A ranar 6 ga Yuli, manajan kantin Sydney Hazlewood na Baba Java Roaster & Cafe ya shirya latte ga abokin ciniki a shagon Hoover. Baba Java zai bude wurinsa na uku akan Alabama 119.
Shekaru hudu da suka wuce, mazauna Hoover Nathan da Wendy Parvin sun bude sabon cafe a Riverchase mai suna Baba Java Roaster & Café, kuma yanzu yana fadadawa.
Palvins sun buɗe kantin sayar da kayayyaki na biyu a Montevallo a watan Fabrairu kuma suna fatan buɗewa a ƙarshen Agusta ko farkon Satumba a wani sabon ƙauye a tsakiyar tsiri na Meadow Brook (kusurwar Alabama 119 da Doug Baker Boulevard). Store na Baba Java.
Shagon mai murabba'in ƙafa 2,200 yana cikin cibiyar kasuwanci ɗaya inda Burn Boot Camp ya buɗe a watan Disamba. Zai dan fi girma fiye da kantin Riverchase mai fadin murabba'in 1,650, a cewar Brad Haynes, mataimakin shugaban ayyuka na Baja Java.
Sabon kantin zai ba da kofi da shayi iri ɗaya kamar kantin Riverchase, amma zai sami sabon abu. Meadow Brook Baba Java zai haɗu tare da Popbar don sayar da popsicles.
Popbar yana da kusan wurare 15 a duk faɗin Amurka, gami da ɗaya a Atlanta, amma wannan zai zama Popbar na farko a Alabama.
Haynes ya ce kullum Baba Java yana so ya kasance a cikin layin US 280 domin a nan ne shi da iyalinsa suke zaune, da ma’aikatansu da kuma kwastomominsu da dama. Haynes ya ce mawallafin Jim Mitchell ya gayyace su da su zo cibiyar kasuwancinsa kuma suna matukar son wurin.
"Muna tunanin wannan hanya ce mai kyau don kusanci zuwa digiri 280, amma ba digiri 280 ba," in ji shi. "Akwai manyan kwastomomi da yawa a nan kuma muna jin kamar za mu sami kasuwanci mai kyau."
Baba Java yana alfahari da kofi da suke hidima. Haynes ya ce kofi ne na musamman kuma ba kofi na kasuwanci na yau da kullun ba, ma'ana dole ne ya sami maki 80 ko sama da haka, tare da maki ya danganta da yadda ake noman kofi, girbe, sarrafa, jigilar su da adanawa. Yawancin kofi na Baba Java ana kimanta 85 ko sama da haka, in ji shi.
Ya ce, kofi na kantin kantin yana fitowa daga Yemen, amma sauran wake sun fito daga China, Habasha, Colombia, Papua New Guinea, Guatemala da Honduras, in ji shi.
Tun da farko Baba Java ya gasa wake a cikin kantin, amma yanzu yawancin gasasshen ana yin su ne a wani dakin ajiya da ke Pelham, in ji Haynes. Shagon ya cika da yawa har suka yanke shawarar yin yawancin yin burodi a waje, in ji shi.
Haynes ya ce Baba Java kuma ya himmatu wajen samar da wake na kofi ta hanyar da’a, ma’ana manoman da suke noman wake suna samun diyya mai kyau.
"Yana buƙatar aiki mai yawa don shuka kofi," in ji shi. "Muna yin taka-tsan-tsan game da wanda muke saya daga wurin...Mutanen da muke siya daga wurinsu suna yin ayyuka da yawa na al'umma don taimaka wa mutanen gida, kamar gina makarantu da rijiyoyi da yin abubuwa ga al'umma."
Ana sayar da abubuwan sha na sa hannun Baba Java a cikin girman Italiyanci na gargajiya. Cappuccino - 6-8 oz, Latte - 12-16 oz, Macchiato - 3 oz, ƙara madara kaɗan.
Haynes ya ce shayin Baba Java na Sachai Tea Co., wanda ke shigo da shayi daga Indiya, da Piper & Leaf na Huntsville, wanda ke amfani da shayin da ake nomawa a Alabama.
Shagon kuma yana siyar da wasu kayan abinci, gami da ƙoƙon zaki daga Highland Gourmet Scone da ƙwanƙolin ɗanɗano, pancakes na kirfa, scones mai daɗi da sandwiches na karin kumallo daga Train Copper a Alabaster. Lab ɗin Chocolate na Michelle a Hoover yana hidimar wainar kofi, sandunan karin kumallo, irin kek da kuma Oreos.
Haynes ya ce har yanzu bai tabbatar da ainihin karfin Meadow Brook ba, amma yakamata ya zama iri daya da Riverchase, wanda ke da mutane 48. Riverchase na daukar ma'aikata 12, wasu na lokaci-lokaci, in ji shi.
A gaskiya ma, Baba Java ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya don gina ginin na hudu a cikin garin Birmingham, in ji Haynes, a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsohon aikin Powell Steam Power Plant. Shagon zai kasance kusan ƙafar murabba'in ƙafa 3,000, kusan ninki biyu girman shagon Riverchase, amma wataƙila ba zai buɗe ba har sai lokacin rani na 2024, in ji shi. Haka kuma za ta hade da shagunan Popbar, in ji shi.
Developer JJ Thomas ya sanar 14 ga Agusta cewa Baba Java da Popbar kuma za su zo zuwa wani sabon ci gaba mai suna The Edge on Green Springs Highway a Homewood.
Bayanin Edita: An sabunta wannan labarin ne a ranar 15 ga Agusta tare da labarin cewa Baba Java da Popbar suna shirye-shiryen buɗe kantin haɗin gwiwa a Homewood, da kuma kantin sayar da buɗewa a Montevallo wannan Fabrairu.