Share the beans

It's not easy growing a business. It's a laborious and exciting process. Monday comes around and we check voicemail and the sales@solarroast.com email to see what came in. And it never ceases to amaze me to see the unread emails. Orders coming in from all over the country. People who love the beans and love what we make coast to coast. It is quite humbling to realize that people really get what we do. 

How do we grow? I have found that our number one goal is to simply share Solar Roast Coffee with others. I takes 100s of phone calls and emails to reach the coffee buyers, but eventually persistence wins over. Just this week a new store gave us a shot in Indiana. It took 26 connections to get that shot!

While in the same week another customer added us after 3 connections. 

It's thrilling. 

I'm going to make 100 phone calls this week and see who I meet! 

It really is just about sharing our love for coffee with others. 

When you make the worlds best coffee and only solar powered coffee, it's easy to share!

New office digs

I'm sitting in my new office that I share with my lovely wife Jessica!! It is so awesome to finally be out of the basement. No longer will I have to suffer through leaky water lines dripping onto and shorting out the phone lines! I have a few stories to tell about phone lines. But I don't want to bore you with my anecdotal realizations about telecommunications and water. 

In any case. Things are moving up! Our product sharing and support team has been most excellent. SRC can now be found in 42 states, including euphoria! 

Road Food

Make no mistake about it. I like burgers. Love them actually. And, every now and then I find one that hits me perfectly. Timing, bread, all of it. At Three Rivers Brewery in Farmington, NM I found a little bit of perfection. Guess which one Inchose?

Mike Loves Del Norte!

Pagosa Springs is so very cool!

Mike always has fun seeing "his" beans in packages in various places. I have fun watching Mike have fun.

Paradise Coffee - La Veta

A wonderful start to our trip! Thank You Gregg & Sharon!

Getting Ready

There is a lot of prep worked involved in heading out to these demo trips. We even have checklists:

Building a coffee empire ain't easy. But we work together. And with love,luck, and hard work we will be just fine.

Discussing the trip to Farmington & Durango!

Busy weeks and great new people!

After this week I am glad to have my feet up! Tuesday was the longest roasting day in the history of SRC! I roasted through so many bags of coffee that I had to place an additional green coffee order! It was epic!  

I was lucky to have a new coworker help me in the roasterie. Geri is going to be the fastest bagger in the west! I am very thankful for the new faces in the shop, both in front of and behind the counter. 

Wednesday also marked a Capitol day! Geri and I managed to ship more boxes in a single day than ever before. We were boxing and boxing up until Tim from FedEX came for our pickup. 

Friday has come and I am just so happy to be on the couch with my baby boy and my lovely Jessi. Happy Friday to you all!

Two for Tuesday

After a great day at the coffee roaster, I've decided to stop at one of my favorite wholesale clients! Here at Shamrock Brewing they serve SRC coffee! Plus they have wonderful way faring signs!