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2024 Coffee Holiday Gift Ideas From the Texas Coffee School Team

With these coffee holiday gift ideas, you’ll be every coffee lover’s favorite person at the holiday function this year. Check out these holiday gifts for coffee lovers, kiddos, and your coffee shop, curated by the Texas Coffee School team.

Holiday Gifts for Coffee Lovers

Your friend or family member will be thrilled to receive one of these thoughtful, coffee-themed gifts. Who knows, they might even brew you a cup of their at-home specialty drink.

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From Ground Zero to Open Doors in Under a Year at East Dallas Middle Ground

Tiffani Kocsis, owner of East Dallas Middle Ground and Texas Coffee School Coffepreneur®, is no stranger to the coffee shop world. She says she grew up studying, spending time with friends and finding a second home at coffee shops. So it’s no surprise that after 20 years in education, writing a book, and raising a family, Tiffani set out to create her own vision of what a coffee shop would be.

We asked her a few questions about starting a successful coffee business in East Dallas and for her best tips for aspiring coffee shop owners.

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6 Coffee Shop KPIs to Start Tracking Today

Imagine you set out to run 10 miles but didn’t track your distance along the way. How would you know when you reached your goal? Your intuition, or how out of breath you are? Lacking tangible metrics–like distance, time, and speed–leads you to an easy miscalculation. But when finances and your business are at stake, a miscalculation could be fatal. That’s why you need to track coffee shop KPIs.

A key performance indicator,

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This Coffeepreneur® Says It’s Not Too Late to Start a Successful Coffee Business

Marta Alonzo, Texas Coffee School former student and owner of Sit & Sip with ME, has been working for someone else since 1986. That is, until she opened her own coffee business in 2023 in San Antonio, Texas.

“I’d rather work 100 hours for myself than 40 hours for somebody else,” Marta says.

Marta has always wanted to help others. She’s worked in nonprofits, the health department, and hospitals. But her emphasis has always been on building community.

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