The explosive growth of the coffee shops across the country has been phenomenal. Few people realize coffee is now the largest food import to the United States! Here is the manual you need to cash in on this highly profitable segment of the food service industry. This new book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business side of the specialty coffee and beverage shop. This superb manual should be studied by anyone investigating the opportunities of opening a coffee cafe, tea shop or espresso kiosk. If you enjoy meeting people and love coffee, this may be the perfect business for you, but keep in mind specialty coffee retail looks easy, but as with any business, looks can be deceiving. This complete manual will arm you with everything you need including: sample business forms, leases and contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, opening and running day-to-day operations; sample menus; coffee drink recipes; inventory lists; plans and layouts; and dozens of other valuable, time-saving tools of the trade that no coffee entrepreneur should be without. The companion CD-ROM contains all the forms in the book as well as a sample business plan you can adapt for your own use.