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Blog Review

Redadm — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:53:45 +0000

I cannot believe that it is 2 months since the name Red Bulb is conceived. It has been quite a journey to set up the blog design, making entries, testing functionalities, and of course, reviewing with friends. I like to thank Samuel, Shirley, Alice, Christina, Andrew, David, and Colleen for taking the time to review the entries and also providing valuable feedback on the blog. Seth Godin is right in saying that readers has no interest in what blogs has to say unless it relates to them; but regardless, it has been extremely rewarding for me to put out my thoughts and also getting support from friends. It has made the Red Bulb journey less lonely.

p/s: Thanks to David and Roxanna for making a contribution to the Red Bulb Movement – Sching and I are grateful for your support!

Our first contribution!

Redadm — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:54:32 +0000

Mike with Sching & Kay at the zoo

We have our very first contribution to the Red Bulb Movement. I have been testing and doing some soft launches of the site, and we showed Mike the blog last week when Mike & Arthur was over at our place last week. Voila, Mike whipped out a toonie and our Red Bulb Movement is up and running

Mike and Arthur have been dear friends of ours over the last few years. While they don’t live in Stouffville anymore, they are still very much our family here. Mike has taken on the entrepreneur path himself – we sincerely hope both our ventures will be successful, and very soon we can all sit down and reminisce about the ‘tough times’ now.

Back to the toonie – it may be a tiny sum but to us, it is very much a symbol of the support of our friends and every donation counts to the cafe setup. Thanks Mike!

Visit from Domenic and Rebecca

Cheeyuen — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:40:14 +0000

We visited Domenic and Rebecca’s roasting plant three weeks ago – they are putting the final pieces in place to open up their roasting business in the next few months. They are targeting small cafes who would like to serve premier coffee/espresso.

Anyway, D&R kindly offered to serve up their newly roasted at our home last Sat. After a BBQ dinner, we brought out our coffee machines and tasted their coffee, and also did some comparison with Starbuck’s Italian Roast. Their signature blend offers a light bodied coffee with slight hint of floral tones, a very well balanced coffee. Obviously this is in big contrast to SB’s Italian Roast who is heavy on the tongue.

We did not manage to open the Ethiopian Yirgacheffee coffee, but I am already spelling the aroma everytime I come close to the bag.

Looking forward to seeing D&R in business soon!