BikeCaffe has now partnered with the world known Marley Coffee Brand to bring you a „Marley Coffee“ version of the BikeCaffe Coffee Bike. Now, you can represent and serve Marley Coffee from your BikeCaffe Coffee Bike.

And, you can operate your Marley Coffee Bike exactly like a traditional BikeCaffe Coffee Branded Coffee Bike and operate at location such as:

High Pedestrian Streets Parks & Recreation AreasCultural Facilities (ie. museums, exhibits, landmarks etc)Shopping AreasSporting Events & VenuesConcert Events & VenuesUniversitiesCourthouses and Civic CentersFestivalsOutdoor MarketsIndoor Shopping CentersLarge Office Building / CentersConstruction AreasAirports & Train Stations

And more….

So. whether you fancy a traditional BikeCaffe model, or are excited by the energy and feeling only Bob Marley can provide, rest assured you will be in good hands as a BikeCaffe Franchisee.

To learn more about the Marley Coffee Company, click here.

To learn more about our Marley Coffee Bike option, please contact us today.

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Let’s face it, if you don’t know it already, once you see one for the first time, you’ll know it’s true, our BikeCaffes are COOL!

In fact, while you’ll love our coffee and the coffee experience we serve, you’ll REALLY LOVE our bikes. They not only provide a meaningful way to grow a socially responsible business, but they provide that truly rare ability to provide a customer precisely what they want in the location they want it.

The BikeCaffe has roots in England, where Will Shakesheff, an obsessed coffee connoisseur with a passion for great coffee, set out to create something special. Will had a burning desire to give back to those who produce great coffee and the world in which we live. After the first BikeCaffe was born, it was ridden and came to rest on England’s famous Henley Street, directly in front of the entrance to William Shakespeare’s former home, (now a museum) and began serving great coffee. Since then, BikeCaffe has been sought after by the media, investors and like-minded, curious coffee lovers all wanting a glimpse and asserting their belief that the BikeCaffe will be the next „big thing“.

• President – Worldwide Operations: Ralph Massetti
• Established: 2007
• First Franchised: 2010
• Projected Worldwide Units by 2011-2012: 25
• Support and Initial Training Provided: Yes
• Centralized Franchise Support
• Liquid Capital Required: $35k+

For further information about becoming a BikeCaffe franchise owner today, please click here to request more franchise information and/or a return call from a franchise representative.

DISCLAIMER: There are some US States that require registration prior to having any detailed discussions regarding opening new locations. If you are interested in one of these states listed below, we can take your name and contact information, and then notify you when we become registered: Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Hawaii, New York

BikeCaffe ownership options come in three sizes, whether you are a solo rider looking to own a great business, or an aggressive entrepreneur who wants to create a coffee dynasty, we have an options that’s just right for you. And remember, financing is available to qualified buyers.

What’s Included:

With every BikeCaffe franchise you will receive the following:

• A fully equipped, custom built and proprietary BikeCaffe Coffee Bike, complete with espresso machine, smoothie preparation equipment, electric refrigerator, 3 compartment sink, hand wash sink, 6 gallon hot water heater, syrup speedrail, inverter electric system, food display, rear mounted electric cooler, large fresh and waste water tanks and removable canopy with storage.
• A custom 12 foot vehicle trailer with ramp and storage, complete with BikeCaffe Custom Graphics and Wrap Package.
• An initial inventory of coffee, cups and serving supplies and other accessories needed to prepare the BikeCaffe menu.
• High Volume, BikeCaffe Coffee Grinder.
• An initial supply of custom marketing materials and Operator Dress, including BikeCaffe Aprons and other branding items.
• Enrollment in the BikeCaffe Braista Training Program and up to one week of additional training at our Boulder, CO office.
• BikeCaffe Location Finding Service – Yes, we will help you find a great location for your BikeCaffe, so you can start business the day your BikeCaffe arrives in your town.
• BikeCaffe Health Department Approval Assistance – Anxious about your BikeCaffe passing your local Health Department Requirements? No problem, we will work with your local health department to ensure the needed approvals are obtained.
  
• Comprehensive training manuals, covering all aspects of the BikeCaffe operation, including mechanical topics, menu preparation and customer service requirements.
• A copy of the BikeCaffe franchise operations manual.
• On-going support and training from our office, where needed.

What’s Required:

We intend to make owning a BikeCaffe as easy as riding a bike, and we have kept the initial and on-going requirements as simple as possible.

As a BikeCaffe franchisee you will be required to do the following:

1. Pay $18,500 to order your BikeCaffe (refundable, less an Administrative Fee,  if no Franchise Agreement is signed).
2. Review and Sign the BikeCaffe Franchise Agreement and pay the remaining franchise costs, prior to your BikeCaffe shipment. (or apply/qualify for financing)
3. Personally (or arrange for a driver) pick up of your BikeCaffe Trailer which will hold your new BikeCaffe and full initial stock and supplies from our Boulder, CO location.
4. Complete the BikeCaffe Barista Training Program in Boulder, CO.
5. Begin your BikeCaffe operations within 60 days
6. Pay us a Weekly Franchise Royalty Fee
7. Purchase the required coffee, cups & supplies from our office and suppliers
8. Continue to operate your business according to our core standards

Next: Paying for Your BikeCaffe

For further information about becoming a BikeCaffe franchise owner today, please click here to request more franchise information and/or a return call from a franchise representative. 

DISCLAIMER: There are some US States that require registration prior to having any detailed discussions regarding opening new locations. If you are interested in one of these states listed below, we can take your name and contact information, and then notify you when we become registered: Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Hawaii, New York

Up to 100% financing available! BikeCaffe will finance qualified buyers up to 39 months for the balance of the costs to become a franchisee and purchase your first BikeCaffe. Click Here to complete our no-hassle application.

1. To provide buyers with a business with start-up costs that can be afforded by anyone with the desire to join us.

2. To maintain adherence to our core values of ethical production and environmental sustainability.

3. To offer customers with more than a cup of coffee, giving them the most convenient and best tasting coffee experience possible.

4. To enable our franchisees to earn considerable incomes from their efforts, ensuring the longevity of the BikeCaffe.

The BikeCaffe was painstakingly developed by Will Shakesheff, an obsessed coffee connoisseur, with a passion for great coffee and an equal loathing for the demise that big business has had on coffee taste. Further, Will created BikeCaffe with the intention to give back to those who produce great coffee and the world in which we live.

Caring for the coffee growers and producers proved difficult and costly, as identifying and contracting with 100% Fair Trade coffee producers was no simple task. We worked diligently to create a coffee blend that met our exacting requirements for taste, would be reliably available, and supplied by coffee producers who guide their operations in accordance to the ethical and environmental standards that our shapes our core business philosophy.

Giving back to the world was a bit simpler. It was easy to engineer BikeCaffe as a 100% environmentally friendly operation. After all, the „pedal power“ operation means that the business can boast a genuine „earth-friendly“ record. Coupling that with a 100% recycling policy and a footprint that leaves no trace except satisfied customers, BikeCaffe is truly a symbol of how business should operate in an era where environmental sustainability is critical.

Like Riding a Bike Again For the First Time

After tireless trial and error, both mechanically and through the use of our taste buds, the first operating BikeCaffe was „ready to roll“.

Beginning just outside London in Stratford-Upon-Avon England, on a typical blistery English morning with hot espresso in hand, the BikeCaffe set out for its inaugural journey. Coming to rest on famous Henley Street, just in front of William Shakespeare’s Home, the BikeCaffe immediately took customers by surprise and they quickly came to crave the coffee we served and the „way“ we served it. Britians reveled in the opportunity to support a business with environmental soundness and ethical business practices, all the while expecting, and getting, more than what the endless multinational coffee shops were serving.

Caffeine Powered Growth

Now, with BikeCaffes biking throughout England winning the hearts, minds and taste buds of discriminating Britians, we have set out to expand worldwide. Not only because we strive to build a business legacy that rewards us and our franchisees, but because BikeCaffe is more than coffee. Its message and meaning is important to all of us, and what better way to start the day then with a hot cup of BikeCaffe coffee, and the vision of how a business can succeed while giving back. Caffeine, and „hope“ in a cup.

Each BikeCaffe is an earth-friendly, greener than green, fully equipped „rolling“ caffe (spelled the Italian way). Our trained Baristas can create the same hot, made to order coffee & espresso drinks you now rely on from the plentiful, but typical brick and mortar coffee shops to serve. We work diligently to serve only coffee blends that meet our exacting requirements for taste by coffee producers who guide their operations in accordance to the ethical and environmental standards that shapes our core business philosophy.

The current BikeCaffe menu includes:

• Espressos
• Lattes
• Cappuccino
• Americano
• Mochas
• Hot Chocolates
• Chai Teas
• Tea Roobois
• English Teas
• Smoothies
• Iced Coffees
• Iced Teas
• Limited / Special Blend Teas
• Limited / Special Blend Coffees
• A Variety of Flavoring Syrups
• A local selection of chilled bottled and canned drinks
• A local selection of exceptional snacks

Imagine sharing the bike lane with a mobile coffee shop, its driver pedaling along and drumming up business from the Monday morning rush. The idea will soon be reality for many U.S. cities. Bike Caffe, a British business providing Joe on the go, has made its way stateside. The mobile cafes are already popular in Denver’s pedestrian mall and cities like Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh will soon see the four-wheeled, geared bikes pushing old-world-style espresso machines while other franchises are eagerly awaiting the construction of their bike businesses.The name pays homage to the Italian spelling for the lever-operated, Italian-style coffees the carts provide. The four-wheeled, geared bikes are full-service cafes that can roll from location to location to bring the java to the people, unconstrained by operating hours or rent. Each station has all the stuff your favorite sit-down cafe offers (think Chai, lattes, smoothies, the works) and can serve up to 500 cups per day with a fun, eco-friendly twist. According to the Village Coffee Cafe, similar businesses have been springing up around Europe for a while now. The blog mentions fresh espresso on the streets of Copenhagen, with barista Ole Skram bringing the steaming fresh beverages straight to the people who crave them as they leave the train station or office building. The business model seems ideal for an American audience that loves fancy coffee — and the more convenient, the better.The Bike Caffe franchise, whose motto is „High in flavor, low in guilt,“ puts workers who crave the outdoors and exercise behind the wheel of a cart filled with free trade coffee beans, biscotti, and a dedication to recycling 100 percent of waste. The website says the company aims for „a footprint that leaves no trace except satisfied customers.“The bikes themselves are a bike geek’s dream come true. They come with internally geared hubs, GPS, an alarm (to notify police of any potential trouble), a propane tank, fenders, awnings, and everything needed to blend and prepare custom drinks.

Where other businesses may view the bike as a means to deliver their products from a permanent home base, Bike Caffe creates a model of endless freedom. The business offers baristas a great opportunity for adventure, since the work day can begin conveniently across the street from the long lines at Starbucks, progress to lunchtime hotspots, or pack it in and head for home if business isn’t booming.

It’s awfully convenient when our favorite form of planet-friendly transportation doubles as a source of tasty beverage. Joining the world of pedal-powered blenders and bike bars (just don’t drink and drive, folks), U.K.-based BikeCaffe has crossed the pond to deliver organic, fair-trade coffee by bike. While BikeCaffe’s pedals don’t seem to power its espresso makers (the brewing machines are reportedly gas-powered), each barista reduces dependence on fossil fuels by biking to work. So far, the mobile coffee outlets are in Denver, Philadelphia, and Phoenix. We’ll be curious to see if more bike-oriented beverage stands start popping up in other U.S. cities.

–Della Watson / image: BikeCaffe

The trend in gourmet food trucks may still be going strong, with mobile units serving everything from tapas to dim sum. But wait! What do we spy? Is it the next generation in the mobilization of food?Get ready for BikeCaffe. That’s right; as Monther Nature Netweork reports, the company is looking to unleash an army of its pedaling baristas on U.S. shores, with at least one BikeCaffe operating in Denver already and others planned for Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and (of all places) Phoenix. (Not sure we’d want to commit to trying to hawk hot coffee in the desert from the seat of a bike, but okay.)The fancy, four-wheeled contraptions are outfitted with a full-service coffee bar in front, which serves 100-percent fair-trade coffee, Italian-style espresso, and most other coffeehouse staples. And as the fact that the story was picked up by MNN suggests, the company is billing itself as ultra-eco-friendly. (After all, this is a bike we’re talking about — no worries about global-warming emissions here.)

There would seem to be another side benefit of operating a BikeCaffe: after a few months of pedaling that thing uphill, you’re pretty much guaranteed to be able to eat all the biscotti you can manage and never pack on a pound.

Read more: http://www.slashfood.com/2010/10/28/Bike-caffe-food-trucks-for-coffee/#ixzz13hDH4ADo

Although running an artisanal food business may seem like a dream job, small-batch producers spend plenty of time between a rock and a hard place. Take distribution: Often what’s best for growing a business is anathema to local ideals (sustainability, community interaction).

But our favorite outfits are nothing if not crafty: The latest experiment in dovetailing these two oppositional interests has been the bike.

Coffee Baristas were some of the first to take up pedaling. New York’s Kickstand Coffee brews a rotating selection of high-end coffee beans on its Chemex-equipped bike-carts, on which they use hand grinders to grind their beans and heat water over propane stoves. BikeCaffe, a recent London import that also brews directly from a cart attached to a bike, doesn’t boast the same cult coffee touches, but it has a fleet spread out across Denver, Phoenix and Philadelphia.

…The newest version of the mobile coffee bar is not powered at all – it is the Bikecaffe, a pedal-powered espresso bar based on a Dutch delivery trike, which is converted in Stratford on Avon.

When offered as a franchise operation, the Bikecaffe is presented as ‘a whole new concept in environmentally-sound business‘. The bikes now use vintage-style lever-operated espresso machines from Astoria and are very low on energy use – mobile coffee carts often use gas for the heating of their water.

Bikecaffe uses a Fairtrade coffee, the Integrity blend from Metropolitan Coffee, and all used coffee grounds are donated to local allotments as a fertiliser aid. Teas are brewed from compostable tea-bags, and there will soon be a ‘bring your cup back to be recycled‘ incentive.

Caterersearch.com, March 31, 2009

I can’t think of a better business idea then putting a new spin on people’s insane need for coffee and making in convenient. That’s what the Bikecaffe is all about. The business was launched in the UK in March, and proved so successful that Bikecaffe’s founders, Will and Steve expanded into the rest of Europe.

The company’s Trikes use gas-powered machines to brew the coffee and can produce up to 500 cups a day. For some reason, they serve the drinks in recyclable containers, despite the fact that they’re using gas to brew it. Brilliant idea. Instead of making the people come to you, you bring the coffee to the people. Let’s face it, people are everywhere.

Slipperybrick.com, June 22, 2008

When innovating, it’s wise to build off a product with hot demand, like coffee. Bikecaffe combined the love of freshly brewed joe with convenience and a hot societal trend: being eco-friendly. What resulted was a pedal-powered coffee retailer.

After the business was launched in the UK in March, the mobile kiosks began to gain popularity, giving Bikecaffe’s founders, Will and Steve, the confidence to expand to the rest of Europe.

„Using heavy-duty cargo tricycles, Bikecaffe travels emission-free as it serves up a range of coffee blends from roasters Segafredo Zanetti and Integrity Fair Trade,“ SpringWise explains. „The company’s trikes use a gas-powered machine for brewing and can produce up to 500 cups per day-served in recyclable containers-along with chai, biscotti and other edibles.“

It’s an ingenious idea. Instead of setting up a brick and mortar shop that does well on particular days of the week (M-F, 9-5) or at certain times of the day, the Bikecaffe can be taken to the people, wherever they may be. It’s a beautiful, sunny day? Take it to the park. It’s a Monday morning and the line for lattes is out the door at Starbucks? Park on the curb nearby.

If you’re planning an event, a Bikecaffe can be booked, ideal for concerts, conferences, parties, graduations and even weddings.

TrendHunter Magazine, August 6, 2008

Let’s face it, if you don’t know it already, once you see one for the first time, you’ll know it’s true, our BikeCaffes are COOL!

In fact, while you’ll love our coffee and the coffee experience we serve, you’ll REALLY LOVE our bikes. They not only provide a meaningful way to grow a socially responsible business, but they provide that truly rare ability to provide a customer precisely what they want in the location they want it.

The BikeCaffe has roots in England, where Will Shakesheff, an obsessed coffee connoisseur with a passion for great coffee, set out to create something special. Will had a burning desire to give back to those who produce great coffee and the world in which we live. After the first BikeCaffe was born, it was ridden and came to rest on England’s famous Henley Street, directly in front of the entrance to William Shakespeare’s former home, (now a museum) and began serving great coffee. Since then, BikeCaffe has been sought after by the media, investors and like-minded, curious coffee lovers all wanting a glimpse and asserting their belief that the BikeCaffe will be the next „big thing“.

• President – Worldwide Operations: Ralph Massetti
• Established: 2007
• First Franchised: 2010
• Projected Worldwide Units by 2011-2012: 25
• Support and Initial Training Provided: Yes
• Centralized Franchise Support
• Liquid Capital Required: $35k+

For further information about becoming a BikeCaffe franchise owner today, please click here to request more franchise information and/or a return call from a franchise representative.

DISCLAIMER: There are some US States that require registration prior to having any detailed discussions regarding opening new locations. If you are interested in one of these states listed below, we can take your name and contact information, and then notify you when we become registered: Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Hawaii, New York