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Euro cafe Corporation is incorporated in
Virginia in 1997.
We are dynamic, fast growing, family owned company. We are hands on , service, and quality oriented. Our management team has multi decades of business experience , Financially we are conservative, and Debt Free. We are operating in 14 states in the US, Vancouver, Calgary in Canada, working for national , and International expansion. Our Trade Mark is Registered in the USA, Canada, South Korea, and China. We are committed to be the purveyors of the freshest, and highest quality products. We have endeavored to get top of the line equipment, and the latest technology, and to be environmentally friendly. We use a sophisticated filtration system for all our water used for coffee, tea, and ice. You may smell the heavenly aroma of fresh
roasted coffee for the first time at Euro Café and ,ice cream, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Juices and much more. Some locations provide wireless High speed internet connection. Our goal is to provide first class service , and world class products. our stores are designed to be very pleasant and, inviting. We are very proud to have made the special effort, to be a SMOKELESS COFFEE ROASTER ,CLEAN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY company, and use the latest Roasting Technology. Euro Cafe has been honored by World Airport retail News 1-"the best new food and beverage
concept "in 2000 2- The best "food & beverage operator with highest regard for customer service" 3-Best new food and Beverage concept in 2001,for the second year. 4-Best concept for 2003(Euro Cyber cafe). OUR PARTNER
www.Hudsongroupusa.com/EuroCafe.html We have an exclusive joint venture operation with Hudson group; Hudson Group was organized in New Jersey in 1927, is one of the largest independent wholesalers of magazines, books and periodicals in North America. Recently it has acquired WH Smith North America Airport operation. Hudson and Euro Jointly participated at the ACI (Airport Counsel International) and AAAE (American Association of Airport Executives) trade shows since 1999 continuously . Hudson Group Set to Soar With Advent International as New Majority Owner East Rutherford, NJ – December 17, 2007 - Travel retailer Hudson Group has signed a definitive agreement with global private equity firm Advent International, based in Boston, making Advent the majority owner. The introduction of Advent will support a variety of exciting growth opportunities for Hudson. Hudson Group operates over 550 newsstands, bookstores, cafes and specialty retail concessions in 69 airports and transportation terminals throughout the United States and Canada, including more than 400 Hudson News stores, the only national newsstand brand in the industry. Revenues are set to top $630M in 2007. With Advent, Hudson will leverage its position as the premier travel retailer in North America, enabling future strategic acquisitions and the global expansion of the brand. The existing management team, led by president and founder Mario DiDomizio and executive vice president and COO Joseph DiDomizio, will continue to manage the business. The transaction is subject to certain approvals and customary closing conditions. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Joseph DiDomizio said: "We selected Advent because of their specialization in retail and airport-related investments worldwide. With Advent's financial strength and industry expertise, Hudson Group will be able to take our business to an entirely new level of performance, creating tremendous opportunities for our employees, partners and customers." "Hudson's successful track record in airport retailing speaks for itself – the company has been a driving force in changing the face of airport concessions," said David Mussafer, managing director and head of Advent International's North American deal group. "We are excited to partner with them to help build on their success and expand the company domestically and overseas." Hudson Group has been privately held since its inception in 1987. The company's owners, James and Robert Cohen, will retain a minority stake. Noted James Cohen: "We believe that we are entering a period of dramatically improved financial returns for Hudson." Hudson is Advent International's tenth investment in travel-related businesses – the most by any private equity firm – with activities spanning food and beverage, duty-free retail and airport concessions. Food and beverage investments include
Aerocomidas, Mexico's leading airport restaurant and bar operator; Grupo RA, the No. 1 operator of restaurant concessions in Brazil's main airports; and La Mansión, a leading casual dining restaurant chain in Mexico that has expanded into airports. Advent's duty-free investments include Dufry, a leading global travel retailer; Brasif, the leading Brazilian travel retail operator; and Aeroboutiques, the largest duty-free operator in Mexico. Investments in airport concessions include Fumisa, the commercial operator of Mexico City International Airport; Aeroplazas, commercial developer of the Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara airports; and AMAIT, operator of the Toluca International Airport in Mexico. Advent's broader retail experience comprises investments in numerous specialty retail, discount retail, and food and beverage businesses around the world. Selected investments include
lululemon athletica, the premier athletic and yoga apparel specialty retailer; HMV, one of the world's leading retailers of music, DVDs and books; Fat Face, the U.K.'s leading active lifestyle clothing retailer; Dollar Express, a U.S. single-price retailer; and Elior, Europe's third-largest contracted food-service business. About Hudson Group: Hudson Group is a travel retail specialist that operates more than 550 premier newsstands, bookstores, cafes and specialty retail shops in 69 airports and transportation terminals throughout North America. The company's flagship concept, Hudson News, is North America's only national newsstand brand. Under the familiar blue sign can be found the most complete selection of magazines in the aviation industry, along with newspapers and a wide variety of travelers' necessities, snacks and bottled soft drinks. Hudson Group's other concepts include such proprietary brands as Hudson Booksellers, Kids Works and Euro Café. Other national brands partnering with Hudson Group include Crabtree & Evelyn, Godiva Chocolatier, House of Blues, Life is good, Quiznos and Sunglass Hut. For more information, visit
www.hudsongroup.com. About Advent International: Founded in 1984, Advent International is one of the world's leading global private equity firms, with offices in 15 countries on four continents. Advent has built an unparalleled global platform of over 100 investment professionals across Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. Since inception, the firm has raised $12 billion in private equity capital and completed more than 200 private equity transactions valued at over $35 billion in 35 countries. For more information, visit
www.adventinternational.com. LOCATIONS: Main Office Great Falls Plaza, Virginia 20789 Great falls plaza #118Sterling, VA.20165Phone(703)430-2400Fax (703)-430-2700Email:John@eurocafeusa.com Euro café Hudson newsWashington Reagan National Airport JFK International AirportTerminal One, and A9La Guardia US air ShuttleNewark New Jersey, Terminal cPhiladelphia International Airport Terminal F1-F3 Chicago Midway Airport, Terminal B Houston ,Hobby Airport Charleston SC. International Airport. Florida Elgin air force base,Okaloosa Rochester International Airport Dallas Texas FT worth Airport,Terminal E
BWI (Baltimore Washington Int'l Airport) Hudson news Euro cafe http://www.bwiairport.com/utility/sitemap/
Harrisburg International Airport PA http://www.flyhia.com/servicesservices. asp Seattle-Tacoma Int'l Airport http://www.seatac.org/seatac/amenities/restaurants.shtm http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/shopdine/alki.shtml Alki Bakery (Euro cafe)/Hudson News Stewart International Airport, NY http://www.stewartintlairport.com/terminalinfo.html Portland Oregon, http://www.flypdx.com/Rstnts_Home.aspx?business=BeavertonBakery Vancouver Canada. http://www.yvr.ca/guide/todo/rps_details.asp?id=12037
Coming SOON :Alaska Airport, Atlantic city Int'l Airport ,JFK ,BWI Customers comments: "Euro Café is the best! The people are fantastic. The café really cares about its customers and their well being ! "
Debbie Conner "The Latte's are excellent, my favorite that I've tried in the Washington area. The coffee is fantastic, the best!" CraigCoolly "the best coffee in the country. I wouldn't start my day without one."
Ed Berenbaum "You are always very friendly, making it a pleasure to stop in. Your juices and coffees are wonderful. Jennifer Hutchinson/ Geoff Allen "
Healthy, delicious, pleasant!" Carol Ann Peters "Euro Café Chai Latte is simply the best! Great taste with true health benefits of green tea." Ron Moore "A great place for both coffee and ambiance, very quaint!"
John and Elsa
You can order,we ship to your home or office. every order will be packaged immediately after the roasting, this will limit oxidization, Click to Order
PRODUCTS:
Our Smokeless roaster is equipped with the Programmable logic Controller ( PLC) ,Which controls the atmospheric burner by Modulation, switching the burner from low fire to high and back., to maintain an average set point temperature. The set points establish the roast profile. we can develop our special blend with its characteristic. Our precise heat controller gives us the ability to practice the art of an optimal great products. coffee is a heat dependent product for its development such precise technology is extremely important. Coffee has more than 1000 molecular compounds that contribute to the characteristics we call aroma, acidity, body, and flavor, with heat control all can be developed properly. Since Coffee bean absorbs heat at different rate during the roast. As the coffee bean reaches temperatures associated with out-gassing, a barrier is created and heat transferee is impeded. In recerculated air system that we use the heat absorption rate slows down , returns the excess heat to the burner, and effects the heat output, without the increase in the burner setting, the PLC cuts back the burner ,and increases the airflow, the hotter the air the less dense the air , and less transferable, heat and airflow is adjusted continuously, this makes our product rich, and consistent .We are just in time roaster, the quality and freshness is guaranteed to be the best. HISTORY Coffee plants originated in Ethiopia, its propagation began in Yemen (Arabia) in the city port of Mocha in A.D 575. By the early 17th century, the Dutch cultivated coffee I n Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), than to Java, Sumatra, Indonesia. Indonesia was the worlds first commercial Exporter of coffee, Today is the fourth largest producer. In 1718 The Dutch took coffee plants to Surinam in South America, in 1727 planted in Pra Brazil. In 1730 British introduced coffee to Jamaica, In 1750-60 coffee was grown in Guatemala, in 1790 was first grown in Mexico. In 1825 seeds were taken to Hawaii, the only genuine U.S. Coffee producer. In 1878 British introduced coffee in Kenya, and East Africa. In 1887 the French established a plantation in Tonkin (now Vietnam), in 1896 coffee trees were planted in Queens land Australia. Some old Arabic scientific documents from A.D. 900-1000, indicates coffee benefit to the stomach, skin; drinking coffee give an excellent smell to the whole body, it retains its aroma thorough the sweat glands, it has a deodorant effect. The first coffee house is believed to be established in Mocha, coffee was served in Constantinople in 1517; coffee finally arrived in Europe in 1615 by Venetian traders. The pope Clement VIII (1592-1605) liked coffee so much that he declared” coffee should be baptized to make it a true Christian drink”. The first coffee house (Bottega del caffe) was opened in Venice in 1683. The first coffee house in England opened in Oxford in 1650. Coffee houses in North America started in 1668, and expanded to Boston New York, Philadelphia, and other towns. WHAT IS COFFEE? The word ‘coffee” comes from the Latin name of the genus “Coffea” The genus is a member of the Rubiaceae family, which includes over 500 genera and 6,000 species, most are tropical trees and shrubs. There are two major species, Coffea Arabica, gives us Arabica beans, the Quality coffee of the world, and Cafea canephora or Robusta, the two miner species within the genus are C.librica and C.excelsa. The average plant is a large bush with dark green oval, glassy leaves. The seeds are oval, and contain two flattish seeds. When only one bean develops, its called
peaberry. Robusta beans are smaller compare to Arabica, at present 70% of the world coffee production is Arabica. Coffee trees start production after 3-4 years of planting, can produce for 20-30 years. Needs good amount of sun and rain with a temperature 75-85F degree, warm equatorial condition is ideal, the tree dies when the temperature falls below freezing. HARVESTING THE BEANS The trees bear fruit, which are born in lines or clusters along the branches. The beans are the seeds of the coffee tree, the cover is fruit or cherry, it turns red when it is ripe, harvested once a year. Cherries are hand picked, out of 100 Lb of cherries 20 LB is actual bean, it is very labor-intensive process, one LB coffee bean contains about 4000 beans. There is two way of processing the bean; dry, and washed; Dry process is simple, traditional and cheaper method; cherries are spread over a concrete, brick or matting surface, under sunlight, and raked over at regular intervals to prevent fermentation, than separated from its husk. The wet process requires more investment and care, the pulp is removed immediately by crushing machine, than washed with water, and dried. Both processes take about two weeks. Has to be stored in low humidity, than hulled and peeled, polished, graded bagged and shipped for roasting
.Raw bean can be stored for many years, but roasted coffee has a very short shelf life, protection from air, is most important, to avoid oxidization, and loss of aroma. Coffee is appraised by 10 criteria: Type- Robusta, washed, Arabica Taste- strictly soft, harsh Body- lacking, too heavy Acidity-
some ,too much at the top Age- old or fresh Defects-
sour, grassy, musty Cup- roasted, watery, burned,
old Overall -
neutral, spicy, hard Aroma-
weak to strong Fullness-
slight to considerable. Roasting coffee bean is an art, and science, all flavors and aroma develops through roasting process. The chemical reactions take place, starches turn to sugar, some acids are created, and some are broken down, cellular structure expands, double the size of the bean, proteins are broken-down into peptides, and emerge to the surface oily, moisture and carbon dioxide are burned off, for darker roast pure carbon created. The aromatic oils (water soluble) are really the hart of roasting; some 42 compounds create just the aroma. and coffee contains over 1000 compounds. The right roast is full roast, but yet not burned. Hot air roasting is preferred over Drum roasting. Roasters use the following descriptions: Light Roast- half city, cinnamon, New England, light Medium- full city, American, medium/high, breakfast, regular, brown Medium/high to dark-
light French, Viennese, city, full city Dark/high roast- continental, New Orleans, European, French, after dinner, Italian ,Very Dark-dark French, heavy. Euro café Roast is Dark/high roast. Great coffee needs the right bean, right roast, fine grind, filtered water, right temperature (190F), specially the right amount of water to extract the flavors. OVER EXTRACTION IS A Common PROBLEM IN THE COFFEE SHOPS. COFFEE BLENDS ARE A GREAT WAY TO CREATE EXCEPTIONAL FLAVORS, LIKE COOKING EVERY ADDED RIGHT INGREDIENTS CREATE AN EXTRA LAYER OF FLAVOR. EACH REGION HAS ITS OWN PARTICULAR FLAVOR AND CHARACTER; LIKE SUMATRA, IS SPICY, ETHIOPIA IS FRUITY; COLOMBIA IS ACIDIC AND SO ON. Coffee is number one source of antioxidants Fresh Fruit/Vegetable Juices; We serve are rich with enzymes. Our mouthwatering, bakery sensations, baked to golden brown perfection will entice every passerby. Euro cafe has a passion for excellence which will be appreciated by every patron of this establishment. GREEN TEA Euro Café can offer you some of the best green tea's. |
