The digital playbook for first-time specialty coffee shop owners. Set up your checklists, recipes, and team onboarding once — then run a consistent shop without being there every shift.
The reality
Barista, cashier, hiring manager, accountant, marketer. Most first-time owners burn out in year one not because the business failed, but because they ran out of personal capacity.
The shop runs great when you're behind the bar. The moment you leave to run a deposit or hire someone, the dial-in slips and the cleaning gets skipped.
Every new hire eats 30+ hours of your time. By month six you've trained 5 people, half of them have already left, and the routines you taught are inconsistent.
Sales numbers exist, but operationally you're flying blind. Which shifts are clean? Which baristas are dialing in well? Which checklist items are getting skipped? You'd need to be on every shift to know.
The fix
Opening, closing, cleaning, shift handoff — every routine becomes a tappable checklist on staff phones. You see completion in real time without being there.
Learn more →Standardize every drink. Each recipe has the dose, yield, timing, and a photo. New hires open the app, follow the steps, and make drinks that taste like yours.
Learn more →Hand a new barista the training playlist. They work through it shift by shift, you see what they've completed, and you're not the bottleneck on hiring anymore.
Learn more →Insights dashboard shows checklist completion, missed tasks, and consistency trends. You spot problems before customers do, even from your couch.
Learn more →FAQ
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