This guide walks through what to track, where owners typically lose the thread, and how to set up a system that actually reflects what’s happening at the counter.

What is going on with coffee bean prices?

Your four walls have a ceiling. Rent is fixed, seats are fixed, and even on your busiest Saturday, there are only so many people who can walk through the door. If you have been open a year or two and you are starting to wonder what comes next, the answer usually is not a bigger shop. It is a second revenue stream.

Dona, a Brooklyn-based tea company known for its craft Masala Chai Concentrate and in-house sourced, milled, and packaged teas, has joined the Dripos partner program to bring chai and matcha beverage programs to independent coffee shops.

Between Cups with Ben is a recurring conversation series, where Ben from the Dripos team sits down with people who live and work at the edges of the coffee world.