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The Pathways To Success Podcast (EP 163): Tom Vincent, Founder of Texas Coffee School

Texas Coffee School founder, Tom Vincent was recently a featured guest on the Pathways to Success Podcast with Julian Placino (Episode 163). He shares his tips for how to open a successful coffee shop business and answers questions like “How much does it cost to open a coffee shop?”, and much more. If you want to learn more about Texas Coffee School from an inside perspective. This is a great peek behind the curtain!

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Texas Coffee School Coffeepreneur® Spotlight: The Garden Foundation and Dig It! Coffee Co.

Students come to us from all over the world to learn how to open a coffee shop business. Most of the time, their passion is centered around coffee. Sometimes, however, coffee is simply the business model that allows them to pursue another passion entirely. 

That was the case for Taylor Gardner, founder and CEO of The Garden Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Las Vegas, Nevada, serving adults with disabilities. Taylor came to the Texas Coffee School Coffeepreneur® 3-Day Business Master Class to learn how to open a coffee shop business that would help her clients learn vocational skills.

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Don’t let fear stop you from starting a coffee shop

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?

At Texas Coffee School, we will be the first to tell you the Coffeepreneur® lifestyle isn’t for everyone. Do you think you have what it takes? If so, don’t let fear stop you from starting a coffee shop.

There’s a hardworking small business owner behind every independent coffee shops’ exposed brick walls, crumbly pastries, and clever seasonal drink menus. Before a single latte is ever served,

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The Unstoppable CEO Podcast (EP 124): Tom Vincent, of Texas Coffee School

The Story of Texas Coffee School

Texas Coffee School founder, Tom Vincent was recently a featured guest on the Unstoppable CEO Podcast (Episode 124). He shares his amazing and very personal entrepreneurial back-story on how Texas Coffee School came to be, and a number of his tips for “Coffeepreneurs®” starting a coffee shop business. This is a really powerful episode you won’t want to miss! It is available for download in Apple Podcasts,

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Auto Tampers Are Changing The Espresso Game

Auto Tampers Increase Consistency in Coffee Shops

One of the biggest problems that coffee professionals face is consistency. Enter auto tampers. Without them, is it possible to get consistent 20-30 second shots of espresso every single time? Probably not. Let’s review why.

Baristas have to be consistent on many variables, including:

  • Grind setting
  • Coffee dose weight
  • Tamping pressure
  • Angle of the tamper when tamping

That’s a lot to control.

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