This is a step-by-step guide to realizing what for many people is a cherished dream: opening a successful coffee bar. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar includes the dirt on what it’s really like to work behind the counter and information on everything from how to build a business plan, to how to make the drinks and how to price them.

-Only series book of its kind

-The specialty coffee business is still growing

-Small businesses create 7 out of 10 new jobs in America

-Susan Gilbert has started and run five successful coffee bars