Q&A Is it worth it to start a coffee truck, coffee van or espresso cart? Coffee Catering Side Hustle
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Different ideas on how to build, plan and design a mobile coffee shop. Whether you want to design for a business plan or you want to put your truck up for sale.
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Products for large catering events. This set up allows for 30 gallons of coffee/hot chocolate every 90 minutes or 384 (12 oz) cups. $1100 per 90 minutes at max output.
2 burner propane Grill:
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Long Thermometer
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16 gallon Stock Pot: x2
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Large Metal Stir Stick
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Cold Brew Apparatus: Recipe is in my subscription
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Refill Filters
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Beverage Dispensers
Cold Beverage dispensers
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5 gallon Cambro
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10 gallon Cambro
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Electronics
220 to 110v Pigtail: Allows for 220v to be reduced to 110v
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Deep Cycle 12 volt Battery: Smaller battery. Can be ran inline in a series if looking to use more appliances such as lighting.
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12 volt Fuse: Keeps your pump safe. Remember, your pump is a game-stopper. Lose it and it’s hard to run the truck.
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Extension Cord 12 gauge/3 with light: Light is useful in coffee truck troubleshooting. Grounded wire because you're dealing with water. Ext. Cord should be thickest part of circuit. You don’t want a cord burning…#crumbletoashes
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Trailer wiring: Decent wiring used to wire tail lights and such.
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Conntek Generator Cord Adapter: Many types of adapters are needed on a coffee truck. Here is one of the many.
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50 foot 30 amp Generator Cord: This is 50 feet. Remember, the longer the cord, the more drop in wattage. Keep that in mind when you are purchasing a cord.
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Coffee
Chemix Pourover : This is what we use at the house and on the truck.
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Espresso Machine
Milk Pitcher: Solid little pitcher.
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Syrup Pumps: If you choose pumps, here’s a decent set.
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Large Creamer Carafe: For catering purposes. You need to fit a least a pint if you are going to cater.
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12 x 12 Wash cloths
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Ghirardelli Chocolate
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Magic Bullet Blender: I like this one because of the wattage. It surprised me by lasting 3 years in a commercial setting.
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Rubbermaid Drink Pitchers
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Automatic Tamper: This tamper is set to 30 psi. It will allow for consistency between employees.
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Tamper Mat
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Knockbox
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Puro: This is a must. You need it to clean your machine and to backflush. You MUST backflush.
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Mazzer Mini Espresso Grinder: It’s pricey, but good. Amazon has a nice return policy as well.
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Outdoors
Plasticade: I got tired of chalkboards breaking and looking like ruined mascara after the rain. I went to plasticades and never looked back.
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Plumbing and Sink
Plastic Drain Board
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7 Gallon Water Jugs: Come in super handy for long days when you can’t plug into a water line.
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Shurflo 12 volt pump
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Pex Water Piping: Hard to break. Flexible. I strongly encourage using pex on your plumbing.
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25 gallon water tank: RV grey or fresh tank
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Shurflo Water Filter: Prevents silt from clogging up your pump.
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Refrigeration
Summit Commercial Refrigerator: Fits upto 8 gallons of milk. Enough for a $600 day. If you need more for a special event you can bring in a cooler filled with ice.
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Rubbermaid 75 quart cooler: Fits 8 gallons of milk, 2 pints of creamer, 1 half gallon of almond milk and 2 cans of whipped cream.
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Eccotemp Tankless Water Heater: Loved this thing. Great for coffee carts and bikes too.
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Fire Extinguisher Commercial Grade: Check with city code for fire dept extinguisher requirements.
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I love that you are answering people’s questions and that you are guiding people down this path. I throughly appreciate your knowledge and the time you put into these videos. Thank you!
Just what I needed. A list of what we need to start a coffee kiosk. Thanks and looking forward to learning more from you.
Dropping a comment to help ;)
Great vid bro.
Thanks man! I certainly appreciate it!
Youre a stud. Stalker alert. I love your brain. Thanks for sharing your life experiences 🙏 I've got big dreams
Hi Vince - Just bought both your ebook and business plan... currently have a business and looking for a change. Thank you for all your work!!
Hey Barkley! Super excited for you! Email me if you have any questions!
Thanks so much! I’m opening a mobile coffee trailer in New Jersey and will take all the help I can- there’s really not that much info out there so thank you!
Thank you, this helps a lot.
Vince!!! I have been BINGE watching all your videos for a week now lol. I am doing this coffee journey in stages. 1st stage (low start up $$) is just the festivals/farmers market type gigs with cold brew. My end goal is to be in a store front one day. But my question is.... once you have the pre-made cold brew concentrate made and you want to heat it with propane, how are you serving it in the cup? Are you laddling it in, cup by cup?? Do you cover this stuff in your ebook?? I just need to buy that thing lol. Thank you so much for all your amazing input!!
How much do you charge for catering?
Per person?
Just got put onto your channel man, great stuff! Question: how do you price an event? Is it per hour? Or based off a rough estimate on how many things you’d sell?
I made a video on that one. Keep digging!!!
How much should coffee truck cost, do you have someone who can build a coffee truck less expensive
I have an ebook that breaks down the cost of coffee truck. It's free. www.greenjoecoffeetruck.com/ad
The ebook I charge for shows you how to build one for less than $15k
Do you also have a washroom in your truck ?
I assume "washroom" means a toilet? No, I do not. Bathroom breaks, I lock up and use a public restroom. I have seen trucks with toilets, but they are more difficult to get permitted. Check your health inspector before adding it...
What was the avg amount of hours you would put in a day when you went full time?
What a great question! I served from 630a-1p. I started setting up around 545am. It takes me about 30 minutes to set up, but having 45 min means I could have a chill cup of coffee before the crowd. It just made for a better morning. So I arrived early but that was my own choosing. . And would usually have opener help. I would cut them loose around noon (6am-12p M-Th @ $10/hr +tips and occasional Sat or Sunday shift). Count the draw. Balance the books and then head to Costco or Shamrock (Restaurant Supply). Along the way, I would dump grey and pick up fresh water. Return the truck (I would bring it to Costco because it's good advertising) and go home. Usually I was home around 230p. So, I worked probably 8.5 hours a day M-Th and then Friday off. If I had a big gig, then I would restock friday, get ready for the big gig. If I didn't have a gig I would take the family out of town . So, I either had a 3 day weekend or I had to work 5 day work week (one on Saturday for an event). All in all, I worked about every other Saturday. So, it's hard to average. The weeks where there was no good gigs going, we went camping or fishing or we would just rent some airbnb out. What really got good is when we rented our airbnb out (we hosted for a while) and would get out of town for 4 days at a time. More than anything, owning the coffee truck gave me more flexibility in my work schedule. Around this time, I was grossing over 100k. For the net numbers, you have to buy the book...(www.greenjoecoffeetruck.com/eboo).
Green Joe Coffee Truck Thanks for the feedback! I was thinking similar times m-f at big corporate offices/apartments and keeping the weekends open for getting booked for events. Thanks again! I’ll be buying your ebook very soon. You have great info.
@@emadventures6975 I think the fear of not finding customers is something we can all relate to. I do have a few videos on my channel that address this issue. But finding customers is like a good chipper... consistency is the key.
@@emadventures6975 I just saw that! I'm stoked! I'm also working on a coffee cart and hope to have it done by mid march, so keep an eye out for that!
Hey Vince! Been meaning to ask you how I can get one of those shirts your wearing right now. Send me a link!
Hey Zach, I'll get them back on the site next week!
When you say catering do you mean food?
Hey Steve, when I say catering, I refer to a host purchasing coffee or sometimes adding food, for their guest. These type of gigs are usually 50 plus people at 5-10$ each.
Did you make 110k the first year on a part time schedule?
No he said that on full time
No Kameron, after the first 3 months of leaving a long line to go to my other job, I quit the job and went full time with the truck. But in the beginning I was moonlighting...