Anyone have the Fire Department show up at the roastery?

[paulc]

I had a guy come in last summer completely incensed that I was emitting so much smoke during a french roast. All I could do was shrug. It really does put out a lot of smoke and on calm days, I really do smoke up the neighborhood. I also get some comments about how good it smells too. Some customers have even come in because of it.

I don't like being such an environmental slob, but if my small city came to me with a requirement to stop, I'd have to shut down. I don't have $8500 and I doubt very much I ever will.

 

[DirtyDave]

All of us need to step up into the present/future.
It equates to running a 1958 Thunderbird as an everyday driver.
Too much polution is good for no one.
Please figure out how to build pollution control into your business model.

 

[paulc]

It is part of my business model, right after I pay my baristas, which is after I pay my rent, which is after I buy green beens, which is after I get a new espresso machine, all of which will be after I buy a box of smoothie straws and a few rolls of toilet paper. Yes, it is low on my priorities and I am an insensitive environmental slob that hates himself because of it. But it is a reality. So, once a week, I smoke up the neighborhood. The alternative is to permanently close my door. I probably have a few customers that wouldn't mind, Starbucks is a block away. A few neighbors probably wouldn't mind either. However, I have a lot of customers that would mind. I also rather suspect that as a coffee shop owner, I'm in the majority. Can you believe this rant? After all, I'm a Democrat. I hug trees, I don't burn 'em.