain staff. With no end in sight it really is time to embrace the employee shortage and make your business a work place of choice that stands out from the competition. We are already seeing many business owners reducing the hours and days that they trade due to their inability to find staff. We are openly hearing conversations about how hard...
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How often should Coffee Shops adjust the Coffee Grind?
Gone are the days when the Coffee Shop owner could set the grind and put the DO NOT TOUCH sign up! Milk Texture and Latte Art have long been the most recognised skills of your local Barista but the hidden skill that you should appreciate most is the Barista's ability to make small changes to the coffee grind and dose volume, throughout the day. Ground Coffee reacts to temperature changes and moisture in the air and can go from prefect to terrible within a few minutes of weather conditions changing. Good Barista training should give the Barista the skills...
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Building Our Feel Good Story
It all started with our beautiful blend of coffee called Hero which has grown to become one of the Sunshine Coasts most popular coffee blends. Its popularity has given us the opportunity to provide significant financial support to charities, community groups and sports teams here on the Sunshine Coast.
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