Well! it's been a fortnight now and you can guess it's not busy by the fact that I'm sitting and typing this. It's a lovely sunny weekend after a few weeks of rain and showers, so everyone wants to be out, not sitting around in a cafe drinking coffee. So being an enterprising entreupeneueueueueur (help, how do you stop spelling it??) I'm going to do snack bags to be ordered when you get a bike from the local bike hire shop.
I have to say that I'm learning lots and lots about what people want and when. Especially what to bake. Maybe it's better when it's a regular cafe, but for a summer cafe, people want a massive treat and that means goo, not gingerbread and muffins. Cake that is mainly cream, whisked things and that doesn't stand a chance of standing up straight. Moderation is most definitely not in! All the things I carefully baked and froze, I think we are destined to be eating up to Christmas. Fortunately, there is someone upstairs who bakes to take photos of it, she is on a cheesecake push AND doesn't want any payment, as she would normally have to throw them away. Result - lots of goo!
The only thing now is how to get people through the doors. At the beginning I think I blew it with some by having too weak coffee (different now I've taken in my coffee measuring spoon from home) and, being as neurotic as a very neurotic person, I now think that everyone in Habo won't come because of the awful coffee. You also can't trust the Swedes to give accurate feedback as they are concerned about upsetting you too much.
Still, it's great experience and I'm probably going to open my own place next year. If only, cos it's a bit late to opt out now! Best reason ever!
