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Thai Specialty Coffee & Café — Complete Restaurant Guide
Thai Specialty Coffee & Café — Complete Restaurant Guide
Inside this guide
Guide + Tools, $189. Not just a download: the full operating plan, the tools, and a chef on your numbers.
- The full guide (PDF): 28 costed recipes in grams, menu pricing, kitchen layout, staff workflow, 12-month P&L.
- Recipe Costing Sheet (Excel): 28 dish rows, type your supplier prices, get food cost % and the price you need to charge.
- Opening Budget & Break-Even (Excel): every opening cost line including the bond and rent before opening; shows the customers per day you need.
- The 22-app toolkit listed below.
- Ask the Chef: 3 questions about your venue, answered by email within 7 days.
- Numbers Review (once): send your filled-in budget or costing sheet and get back what is missing, what is too optimistic, and what to change before you sign anything.
One avoided mistake pays for this ten times over. Questions and the review: Ask the Chef and quote your order number.
In the 1980s, the hillsides of Chiang Rai produced opium. A royal agricultural project replaced the crops with coffee. The Akha hill tribe people now grow Doi Chang — one of the most respected specialty coffees in Asia. When you serve it in your café, your guest's money travels back to a family who chose coffee over opium. That story, told correctly, is the most powerful menu item you have.
28 recipes and brewing guides for the complete specialty café:
- 6 Coffee Preparations — Doi Chang V60 Pour-Over (full parameters), Doi Tung Flat White, Cold Brew Thai Oliang (18hr), Thai-Style Iced Latte, Aeropress Nan Province, Espresso Tonic with Kaffir Lime
- 10 Café Food — Avocado Toast with Nam Prik Pao, Ricotta Hotcakes with Passionfruit, Coffee-Infused Granola Bowl, Croque Monsieur Thai (kaffir lime béchamel), Banana Walnut Loaf, Açaí Smoothie Bowl, Thai Crab Eggs Benedict, Club Sandwich, Thai Basil Shakshuka, New York Cheesecake
- 4 Coffee Experiences — Thai Origins Flight, Coffee & Pastry Pairing, Barista's Table (reservation), Cold Brew Flight
- 8 Non-Coffee Drinks — Ceremonial Matcha, Thai Herb Iced Tea, Sparkling Yuzu, Rose Milk, Turmeric Golden Latte, Watermelon Juice, Hojicha Latte, Seasonal Smoothie
Three Thai origin profiles (Doi Chang · Doi Tung · Nan Province). Barista scripts for origin storytelling and price justification. Monthly Origin Night format. Physical stamp card strategy. 40-seat P&L at 17.6% net margin.
YOUR FREE BONUS TOOLKIT — 22 apps included with purchase:
🧮 Food Cost Calculator
🔢 Break-Even Calculator v2
📋 Restaurant Opening Checklist
👥 Labour Planner + Roster
💵 Cash Flow Forecast
📊 Menu Engineering Matrix
📝 Daily Prep Sheet Generator
🗑️ Waste Tracker
🌡️ Temperature Log (HACCP)
🔄 Shift Handover Report
📅 Pre-Opening Timeline
🎓 Staff Onboarding Kit
🏥 Health Inspection Prep
🤝 Lease Negotiation Guide
📦 Supplier Negotiation Kit
🗓️ Opening Week Runsheet
🔍 Competitor Analysis Tool
💼 Investor Pitch Builder
📱 Social Media Launch Playbook
🍺 Liquor License Guide
📲 KitchenFounder OS App
👨🍳 Roster Builder
All tools work on any device. No account needed.
Yours forever. $0 extra.
Format: PDF (A4) + 22 interactive HTML tools. Instant download after purchase.
What you receive
- Complete recipe bible, every dish costed to the gram
- Full monthly and annual P&L model with assumptions
- Staff forecast, roster hours and labour percentage
- Kitchen design, equipment list and daily prep schedule
- Word-for-word service scripts and upsell language
- Customer retention systems and allergen matrix
Who this is for
Head chefs building a new concept, owner-operators reworking a menu that isn't making money, and first-time founders who need the numbers before they sign a lease. Written by a working executive chef, not a consultant.
Format and delivery
High-resolution PDF, emailed to you at checkout. The Excel tools are on your Downloads page straight away. Opens on phone, tablet and desktop, and prints clean for the kitchen wall.
Refunds
Digital products are delivered instantly and can't be returned, so refunds aren't offered once the file has been downloaded. If your link fails or the file won't open, tell us through Ask the Chef and it's fixed or refunded the same day.
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What arrives after checkout.
The guide PDF comes by email. The Recipe Costing Sheet and the Opening Budget & Break-Even model are on your Downloads page straight away. Reply to your order email with the guide name and the costing sheet comes back pre-loaded with its 28 recipes within 7 days. Your three Ask the Chef questions and your Numbers Review go through Ask the Chef; quote your order number.
Members pay $160.65 for this guide.
Membership is $9.99 a month: download 2 guides each month, every tool, one chef question a month, and 15% off any other guide with code MEMBER15.