How Much Does It Cost To Start a Coffee Trailer Business - Custom Built - Abide Coffee Co. (Ep. 22)

[@dankuhlwein2752]

Another inspiring podcast! As a Christian I have so much respect for his attempt to stand for his personal beliefs no matter what the cost. To see the faithfulness of Nate to his convictions and the intense passion for maintaining a high standard of all of life was inspiring. Thanks Rob!

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

Thanks Dan!! Ya Nate is definitely one of those guys that when you hang around them you automatically find yourself raising the bar and pushing harder. Good dude for sure. Hope all has been well. I can only imagine you are knee deep in growing season!

[@tishg6053]

This podcast is outstanding! Great information and love to hear others wanting to have an outstanding product and focus on customer service. Learned alot for my future trailer I've been planning out. Congratulations on your success. Hope to enjoy your coffee one day.

[@hopelesslyinquisitive9839]

First of all, thank you for your service. My husband is a disabled veteran. Navy and Army, with a veteran’s non-profit and my dream as a former barista for a very well known coffee chain, who did most morning rushes alone, is to own a mobile coffee business. We are in the early planning stages and I appreciate all the insight and knowledge you’ve provided us. Quality ingredients and speed are key. Absolutely! Thanks again!🇺🇸

[@darienstinson600]

Such a great podcast. I am a prior Marine and my wife is active duty Navy and we are starting to create our business plan for our own coffee company. We want a brick and mortar but we think a coffee trailer will be best to start out. I really love Nate's approach to employees and focusing on the product rather than the profit. Furthermore, I think it is great to see him outsourcing rather than trying to run everything on his own. Thank you very much for this podcast and keep it up!

[@vickywong7257]

Thank you for this. I feel crazy having the desire to try something so difficult, you have touched on many concerns I have. I live in Alberta, so a trailer option might be too hard with the seasons, even though it would be a way for me to get people out.... Maybe

[@filipopace]

Super helpful Rob! I'm beginning the process of a trailer and I've found you both to be quality men! Thank you for sharing to the community!

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

I truly appreciate hearing that! Nate is for sure a good dude. Def one of the better one out there. Good luck on your build and journey and thanks so much for watching!

[@Infamouskillah]

Thank you for your service. I want to build a trailer and start a coffee business so bad but I’m so scared to fail and not even sure how to pay for it.

[@adriannabutler3052]

I've listened to this podcast about 3 times already! So many nuggets! Thanks for sharing!

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

That’s so cool to hear! Glad it was helpful! Nate is a super cool dude. Good luck on your journey!

[@codyr.justus1910]

Great Video! I'm still a month out (at least) on my own coffee trailer, and this guy started way after I did. Well done!

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

Haha ya Nate got after it. I think he had some external motivation for a bit. Anxious to see how your turns out! Keep me posted!

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

I don’t know about you but Nate had me fired up after this one! Let me know if you roast and also have a coffee trailer? Anxious to hear your experience.

[@davidmeissner5010]

Great interview. I am seriously considering starting a coffee wagon myself in Minnesota and need to learn as much as I can.

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

Heck ya buddy! Go for it! Coffee is a fun journey for sure. Always something new to learn too. Thanks so much for tuning in my friend!

[@PressOnMobileCoffee]

Great choice on his espresso machine. We chose the single group Appia for our first trailer. Our second machine, we went with a propane Fracino. Propane uses little to no power.

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

I’m going to have to look into that. Propane is pretty easy to get if needed to. Would you start with the single group again or double?

[@PressOnMobileCoffee]

@@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee I’d do double whether you do propane or electric. Really speeds things up. However, if you’re only going to wire for 120v, I’d stick with single. I was surprised to hear that his double Appia was able to steam and brew on both groups at once. Nuova must be doing something right cause almost all the coffee kiosk here are running Nuova Simonelli.

[@CaedanMay]

Super interesting bro! Killing it

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

Thanks buddy! Hope all has been well and stay blessed!

[@andrealast]

Okay, so I very much appreciated this podcast. I've been dreaming of starting up my own coffee trailer business (would love for it to one day become a brick and mortar). I do have a question regarding trailers. Would you recommend buying a trailer to gut out and turn into a coffee trailer, or would you recommend to buy a food/coffee trailer (so that you don't have to turn it into one because it already is one). Pros and cons to each option?

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

There are a bunch of coffee trailers for sale on Facebook market place and other places. But that question would come down to finances and your ability t info the work. You will save a ton of money building one out yourself but you will have a ton more time in it.

[@mred3660]

I have been kicking something like this around to sell roasted coffee out of at farmers markets around my area

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

Heck ya! I’m kind of thinking the same thing! Thanks for watching my friend!

[@ericafranco2533]

I’m in the process of opening my coffee stand and I need to find a good location, my question is how or where do I get the water from for the stand ? If I wanted to be at the parking lot across from a gas station??

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

I think you would have to install water tanks to run on. I know most coffee trailers operate in clean and grey water tanks. You would have to calculate how much water you would need and fill up ahead of time.

[@nattharikanaksompop]

So inspiring! Do you happen to know how much he spent on the trailer? Thank you

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

He said it in the podcast. I think it was 40-45k dollars with him doing a lot of the work. That’s the trailer, equipment and initial items needed to operate on first day.

[@teresamccarty4963]

Did I miss it, I don't remember hearing how much it cost?

[@manualgearshift4965]

Directions are based on Green Beans because everyone knows where Green Beans is located.

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

Great point! Thanks buddy!