Checklist - Double check the following
Try to get there 30 minutes before. Introduce yourself to the contact(s) at the starting point. Your goal is to start on time as much as possible. Spend the time that is comfortable for you doing intros whether that is 2 minutes or 6.
From here on out your job is to:
- You have the link to the program (keep a backup on your phone). Start with your phone charged, gas in car, and have a bottle of water with you. Hydrate!
- Jason's number - 816.679.2474. We will have a group text to help one another (parking tips, a certain shop went short or long).
Try to get there 30 minutes before. Introduce yourself to the contact(s) at the starting point. Your goal is to start on time as much as possible. Spend the time that is comfortable for you doing intros whether that is 2 minutes or 6.
- I introduce myself and let them know I’ll be their guide / with them the whole route.
- This is a safe and fun place to learn and explore. We encourage questions and there aren’t any bad questions, so ask away. Same with samples - if there are extras there’s no judgment from us, so have more than one.
- What to expect on a Crawl.
- **You do not need to share your experience / years with the Crawl unless you feel like it helps.
- Lastly do something fun like 1) Who here are first time Crawlers? 2) Who has waited to have their first coffee for this event? 3) Who traveled the furthest to be here?
From here on out your job is to:
- Have fun with it.
- Try to keep people on time as much as possible.
- Get a head count often to make sure everyone is there.
- Give your group parking tips before leaving and bathroom pointers (be kind to your bladder).
- Take assigned social media notes/pics. See below.
- Deliver the shop gift bags to the designated spots on your route. See below.
- Feel free to cover more details that you’d like outside the 3ish min intros of your route, and dive into more intimate conversations along the route.
- Get a head count before leaving your first stop and try to start each stop within 5 minutes of the designated time. There are some shops that run short and you can use that to catch up if needed.
- Think about where you are headed next before you leave (direction, parking, etc.).
- I try to say hello to the presenter real quick when I arrive. I’ll remind them we’re here until X:XX. Often others beat me there, and that’s ok. It’ll be a natural flow for you.
- I try to give each stop a 5 minute head’s up before we need to leave.
- I point out where bathrooms are to your group. Maybe look around and scope them out and mention this during any silence.
- Time between shops should be enough, but some people are slower than others. We have more overall time in between stops for routes this year.
- Have a list of questions in mind to ask, but here are some reliable ones.
- Ask who waited for the Crawl to have your first cup of coffee for the day?
- Which shops do you frequent in town - any new to you on this route? How many are from out of town - how far did you travel to attend, etc?
- What do you love about the local coffee scene? What did you think of the last stop, or even other Crawls?
- How do you brew at home, or better yet what are your hesitations of brewing say a pourover at home?
- Has this time during COVID changed your coffee habits at all?
- Each one of us are assigned a few shops/stops on our routes. What I need from you for each place you are assigned is: 2 decent pics along with 2 sentences capturing some highlights - who served what, any specific or unique details, history or info on place that is unique, interesting sound bite that was presented, etc. Some places will have a lot of info so try to pick a portion of that.
- Text that to me for each assigned place OR right after your route, ideally before 3pm.
- You can post stories to the Crawl IG page. I'll share that password with you before the Crawl.
Route 1 INFO
Ticket Holders
Your +1 guest
Brandon Wesche
Brandon Simonis + 1
Elizabeth Claessens + 2
Heather Stoddard + 2 Ticket as a PDF
Jessica Pickering + 1 Ticket as a PDF
Charlie Benyei + 1 Ticket as a PDF
Althea Ringsby Ticket as a PDF
Social Media and Thank You Bag Drop Off
Wildflyer Coffee & Fireroast Coffee
Route 2 INFO
Ticket Holders
Your +1 guest
Nathan Anderson
Henry Bona
Stephanie Bona
Matt Weightman
Julie Charlton + 4
Kelly Ginther + 2
Marina Liu Ticket as a PDF
Social Media and Thank You Bag Drop Off
Wesley Andrews, Duck Duck Coffee & Cafe Ceres
Route 3 INFO
Ticket Holders ***will continue to update
Your +1 guest
Kelly Leonard + 1
Josh Cramer + 1
Emma-Jane Wadsworth-Stone w/ EspressoTech (sponsor) Ticket as a PDF
Lydia Wadsworth-Stone w/ EspressoTech (sponsor) Ticket as a PDF
Laura Tabolich + 1 Ticket as a PDF
Lauren Salonek + 1 Ticket as a PDF
Nikki Howard Ticket as a PDF
Rachel Weirich Ticket as a PDF
Efrain Torres + 1 Tickets as a PDF
Social Media and Thank You Bag Drop Off
Groundswell, Roots Roasting, Nina's Coffee & Bootstrap
Ticket Holders
Your +1 guest
Brandon Wesche
Brandon Simonis + 1
Elizabeth Claessens + 2
Heather Stoddard + 2 Ticket as a PDF
Jessica Pickering + 1 Ticket as a PDF
Charlie Benyei + 1 Ticket as a PDF
Althea Ringsby Ticket as a PDF
Social Media and Thank You Bag Drop Off
Wildflyer Coffee & Fireroast Coffee
Route 2 INFO
Ticket Holders
Your +1 guest
Nathan Anderson
Henry Bona
Stephanie Bona
Matt Weightman
Julie Charlton + 4
Kelly Ginther + 2
Marina Liu Ticket as a PDF
Social Media and Thank You Bag Drop Off
Wesley Andrews, Duck Duck Coffee & Cafe Ceres
Route 3 INFO
Ticket Holders ***will continue to update
Your +1 guest
Kelly Leonard + 1
Josh Cramer + 1
Emma-Jane Wadsworth-Stone w/ EspressoTech (sponsor) Ticket as a PDF
Lydia Wadsworth-Stone w/ EspressoTech (sponsor) Ticket as a PDF
Laura Tabolich + 1 Ticket as a PDF
Lauren Salonek + 1 Ticket as a PDF
Nikki Howard Ticket as a PDF
Rachel Weirich Ticket as a PDF
Efrain Torres + 1 Tickets as a PDF
Social Media and Thank You Bag Drop Off
Groundswell, Roots Roasting, Nina's Coffee & Bootstrap
CONTACTS AND NOTES AT EACH STOP / NOTE PARKING DETAILS ON PROGRAM PAGE
7 Corners
Luke Brodeur is main contact for the event.
1851 S. Washington Ave Suite D Minneapolis, MN 55454
Their first Crawl
Bootstrap Coffee
Micah Svejda Owner and Founder is main contact for the event.
432 Wabasha Street South Saint Paul, MN 55107
(651) 528-7543
For tomorrow, let's have the group meet outside the front of the building door near the parking lot area. Once everyone is gathered (and masked up), we'll go inside for a brief tour, and then proceed out to our patio where we'll have the rest of the presentation and the beverages. We do require everyone in the building to wear a mask. Our coffee bar is only offering service via our walk-up window currently. Has hosted on multiple Crawls.
Cafe Ceres
Sarah Khan is main contact for the event. General Manager
3509 W 44th St. Minneapolis, MN 55410 (Linden Hills)
C: 763.772.5869
Perfect lunch spot ending spot! Their first Crawl.
Corner Coffee - Jason stop only
Deneen Pottery with Peace Coffee
Niles Deneen is main contact for the event.
2325 Endicott St St Paul, MN 55114
This is a main yearlong sponsor of all Caffeine Crawls. We also order our mugs from them. Great company.
We will have a 10x20 tent that we can display mugs at the various stages of production and I can give a good talk about how we do what we do.
Peace Coffee
Mel and Ryan Brown (marketing department) main contacts and will be focusing on their new Party Animal coffee. Have hosted on every local Crawl.
Duck Duck Coffee
Kat Naden is the main contact
1830 E 38th St Minneapolis, MN 55407
First time on a Crawl.
Fireroast Cafe
Jeff Fisher is the main contact and our other local sponsor.
3800 37th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55406
Have hosted on multiple Crawls.
Groundswell
Connor Squires Front of House Manager is the main contact
Megan Greulich
1340 Thomas Ave W St Paul, MN 55104
Have hosted on multiple Crawls. We've gone back to requiring them while moving around the shop so that will be super helpful. We've got our drink sample all planned out and have some fun baked goods to pair with it as well.
Honour Coffee & Raw Juice
Jason Horowitz is the main contact. (Please have people check in with Jason the leaders of the group can come find me! I’ll have my name tag.)
451 NE Stinson Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55413
We don’t regular masks for vaccinated customers. Plan to do a cold brew sample and pastry. Talk about coffee and raw juice. First time on Crawl.
Nina’s Coffee Cafe
June Berkowitz is the main contact.
165 Western Ave N, St Paul, MN 55102
Focusing on their iced chais. First time on Crawl.
Roots Roasting
Pete Poire-Odegard is the main contact. Attitude has been great.
1552 Saint Clair Ave Saint Paul, MN 55105
I think I'd like to focus on grind. Just wanted to see if this would be a welcome addition to the route I'm on before I start working up handouts etc... Also, just so you know, we'll be sampling out something delicious we've worked up and are putting the final touches on - an espresso and elderflower tonic with a touch of rosemary. First time on Crawl.
Spyhouse Coffee
CJ Porter Born main roaster and contact. Has hosted on multiple Crawls.
945 Broadway St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413 (This location)
Planning on having some hot coffee and cold brew in separate shuttles back in the roastery (in the back of the Central and Broadway cafe) and talking in front of the roaster. That will give people a chance to be in the roasting area and see it, and also avoid clogging the main cafe area
Wesley Andrews Coffee & Tea
Jared and Johan are main contacts but communicated entirely by IG.
111 E 26th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404
They have hosted on several Crawls.
Wildflyer Coffee
Mar is main contact. Carley might be there too.
3262 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406
This location used to be owned by Peace Coffee and they hosted there, but first time for Wildflyer. They just repainted their building so some people might get confused looking for the old red place.
7 Corners
Luke Brodeur is main contact for the event.
1851 S. Washington Ave Suite D Minneapolis, MN 55454
Their first Crawl
Bootstrap Coffee
Micah Svejda Owner and Founder is main contact for the event.
432 Wabasha Street South Saint Paul, MN 55107
(651) 528-7543
For tomorrow, let's have the group meet outside the front of the building door near the parking lot area. Once everyone is gathered (and masked up), we'll go inside for a brief tour, and then proceed out to our patio where we'll have the rest of the presentation and the beverages. We do require everyone in the building to wear a mask. Our coffee bar is only offering service via our walk-up window currently. Has hosted on multiple Crawls.
Cafe Ceres
Sarah Khan is main contact for the event. General Manager
3509 W 44th St. Minneapolis, MN 55410 (Linden Hills)
C: 763.772.5869
Perfect lunch spot ending spot! Their first Crawl.
Corner Coffee - Jason stop only
Deneen Pottery with Peace Coffee
Niles Deneen is main contact for the event.
2325 Endicott St St Paul, MN 55114
This is a main yearlong sponsor of all Caffeine Crawls. We also order our mugs from them. Great company.
We will have a 10x20 tent that we can display mugs at the various stages of production and I can give a good talk about how we do what we do.
Peace Coffee
Mel and Ryan Brown (marketing department) main contacts and will be focusing on their new Party Animal coffee. Have hosted on every local Crawl.
Duck Duck Coffee
Kat Naden is the main contact
1830 E 38th St Minneapolis, MN 55407
First time on a Crawl.
Fireroast Cafe
Jeff Fisher is the main contact and our other local sponsor.
3800 37th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55406
Have hosted on multiple Crawls.
Groundswell
Connor Squires Front of House Manager is the main contact
Megan Greulich
1340 Thomas Ave W St Paul, MN 55104
Have hosted on multiple Crawls. We've gone back to requiring them while moving around the shop so that will be super helpful. We've got our drink sample all planned out and have some fun baked goods to pair with it as well.
Honour Coffee & Raw Juice
Jason Horowitz is the main contact. (Please have people check in with Jason the leaders of the group can come find me! I’ll have my name tag.)
451 NE Stinson Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55413
We don’t regular masks for vaccinated customers. Plan to do a cold brew sample and pastry. Talk about coffee and raw juice. First time on Crawl.
Nina’s Coffee Cafe
June Berkowitz is the main contact.
165 Western Ave N, St Paul, MN 55102
Focusing on their iced chais. First time on Crawl.
Roots Roasting
Pete Poire-Odegard is the main contact. Attitude has been great.
1552 Saint Clair Ave Saint Paul, MN 55105
I think I'd like to focus on grind. Just wanted to see if this would be a welcome addition to the route I'm on before I start working up handouts etc... Also, just so you know, we'll be sampling out something delicious we've worked up and are putting the final touches on - an espresso and elderflower tonic with a touch of rosemary. First time on Crawl.
Spyhouse Coffee
CJ Porter Born main roaster and contact. Has hosted on multiple Crawls.
945 Broadway St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413 (This location)
Planning on having some hot coffee and cold brew in separate shuttles back in the roastery (in the back of the Central and Broadway cafe) and talking in front of the roaster. That will give people a chance to be in the roasting area and see it, and also avoid clogging the main cafe area
Wesley Andrews Coffee & Tea
Jared and Johan are main contacts but communicated entirely by IG.
111 E 26th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404
They have hosted on several Crawls.
Wildflyer Coffee
Mar is main contact. Carley might be there too.
3262 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406
This location used to be owned by Peace Coffee and they hosted there, but first time for Wildflyer. They just repainted their building so some people might get confused looking for the old red place.
Blue highlighted stops are ones we need to cover for social media and thank you gift bag drop off.
Will call tix example. Sent as a PDF.
Social media example for Instagram - Name of barista greeted us with a presentation on their shop's history and how they went from a shop to roasting their own beans. We sampled a new single origin from them - a Peru natural process. This was brewed on a Chemex for us.