Paint job!

I've been talking about it for awhile now, but it finally happened: we got a paint job.  It was long overdue and now it's BEEEEAUTIFUL!  Check out the progression...

The sketching started at 11:30 pm with a finicky old projector.  We display the logo up on the trailer and Erik Leighland, our talented artist, sketches around the lettering.

 This is what the sketch looked like the following day.  I told Erik to make a cheesy grin.  Mission accomplished.

 Here's Erik putting on the final coat of paint- every letter freehand!

I have had a lot of people come up to me and ask "where's the flair?" in terms of the outside of our trailer.  I usually try to draw their attention to the inside-- the crown molding, the tiled linoleum, the handmade countertops, the energy star lighting... but now I can proudly say that we have the whole package.

Huge thank you to Erik for working through the night and a thank you to all of our loyal customers that stay committed to drinking delicious, sustainable coffee.  If you'd like to hire Erik to do some kind of fantastic art or craft project for you, send him an email at DesignErikBerg@gmail.com.

If you see us driving around your town, give us a shout out ("Bellezza!") and book us for a special event.  (What's that? Caffe Bellezza does weddings? Yep!)

Here's to every beautiful cup,

Tim

Weather, whether you want it or not!

There's something magical in the air when the weather changes from cold winter to warm spring.  In the case of Durham, NC, it's more like a bad magician suddenly throwing freezing cold water on you and then scorching you with a heat lamp and then back to the cold water again.  The reason I bring up the weather is because of how drastically it affects business for food (and coffee) trucks. It also affects how much power we can draw from our solar panels.

On Friday, Bethany and I enjoyed a lovely cool morning of serving coffee and tea to folks at One Renaissance Center in Raleigh only to be barraged by gail force winds and vicious rain all the way home.  There were several times that we wondered if our trailer would be able to stay on the road!

The following day the sun came out and so did the people.  Durham Farmer's Market and Hunt St. Market was PACKED and we did our best day of business there to date.  We started serving Iced Beverages as a trial run and it went over great!  Our iced mocha is devine- made with real Videri Chocolate!  Soon we will have a very unique COLD BREW and a nice selection of Iced Teas.  We also have introduced a new special drink: the Irish Cream Latte and Irish Coffee.  Both are made with a REAL WHISKEY REDUCTION to make every Irishman and Irishwoman proud to be living in America.  

Lastly, we've already started preparing for our second Durham Food Truck Rodeo that will be on March 9th, from noon-4pm at Durham Central Park!  Don't miss this awesome event!  There's live music, 4 beer venders and 48 different Food and Coffee Trucks! We will be streamlining our truck to make sure that Durham doesn't have to wait too long to get its Specialty Coffee and Tea from the Triangle's only Solar Powered Mobile Coffee Bar. Check out http://durhamcentralpark.org/event/food-truck-rodeo-4/ for more information.

Thanks for the photo, Fran!

Thank you to our loyal fans and neighbors!  We'll see you soon!

-Tim