Decent micro-coffee spaces

I met Rainer last year in June, in Cologne, Germany, when we were on our way to the Berlin's World of Coffee trade show.

At the time, he was winding down having run a coffee-bike Franchise that was based in an office lobby, and which had done well for him.

But he was itching for something new, especially as he was nearing retirement. His ideal was to find a way to involve his son, who had studied design, in his next coffee step. He had a DE1PRO at home, to learn about it.

As we took a long walk down the quai in Cologne after dinner, we bounced ideas back and forth. Nothing came of it, but a few months later I did notice Rainer buying the white DE1XL conversion kit and countersink, and I wondered what he was up to. Then I forgot about it.

Today, a cafe owner in Salzburg who is closing their coffee down wrote me to ask about coffee bikes and mobile use of Decent (power requirements, susceptibility to damage from vibration, etc) and I thought of Rainer.

And I came across this: https://www.bloomingcoffee.de/

Rainer and his son Johannes are about to launch a company making micro-coffee spaces, based on the Decent DE1XL:

His son has run with our design and created something new and wonderful.

According to their instagram https://www.instagram.com/bloomingcoffeecologne/ they haven't launched yet, but soon.

I've reached out to them this morning, to see what I can do to help.

-john

#coffeecart

Updated 2020/08/21