For a one-person coffee stall, from the night before to packing up. Tick each box. The sales record at the end is the only market research the stall has.
| When | Check | Check |
|---|---|---|
| Before the first market | ☐ Dry run at home: canopy up, tables out; brew and serve ten cups from the airpots and the power station, timed | |
| The night before | ☐ Roast-dated bags counted and packed; ground bags labelled by brew method ☐ Baked goods wrapped and labelled; jam counted ☐ Power station and card reader on charge | ☐ Forecast checked: sidewalls and extra weights for rain or wind; airpot lids for a cold morning ☐ The day's coffee weighed into labelled, lidded containers (whole bean, unless the health department agrees to ground) ☐ Commercially bagged ice bought, or planned for on the way |
| Before leaving | ☐ Hot-water airpots filled just off the boil: water only, no coffee brewed at home ☐ Handwash container filled with warm water ☐ Food cooler packed, at 41 °F or below ☐ Canopy, four weights, two tables, mats ☐ About 20 gal of potable water; a sealed wastewater container | ☐ Brewers and spares in sealed bags, filters, scale, grinder ☐ Probe thermometer, sanitizer, test strips, cloths, closed bin ☐ Cups, lids, sleeves, sample cups, stamp, price board ☐ Card reader, cash float in a lockable box ☐ Licence, sales tax licence, proof of insurance |
| Setting up | ☐ Canopy up and weighted before anything else ☐ Handwashing station first, then sanitizer bucket and test strip ☐ Thermometer out | ☐ Tasting station, then bags, then the brew table ☐ First tasting pots brewed at the stall and time-tagged ☐ Licence displayed |
| During | ☐ A fresh tasting pot at the midpoint, or at three hours ☐ Swap brewers; never rinse them on the ground | ☐ Check the cooler thermometer |
| Packing up | ☐ Wastewater sealed and taken away ☐ Used brewers and cloths in the closed bin | ☐ Card reader reconnected; offline payments confirmed ☐ Sales counted by coffee and written down |
| Sold today | Coffee ______________ bags ___ ground ___ Coffee ______________ bags ___ ground ___ Coffee ______________ bags ___ ground ___ | Cups ___ Tastes poured ___ Bakes ___ Jam ___ Weather __________ Busiest hour ______ Notes ___________________________________ |