Firstly,great site. Found this place while doing a little research on setting up a coffee van and trying to find some real information from real ppl. Seems its a very secretive business to get into. Anyway,for the intro bit, hope you guys don't mind international members! Simon is me,living and working in Dublin, Ireland. My background is in bars, clubs, hotels and cafes mostly so know a fair bit about the industry. Coffee vans aren't exactly a new concept over here but there's a massive gap in the market for good coffee. I'm going down the rout of starting from scratch, old van with new equipment.(cryptic I know but don't wanna give away too much just yet). Decided to go with a duel fuel 2 group machine(mainly gas for the moment) and run everything off deep cycle batteries ie,grinder fridge and lighting. Don't wanna go all stainless in the fit out, one of the biggest problems here is everything looks a little too clinical and uninviting. Hoping to include more wood and fibreglass in the interior side of things. Hoping there's not too much difference in the way things are done,there's only a cpl of thousand miles in the difference. Looking forward to bouncing some ideas around
